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World Health Organization

November 2023

  • Palestinian children receive food from an emergency kitchen in southern Gaza

    The Guardian view on Gaza’s casualties: mounting calls for a ceasefire must be heeded

  •  'Nowhere and no one is safe,' Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the UN security council on Friday

    One child killed in Gaza every 10 minutes on average, says WHO chief – video

  • A mother holds her son while he gives blood samples to be analysed as part of a  malaria vaccine trial in Junju, Kenya.

    Fair Access
    Kenya manufacturer is first in Africa to get WHO approval for malaria drug

  • Traralgon, in south-eastern Victoria, Australia.

    Politicians who delay climate action must live with consequences, says WHO expert

October 2023

  • WHO: ‘public health catastrophe’ imminent in Gaza – video

    WHO warns underlying conditions can no longer be treated and emphasises risk to babies in incubators and pregnant women
  • Orange flames from a missile strike behind a minaret among blackened and destroyed buildings

    Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow

    As Israel’s ground operation intensifies, World Health Organization issues an urgent statement saying it is unable to cope with a total blackoutIsrael-Hamas war: live updates
    • Australia breaches WHO treaty with carbon neutral certification of big tobacco company

    • Philip Morris lobbying to stop WHO ‘attack’ on vapes and similar products

    • The new malaria vaccine will prevent many deaths – but it’s by no means the end of the disease

September 2023

  • A woman sits on a hospital bed as a girl and a baby lie down. Behind is another mother sitting on bed next to a child

    Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned

    World faces ‘malaria emergency’ from resistance to insecticides, waning efficacy of drugs, funding shortfalls and climate change
  • Colourised transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles

    China fuels global surge in mpox cases as LGBTQ+ stigma hampers response

    WHO says China facing ‘sustained community transmission’ of virus first detected as imported case last year
    • Europe’s politicians have moral responsibility to tackle air pollution, says WHO environment director

    • The age of extinction
      Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO

    • Climate crisis poses greatest risk to people with respiratory illnesses, experts warn

August 2023

  • An old African woman smiles as she peers at the camera

    A common condition
    ‘Many patients are dying blind’: South Africa’s struggle to save eyesight

  • An elderly woman with shaved head and beaded earrings feels the bump of a pregnant woman lying on a bed

    ‘Agents of change’: Kenya’s traditional midwives help cut deaths of mothers

  • Diet Coke is seen on display at a store in New York City, U.S., June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

    Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group

  • Used face masks discarded by patients outside a hospital.

    First Edition newsletter
    Monday briefing: The new variant that’s a reminder the pandemic never fully ended

  • Fair Access
    Can a WHO pandemic treaty help poorer nations in future outbreaks?

  • WHO declares ‘Eris’ Covid strain a variant of interest as cases rise globally

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