BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to

World Mental Health Day serves is a reminder that there is no health without mental health. This WMHD focuses on the urgent need to support the mental health & psychosocial needs of people in humanitarian emergencies. 🚑 #PublicHealth #MentalHealth who.int/campaigns/worl…

WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics. “Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said Dr Tedros. who.int/news/item/13-1…

Maldives is the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’: mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B. #PublicHealth #HIV #Hepatitis who.int/news/item/13-1…

Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year. who.int/news/item/29-1…

The World Health Organization releases new guidance for countries to counter severe cuts to funding, which is disrupting the delivery of essential health services in many places. #PublicHealth who.int/news/item/03-1…

Globally, it is estimated that 14.3% 10–19-year-olds experience mental health conditions, yet these remain largely unrecognized and untreated. As a result, UN agencies call out to advance child and youth mental health policy. who.int/news/item/07-1…

The WHO Bulletin confirms that traditional medicine continues to be a vital health resource for billions of people worldwide. who.int/news/item/07-1…

Egypt eliminates trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma remains a public health problem in 30 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people. who.int/news/item/12-1…

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the 🌍’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives. But models show that long-term cuts to international funding could result in up to 2 million additional TB deaths between 2025 and 2035. #TB who.int/news/item/12-1…

Infertility is estimated to affect 1 in 6 people of reproductive age at some point in their lives. WHO issues first global guideline on infertility. who.int/news/item/28-1…

New tools saved a million lives from malaria last year. Progress is also being made in eliminating malaria. To date, a total of 47 countries and 1 territory have been certified malaria-free by WHO. who.int/news/item/04-1…

Tracking universal health coverage: 2025 🌍 global monitoring report. Key numbers: * 19% of people live in poverty or pushed deeper into it due to health expenses (1.6 billion) * over 50% of people lack access to health services (4.6 billion). #health who.int/news/item/06-1…

Expert group’s new analysis reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism. Evidence based on 31 studies, published between 2010 & 2025, strongly supports the positive safety of vaccines used during childhood and pregnancy. #autism #vaccines who.int/news/item/11-1…

A major milestone 🎯: people needing treatment for trachoma (the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness) have dropped below 100 million for the first time ever! #PublicHealth #NTDs who.int/news/item/06-0…

Renewed commitment to a leprosy-free world. Leprosyis is one of the world's oldest diseases, but can be cured with multidrug therapy (MDT). WHO has worked with Novartis since 2000 to provide MDT, free of cost, to all leprosy patients worldwide. #Leprosy who.int/news/item/21-0…