World Health Organization (WHO)
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Ethiopia hosts first WHO Emergency Medical Teams Global Meeting in Addis Ababa
The Ethiopian government is hosting the meeting in collaboration with WHO, with support from the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the Robert Koch Institute.
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Barbados eliminates mother-to-child HIV transmission as public health problem, WHO confirms
Barbados joins a group of 26 countries and territories worldwide recognized by WHO for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis or hepatitis B, or for being on track to achieve elimination.
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WHO issues new guidance to accelerate development of long-acting tuberculosis therapies
Long-acting injectables (LAIs) could offer an alternative by reducing the frequency of doses and the need for repeated medication administration.
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WHO supports Malawi’s US$437.9M Global Fund funding request for 2027–2030
The proposal, developed under the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 8 (GC8), seeks US$339.6 million for HIV, US$16.1 million for TB and US$82.2 million for malaria.
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WHO grants emergency listing to bioMérieux’s Ebola Bundibugyo diagnostic panel
Manufactured by BioFire Defense, a bioMérieux subsidiary, the panel tests for 16 pathogens from a single whole blood sample in approximately one hour.
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Nigeria confirms imported Ebola Bundibugyo case in Abuja
Nigeria is the fifth country to detect the virus since the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak on 15 May 2026.
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WHO welcomes UN Declaration on Pandemic Preparedness as countries face 2027 deadline for Pandemic Agreement
The declaration reaffirms commitments by UN Member States to strengthen pandemic preparedness, improve coordination and protect populations from infectious disease threats.
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WHO launches five-year strategy to strengthen global epidemic intelligence by 2030
The new strategy will build on this work through five initiatives covering outbreak intelligence, pathogen surveillance, data science, collaborative surveillance and digital public health systems.
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WHO launches global roadmap to address hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
These conditions affect an estimated 10% to 15% of pregnancies worldwide and account for approximately 16% of maternal deaths, causing an estimated 42,000 deaths annually.
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WHO releases new guidelines for treating childhood obesity amid rising global prevalence
In 2024, an estimated 170 million children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years were living with obesity, including 70 million children aged 5 to 9 and 100 million adolescents aged 10 to 19.