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Decades After Ottawa Charter on Determinants of Health, a Question of Combating Commercial Influences
Child & adolescent health
Three emerging threats to health: the commercial, digital, and climate determinants of health played centre stage at an event 40 years ...
WHA Member States Approve Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy After Resolving Tech Transfer Debate
Antimicrobial Resistance
WHO Member States approved a new 10-year global action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on Friday after a months-long fight ...
WHO Member States Warn of Acute Operational Risks Amidst Severe Budget Cuts
World Health Organization
Sweeping personnel cuts and a massive emergency funding shortfall trigger sharp warnings about acute WHO operational risks from member states and ...
Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers
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An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province ...
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With 90% of Time Spent Indoors, Children and Vulnerable Groups Face Little Protection Against Pollutants
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WHO to Convene Donor Conference on Gaza Rehabilitation
A stiffly-worded resolution approved this week by World Health Organization member states condemned the “wanton” destruction of Gaza’s health facilities ...
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UN Backs Landmark ICJ Climate Crisis Ruling, Defying US and Petrostates
The UN General Assembly voted 141-8 to endorse a landmark International Court of Justice opinion finding that states are bound ...
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Polio Eradication Needs Political Commitment as Conflict Makes Vaccination ‘Impossible’ in Areas Like North Yemen
The world is in the last stretch of polio eradication, but closing this gap will require political commitment, the World ...
21/05/2026
With 90% of Time Spent Indoors, Children and Vulnerable Groups Face Little Protection Against Pollutants
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Outbreak Threats, Geopolitical Divides and Financial Crises Hover Over 79th World Health Assembly
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Global Health Needs More than Money – Philanthropy Can Amplify Impacts
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World Health Organization Gives Stamp of Approval to First Malaria Treatment for Young Infants
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Making Better Vaccine Choices in a Shifting Global Health Landscape
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Global Health Policy in Geneva & Worldwide
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Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
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Latin America & Caribbean
North America
South-East Asia
Western Pacific
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Outbreak Threats, Geopolitical Divides and Financial Crises Hover Over 79th World Health Assembly
World Health Assembly 79
Global Health Needs More than Money – Philanthropy Can Amplify Impacts
Inside View
World Health Organization Gives Stamp of Approval to First Malaria Treatment for Young Infants
Medicines & Vaccines
Making Better Vaccine Choices in a Shifting Global Health Landscape
Inside View
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