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9 December 2024 Departmental update Lyon, France Reading time: 2 min (453 words) In a bid to accelerate global tobacco control efforts, the World Health Organization (WHO) has convened its third high-level leadership programme, bringing together representatives from 10 countries. Hosted by WHO’s No Tobacco unit within the Department of Health Promotion and in partnership with WHO Regional Offices

11 November 2024 Departmental update Geneva Reading time: 1 min (363 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolWHO is pleased to announce the theme for the 2025 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) campaign: “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products.” This year, the campaign will focus on revealing the tactics that the tobacco and nicotine industries use to make their ha

20 November 2024 العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolEach year, over 3 million lives are silently cut short by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a noncommunicable disease too often overlooked despite affecting over 380 million people globally.COPD, the world’s fourth leading cause of death, has been largely absent from conversations on global health, despite its devastating toll on patients

19 November 2024 News release Rio de Janeiro Reading time: 3 min (778 words) The first-ever Investment Round of the World Health Organization (WHO) reached a culminating moment during the G20 Leaders' Summit today in Rio de Janeiro, chaired by the President of Brazil, H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Heads of state and government at the G20 voiced strong support for a sustainably funded WHO, additi

The World Health Organization in collaboration with partners has developed the first draft of the implementation guidance for School Health Services (SHS). The draft was developed with inputs from global and national needs assessment surveys, literature review and guidance from the Technical Working Group including experts from countries, UN agencies and academic institutions. We are happy to info

Call for proposals5 November 2024 Call for proposalsThe World Health Organization (WHO) Global Noncommunicable Disease Platform, in collaboration with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, and the World Medical Association, is pleased to invite proposals from individual researchers who are enrolled in accredited academic institutions and conduct research projects as part of their gr

Statement by Catherine Russell (UNICEF Executive Director) and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO Director-General)31 July 2024 StatementGeneva/New York Reading time: 3 min (681 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolIn the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age globally who are exclusively breastfed has increased by more than 10%. This means 48% of infants worldwide now benefit

28 August 2024 News release Reading time: 2 min (593 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolThe World Health Organization (WHO) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are joining forces to highlight the transformative impact of assistive technology on sports during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The "Equipped for equity" campaign emphasizes the crucial role of assistive technology for Paral

23 September 2024 News release New York Reading time: 4 min (1003 words) An investment today of an additional US$0.24 per patient per year in digital health interventions, such as telemedicine, mobile messaging and chatbots, can help save more than 2 million lives from noncommunicable diseases over the next decade, says a new report released jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and ITU (

12 September 2024 News releaseReading time: 2 min (488 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolAt least one quarter or 22 500 of those injured in Gaza by 23 July are estimated to have life-changing injuries that require rehabilitation services  now and for years to come, according to a  World Health Organization (WHO) analysis of the types of injuries resulting from the ongoing conflict in Gaza: Est

18 September 2024 Joint News Release Reading time: 3 min (749 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolSuspect and Protect will highlight risks of concussion and provide educational resources for everyone involved at every level of footballKnowing the signs and symptoms of suspected concussion and how to protect players can help to make the game safer for allGlobal campaign is launched in partnership

23 June 2023 News releaseParis, France Reading time: 5 min (1439 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolIn a landmark development aimed at investing in and strengthening essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health care (PHC) services in low- and low-and-middle income countries (LICs and LMICs), three multilateral development banks have joined with WHO to launch the new Health Impact Inve

Joint News ReleaseNew York, USA23 September 2024 Reading time: 4 min (1169 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolExecution is starting under the new Health Impact Investment Platform on the first country health investment plans turning original commitment into operational reality. The landmark partnership between Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), the World Health Organization (WHO) and low- a

News release23 September 2024 Reading time: 3 min (769 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolIncreased investment is urgently needed to address evolving health risks and meet the mental and sexual and reproductive health needs for the nearly 1.3 billion adolescents (aged 10-19 years) globally, according to a new scientific publication released by the World Health Organization (WHO).  Adolescence i

News release26 September 2024 Reading time: 2 min (590 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolToday, the World Health Organization (WHO) and TikTok, a platform for short-form mobile videos, announced a year-long collaboration aimed at providing people with reliable, science-based health information. This reflects WHO's commitment to leveraging multiple digital communication platforms to increase ou

14 October 2024 News releaseBerlin Reading time: 3 min (926 words) العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolThe WHO Youth Council has launched its first Youth Declaration on Creating Healthy Societies, with a range of calls to action informed and developed by young people from around the world and geared towards empowering youth to play a central role in creating healthier and safer societies for all."The W

New report provides learnings and blueprint for leveraging sports as drivers of health16 October 2024 News release Doha, Qatar Reading time: 2 min (598 words) FrançaisEspañolCapturing and building on the experiences of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the State of Qatar and World Health Organization today launched a new report providing lessons learned and recommendations for staging healthy and saf

16 October 2024 News release Berlin, Germany Reading time: 3 min (692 words) EspañolParliamentarians from across the globe gathered at the UNITE Global Summit in Berlin to sign a statement in support of the World Health Organization Pandemic Agreement. The statement, signed by the President of UNITE, members of its board, and parliamentarians around the world, marks a significant commitment from p

28 July 2023 Departmental update Reading time: 3 min (869 words)WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF, FAO and WFP organized the Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health at the first United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) that took place from the 24-26th July 2023 in Rome, Italy. Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems With just seven years remaining t

12 August 2024 Expression of interestThe World Health Organization is pleased to announce the call for expressions of interest for the second term of the WHO Youth Council, running from 2024 to 2026 and hereby invites organizations to submit their expression of interest. Please read all instructions carefully.About the WHO Youth CouncilThe WHO Youth Council aims to foster meaningful youth engageme