HBSC is a WHO collaborative cross-national study that monitors the health and well-being of adolescents in their social context. Conducted every 4 years using school-based surveys among 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, the study provides internationally comparable data on health behaviours, social determinants and developmental trends in adolescence.| www.who.int
Between 2000 and 2024, the global population increased from 6.2 billion to 8.2 billion. Over this period, a quarter of the world’s population (2.2 billion) gained access to safely managed drinking water, and a third (2.8 billion) gained safely managed sanitation. But while billions have gained access to WASH services, progress has been uneven and the total number of people still lacking access has decreased more slowly.| www.who.int
WHO cardiovascular diseases fact sheet providing key facts and information on risk factors, symptoms, rheumatic heart disease, treatment and prevention, WHO response.| www.who.int
The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday, with an overall 556 774 children under the age of 10 being vaccinated with a second dose of polio vaccine, and 448 425 children between 2- to 10-years-old receiving vitamin A, following the three phases conducted in the last weeks.| www.who.int
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.| www.who.int
Strong malaria surveillance systems help countries design effective health interventions and evaluate the impact of their malaria control programmes| www.who.int
Vector control is a vital component of malaria control and elimination strategies as it is highly effective in preventing infection and reducing disease transmission| www.who.int
Preventive chemotherapy is the use of medicines to prevent malaria infections; these safe and cost-effective strategies are intended to complement ongoing malaria control activities.| www.who.int
Prompt malaria diagnosis by microscopy or rapid diagnostic tests is recommended for all patients with suspected malaria before they are given treatment| www.who.int
The WHO Guidelines for malaria bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one easy-to-navigate online platform| www.who.int
This updated version of the global technical strategy for malaria endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2021 reflects lessons learned in the global malaria response over the last 5 years| www.who.int
The MME programme is an initiative which supports malaria elimination in Cambodia, China (Yunnan Province), the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam| www.who.int
The global cholera situation continues to deteriorate, driven by conflict and poverty, posing a significant public health challenge across multiple WHO regions. Between 1 January and 17 August 2025, a total of 409 222 cholera/Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) cases and 4738 deaths were reported globally, from 31 countries, with six of the 31 countries reporting case fatality rates above 1%, indicating serious gaps in case management and delayed access to care. Cholera is resurging in a number of c...| www.who.int
A series of events, being co-hosted by the World Bank and WHO on 13-14 April is bringing ministers of finance, development agencies, academic experts and practitioners together to discuss how to put mental health at the centre of the health and development agenda globally and in countries.| www.who.int
For centuries, humans have looked for ways to protect each other against deadly diseases. From experiments and taking chances to a global vaccine roll-out in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, immunization has a long history.| www.who.int
Worldwide about 10% of pregnant women and 13% of women who have just given birth experience a mental disorder, primarily depression. In developing countries this is even higher, i.e. 15.6% during pregnancy and 19.8% after child birth. In severe cases mothers’ suffering might be so severe that they may even commit suicide. In addition, the affected mothers cannot function properly. As a result, the children’s growth and development may be negatively affected as well. Maternal mental disord...| www.who.int
The Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) is an independent group of experts that will periodically review the evidence and analyze the implications of emerging VOCs on the performance of COVID-19 vaccines.| www.who.int
WHO’s Global Health Estimates provide latest available data on causes of death globally, by region, by sex and by income group. They are published every 3 or 4 years and identify trends in mortality over time, which can and are used for decision-making on global health policy and resource allocation.| www.who.int
The WHO policy brief Ageism in Artificial Intelligence for Health examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and public health for older people, including the conditions in which AI can exacerbate or introduce new forms of ageism.| www.who.int
The report released today calls for urgent action to combat ageism and better measurement and reporting to expose ageism for what it is – an insidious scourge on society.| www.who.int
The guidelines emphasize the importance of collaboration between the health and other sectors and joint efforts across all government levels to promote healthy housing.| www.who.int
Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep and have more time for active play if they are to grow up healthy, according to new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).| www.who.int
On World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing a new report entitled Mental health of refugees and migrants: risk and protective factors and access to care, outlining the latest global evidence on main factors influencing the mental health of refugees and migrants and their access to care. This is fifth report of the Global evidence review on health and migration (GEHM).Around 1 in 8 people globally live with a mental health condition. Refugees and migrants are...| www.who.int
The sole purpose of this Review Committee is to provide technical recommendations to the Director-General on amendments proposed by State Parties to the IHR, as decided by the Health Assembly in Decision WHA75(9).| www.who.int
Geneva, 12 May 2023: On 5 May - World Hand Hygiene Day – the World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever research agenda on hand hygiene in health care. The WHO research for hand hygiene in health care 2023–2030: summary provides guidance on the highest priorities for research to gather further evidence on best approaches to improve hand hygiene practices during health care delivery, as well as to accelerate innovative solutions. During the two-years long consultative proce...| www.who.int
