COVID-19 – News Updates
Recent Updates
- Beijing+25: where are we now, and where do we go next?
- Steroids boost survival of preterm babies in low-resource settings, new study finds
- New book calls on world leaders to unite in response to health threats
- Nigeria resumes Yellow fever vaccination with safety measures necessary for the COVID-19 context
- The World Health Organization and Wikimedia Foundation expand access to trusted information about COVID-19 on Wikipedia
- New Study 31/A5349 on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB
- Statement of the Twenty-Sixth Polio IHR Emergency Committee
- World Sight Day 2020
- INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #3
- Call for entries: 2nd WHO Health for All Film Festival
- WHO 2020 Global TB Report app – now available in English, French and Russian
- Kim Sledge and the World We Want partner with WHO Foundation to re-record unity anthem “We Are Family” in response to COVID-19 and to focus on global public health needs
- Strategic exchange with representatives from civil society and communities
- Solidarity Therapeutics Trial produces conclusive evidence on the effectiveness of repurposed drugs for COVID-19 in record time
- WHO appoints co-chairs of Independent Commission on sexual misconduct during the Ebola response in North Kivu and Ituri, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sixth Annual meeting of the “Friends of the Task Force” Working with Member States to deliver the NCD-related SDG targets during and beyond COVID-19
- New electronic survey manual supports countries to combat micronutrient deficiencies
- WHO Bulletin Call for Papers: Behavioural and Social Sciences for Better Health
- WHO takes a position on genetically modified mosquitoes
- RESPECT Implementation package for preventing violence against women
- WHO: Global TB progress at risk
- Investment in digital health needs careful planning: new WHO guide explains how to do it well
- Release of module and mapping of tools on stakeholder and community engagement in quality of care initiatives for maternal, newborn and child health
- Impact of COVID-19 on people’s livelihoods, their health and our food systems
- Neglected tropical diseases: tackling stigmatization, discrimination and mental health through a person-centred approach
- WHO publishes guidance on climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities
- One Year Commemoration of the High-Level Meeting on UHC: Measuring Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of COVID-19
- Denmark boosts commitment to WHO
- Launch of Ethics & Vector-borne Diseases: WHO Guidance
- One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates
- Global challenge for movement on mental health kicks off as lack of investment in mental health leaves millions without access to services
- COVID-19 disrupting mental health services in most countries, WHO survey
- WHO welcomes a contribution of US$ 90 million from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support its COVID-19 global response
- The Russian Federation steps up support to WHO for global health security and noncommunicable diseases
- The best time to prevent the next pandemic is now: countries join voices for better emergency preparedness
- World leaders, celebrities to join WHO’s Big Event for Mental Health on 10 October
- WHO launches portal for global data on the health and well-being of older people
- WHO to investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- WHO publishes pricing policy guideline to improve affordable access to medicines
- Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries
- New WHO guidelines on promoting mental health among adolescents
- International Safe Abortion Day
- World Rabies Day 2020
- WHO discontinues hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir treatment arms for COVID-19
- Statement of the twenty-fifth polio IHR Emergency Committee
- WHO announced as a Global Leader of the Generation Equality Action Coalition on ending gender-based violence
- Introductory meeting of WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis
- Public call for data on diagnostic accuracy on nucleic acid amplification tests to detect TB and resistance to selected anti-TB agents
- WHO urges countries to expand access to rapid molecular tests for the detection of TB and drug-resistant TB
- Partners in health: Germany and France commit to increased support to WHO affirming the Organization’s crucial role in global public health
- WHO speaks at the European Parliament on the COVID-19 response
- Timeline of WHO’s response to COVID-19
- 8th TRIAD Meeting: Statement
- Final Statement on the 8th meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005)
- Act-Accelerator update
- 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over; vigilance against flare-ups and support for survivors must continue
- Sustained decline in sleeping sickness cases puts elimination within reach
- IOC joins forces with WHO and the United Nations to fight COVID-19
- Introduction to the Public Health Management of Chemical Incident Response and the Role of Poison Centres – Wednesday 8 July 2020
- Introduction to the Public Health Management of Chemical Incident Response and the Role of Poison Centres
- WHO welcomes crucial new funding for vaccines
- World Food Safety Day 2020: UN experts in Facebook live event on 5 June 2020
- Record number of countries contribute data revealing disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance
- Health Workers: Get the WHO Academy COVID-19 app!
- WHO urges countries to enable access to fully-oral drug-resistant TB treatment regimens
- A cluster of COVID-19 in Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- WHO–ILO Global Framework for National Occupational Health Programmes for Health Workers
- Statement from Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme at the Yemen High-level Pledging Conference
- The value of integrating HIV prevention and contraceptive services
- Update on progress on Cystic echinococcosis control in Mongolia
- New tools to help ensure a positive pregnancy experience for women
- Countries failing to prevent violence against children, agencies warn
- WHO welcomes FDA approval of new formulation of dolutegravir for young children living with HIV
- Compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres
- Call for expression of interest: Data gathering and analysis on electricity access in healthcare facilities
- Call for expression of interest: Global assessment of electricity in healthcare facilities report
- Luxembourg and WHO sign new Memorandum of Understanding, committing flexible funding to support WHO Triple billion targets
- Update of the WHO guidance on screening for active tuberculosis
- The World Health Organization reminds public to remain vigilant through Mr Bean’s Essential COVID-19 Checklist