COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy – World Health Organization (WHO)
The latest edition of the World Health Statistics released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the COVID-19...
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"All for Health, Health for All" sets the stage for the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – World Health Organization (WHO)
As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a century, the Seventy-seventh session...
How do typical Western diets disrupt gut health, lead to disease? – Medical News Today
A recent review has highlighted the effect of the Western diet on the microbiome, and the subsequent effect of dysregulation...
WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It. – Kaiser Health News
Republish This Story Disponible en Español The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands...
New WHO guidance on HIV viral suppression and scientific updates released at IAS 2023 – World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new scientific and normative guidance on HIV at the 12th International IAS (the...
Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030: Reporting at Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly – World Health Organization (WHO)
With data from 194 Member States as of 2020, the global health workforce is estimated to be 65 million, reflecting growth of 29% since the adoption in 2016 of the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: workforce 2030, as well as improved data availability and predicted employment trends in the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth. This data supported revisiting health workforce shortage projections of 18 million in 2016 to 15 million in 2022 and, potentially, 10 million in 2030. Reporting on nursing and midwifery has been...
Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data – World Health Organization (WHO)
Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. A record...
WHO reveals leading causes of death and disability worldwide: 2000-2019 – World Health Organization (WHO)
Noncommunicable diseases now make up 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, according to WHO’s 2019 Global Health...
Statement on the eleventh meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the … – World Health Organization (WHO)
The eleventh meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the...
Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide – World Health Organization (WHO)
Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts...