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in Kenya: the country was certified free of Guinea worm disease in 2018.| www.who.int
This joint UNICEF and WHO publication aims to guide governments and partners through the steps to introduce policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing.| www.who.int
WHO and UNICEF launched the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. The Ten Steps summarize a package of policies and procedures that facilities providing maternity and newborn services should implement to support breastfeeding. WHO has called upon all facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the Ten Steps.| www.who.int
March 2021: These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months of age and point-of-care tests to monitor treatment in people living with HIV; the treatment monitoring algorithm; and timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV who are being treated for tuberculosis.| www.who.int
Findings from a rapid stock take with 108 WHO country offices on the extent of impact of suspensions and reductions in health official development assistance (ODA) on health systems, mitigation measures, and country needs during 7 March–2 April 2025.| www.who.int
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls for a further assessment of microplastics in the environment and their potential impacts on human health, following the release of an analysis of current research related to microplastics in drinking-water. The Organization also calls for a reduction in plastic pollution to benefit the environment and reduce human exposure.“We urgently need to know more about the health impact of microplastics because they are everywhere - including in our d...| www.who.int
WHO is a leading advocate for policies and programmes to reduce ambient and household air pollution to protect public health at the global, national and local levels. WHO’s ongoing global leadership activities on air pollution and health focus on synthesizing the evidence-base for policy-making and tracking progress on the health impacts of air pollution.| www.who.int
A wide range of tools that support decisions on air pollution, and more generally for sustainable human settlements and urban planning, has been developed and made available for users by WHO-HQ and by WHO Regional offices. Such tools include models and frameworks, interactive websites, templates, toolkits, and software.| www.who.int
The unit for Air Quality and Health, Air Pollution and Health, provides support in the development of guidance, tools and provision of expertise and advice on health issues related to air pollution. The unit leads monitoring and reporting on global trends and changes in health outcomes associated with actions taken to address air pollution at national, regional, global levels to protect health.| www.who.int
Clean air is fundamental to health. Compared to 15 years ago, when the previous edition of these guidelines was published, there is now a much stronger body of evidence to show how air pollution affects different aspects of health at even lower concentrations than previously understood. But here’s what hasn’t changed: every year, exposure to air pollution is still estimated to cause millions of deaths and the loss of healthy years of life.| www.who.int
The indicator 3.9.1. 'Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution' tracks the total burden of disease from household and ambient air pollution.| www.who.int
Global public health days offer great potential to raise awareness and understanding about health issues and mobilize support for action, from the local community to the international stage.| www.who.int
WHO fact sheet on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) provides key facts and information on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, risk factors and WHO response.| www.who.int
This global hepatitis webinar will provide a critical platform for collaboration with partners and engagement with governments, health professionals and the public to drive advocacy, awareness and action to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health problem.| www.who.int
On 25 September 2025, Heads of States and Government will meet at the UN General Assembly to set a new vision for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing towards 2030 and beyond through a new, ambitious and achievable Political Declaration.| www.who.int
We sat down with Dr Teodora Wi, WHO Medical Officer, specializing in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), to discuss antimicrobial resistance (AMR), gonorrhoea and the future of drug resistant STIs.| www.who.int
The World Health Organization is pleased to announce the launch of the Global Arbovirus Initiative on 31 March at 13:00 Central European Time.| www.who.int
En 2019 se estimó que el 15% de los adultos en edad de trabajar tenía un trastorno mental. Hay medidas efectivas que pueden prevenir los riesgos de salud mental en el trabajo, proteger y promover la salud mental en el trabajo y apoyar a los trabajadores con trastornos mentales.| www.who.int
NEW YORK, GENEVA, 28 May 2024 – Around the world, menstrual health and hygiene needs are being overlooked due to limited access to information, education, products and services, as well as inadequate facilities and inequalities. A new report, Progress on drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in schools 2015–2023: special focus on menstrual health, launched by UNICEF and WHO on Menstrual Hygiene Day, analyses for the first time emerging national data on menstrual health and hygiene in s...| www.who.int
INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children is an evidence-based technical package to support countries in their efforts to prevent and respond to violence against children aged 0-17 years. The package includes the core document describing what the INSPIRE strategies and interventions are; an implementation handbook that provides details on how to implement the interventions, and a set of indicators to measure the uptake of INSPIRE and its impact on levels of violence agai...| www.who.int
Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations specialized agencies.| www.who.int
The WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality recommend water safety plans (WSPs) as the most effective means of consistently ensuring the safety and acceptability of a drinking-water supply.| www.who.int
