Sania grew up in Pakistan and initially understood mental health in the way many people do: as a personal struggle. So, when she experienced depression at the age of 17, her care was structured around ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first guidelines addressing the sharp rise in obesity among children and adolescents, setting out how health systems and health workers can ...

Back in June 2026, WHO deployed Paul Benjamin Gbadia (Côte d’Ivoire) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through ...

Last Friday, the 2nd of October, the first media reports emerged of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute in the Russian Federation.

High-level cross-sectoral roundtable to advance the meaningful inclusion of migrants, refugees and displaced populations in ...

This WHO guideline provides practice- and science-informed global clinical and public health recommendations for the integrated management of obesity in adolescents aged 10–19 years, responding to the ...

The 2026 UHC Day campaign launch will give advocates, including civil society and young people, tools and messaging to ...

To help host countries and event organizers better anticipate and manage heat-related health risks, WHO is releasing a new ...

Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, young MPs at the Forum’s Seventh Global Conference called for greater attention and resources for youth mental health, for youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health ...

Public health guidance for preventing and controlling Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) in camps and camp-like settings, ...

I’m sorry that I cannot be with you in person as I had wanted to be for my final Regional Committee meeting as your Director-General. I had planned to join you in Washington after the UN General ...