WHO Director-General's remarks at the Emergency Meeting of the United Nations Security Council – 10 November 2023 Emergency meeting on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory Entire conte...
Multi-country outbreak of cholera, External situation report #8 - 2 November 2023 Since the last situation report on the multi-country outbreak of cholera was published on 5 Octob...
Seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response The seventh meeting of the INB will be held from 6-10 November 2023 and resumes over 4-6 December 20...
EPI-WIN webinar: Preventing epidemics and pandemics through One Health in practice - Voices from One Health professionals More than 70% of (re-) emerging infectious diseases are from animal origin. Preventing epidemics ...
ECDC and WHO launch new surveillance tool for respiratory viruses to improve early detection ECDC and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe have jointly developed the Eu...
Diphtheria-Guinea On 5 September 2023, the Ministry of Health notified WHO of a diphtheria outbreak in Guinea. From...
Global Research and Innovations Forum: Building the world's resilience against future outbreaks and pandemics The October 2023 Global Research and Innovation Forum presents an occasion to reflect on progress an...
Rabies outbreak response: Accelerating a One Health approach in East Nusa Tenggara Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease that is 100% vaccine-preventable, yet it continues to claim th...
Strengthening preparedness and response at Indonesia and Timor-Leste border crossings Border crossings like Motaain in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, and Batugade in Timor-Leste are w...
WHO announces the release of ScreenTB - a web-based tool to help countries prioritize action for TB screening and prevention WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Programme is pleased to announce the update and release of ScreenT...
Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 October 2023, week 41 The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and ...
Vulnerable? Vaccinate. Protecting the unprotected from COVID-19 and influenza As autumn turns to winter, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission, and the E...
African vaccine manufacturing capacity – Africa CDC The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Clinton Health Access Ini...
Nipah Virus Infection - India From the 12 to 15 September 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India,...
Respiratory Virus Toolkit Preparing for and responding to nursing home residents or healthcare personnel (HCP) who develop ...
Top donor Germany signs major contribution to WHO for health emergencies; signs host agreement for WHO pandemic hub Germany deepened its longstanding engagement with WHO on Thursday with two new agreements: one to...
Measles and rubella vaccine arrives in Kyrgyzstan to help stop measles outbreak To help stop the spread of the measles virus in Kyrgyzstan, the country received 755 500 dos...
WHO EPI-WIN webinar: Ready to respond to an outbreak of Ebola or Marburg disease - what's new in WHO Infection Prevention and Control guidelines? Ebola and Marburg Haemorrhagic fever are both severe and highly fatal diseases. They are caused b...
WHO launches toolkit for schools to create a tobacco- and nicotine-free environment WHO is launching a new toolkit to provide practical advice to management and staff in schools on ...
We must work together to protect future generations from the impacts of pandemic: UK statement at the UN Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response High-level Meeting The COVID-19 pandemic was the biggest challenge of our lifetime. The international response was ...