On 2 April 2025, the International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) for Mexico notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the country’s first laboratory-confirmed human infection with an avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in the state of Durango. In response, local and national health authorities have implemented a range of measures to monitor, prevent, and control the situation. There have been reports of A(H5N1) outbreaks in birds in Durango, although the exact source o...| www.who.int
The 4th edition incorporating the 1st & 2nd addenda, of the WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) builds on over 60 years of guidance by WHO on drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health.| www.who.int
European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe 127 350 measles cases reported in the European Region for 2024 – double the number reported for 2023 and the highest number seen in the Region since 1997 Geneva/Copenhagen, 13 March 2025 According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the ...| www.who.int
WHO fact sheet on adolescents health risks and solutions: includes key facts and provides a definition, information on specific health issues, WHO response.| www.who.int
Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly being recognised as a priority public health problem and policy issue for older people. During the course of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030), the Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing Unit will be addressing social isolation and loneliness as one of the themes that cuts across the four main action areas of the Decade.| www.who.int
Condoms, when used correctly and consistently, are safe and highly effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. They are the only contraceptive method that can prevent both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as being safe, inexpensive and widely available.| www.who.int
WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network is an open-source platform, built on robust & transparent standards that establishes the first building block of digital public health infrastructure for developing a wide range of digital products for strengthening pandemic preparedness and to deliver better health for all. | www.who.int
WHO fact sheet on sexually transmitted diseases (STIs), providing key facts, as a public health issue, infections and transmissions, STIs and women's health, adverse outcomes of pregnancy, HIV, STI syndromes, prevention, vaccination, mother-to-child transmission, WHO response.| www.who.int
More than 1 billion people worldwide are obese – 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents and 39 million children. This number is still increasing.| www.who.int
Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and health professionals worldwide are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis. Climate change is impacting human lives and health in a variety of ways. It threatens the essential ingredients of good health – clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food supply and safe shelter – and has the potential to undermine decades of progress in global health.| www.who.int
The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade. The entire 2.1 million population of Gaza is facing prolonged food shortages, with nearly half a million people in a catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death. This is one of the world’s worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time.| www.who.int
Fruits and vegetables are important components of a healthy diet. Reduced fruit and vegetable consumption is linked to poor health and increased risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). An estimated 3.9 million deaths worldwide were attributable to inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption in 2017.| www.who.int
Подростковая беременность является глобальной проблемой, которая касается стран с высоким, средним и низким уровнем дохода. Однако во всем мире вероятность подростковой беременности выше в маргинализованных группах населения и нередко обусловлена нищетой, отсутствие...| www.who.int
WHO fact sheet on violence against women providing key facts and information on the scope of the problem, health consequences, prevention, WHO response.| www.who.int
Science is at the heart of food safety. It helps us understand what makes food unsafe and guides us on how to prevent foodborne diseases. The theme of World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2025 draws attention to the use of scientific knowledge as key to reducing illness, cutting costs and saving lives.| www.who.int
A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants, as part of ongoing efforts to align the names of the monkeypox disease, virus and variants – or clades – with current best practices. The experts agreed to name the clades using Roman numerals. The monkeypox virus was named upon first discovery in 1958, before current best practices in naming diseases and viruses were adopted. Similarly for the name of the disease it causes. Major variants were...| www.who.int
Be a voluntary blood donor and an inspiration to others, commit to being a regular donor and give blood throughout the year, encourage your friends and family to become regular blood donors...| www.who.int
On World Blood Donor Day, celebrated on 14 June 2025, WHO, its partners and communities across the world will unite behind the theme: Give blood, give hope: together we save lives.| www.who.int
The World Health Organization's Global Observatory on Health Research and Development (R&D) has released its latest findings, revealing stark disparities in global health research funding, resource allocation, and capacity between high-income and low- and middle-income countries.| www.who.int
A WHO and World Bank Group report launched today shows that 400 million people do not have access to essential health services and 6% of people in low- and middle-income countries are tipped into or pushed further into extreme poverty because of health spending.| www.who.int
On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health of Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) following confirmation from three national reference laboratories. The case presented with signs and symptoms between 20 and 21 January and died on 29 January at the National Referral Hospital in Kampala. As of 30 January 2025, 45 contacts have been identified, including 34 healthcare workers and 11 family members. Sudan virus disease belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease. It is ...| www.who.int
On 20 December 2024, after two consecutive incubation periods (total of 42 days) since the second negative PCR test was conducted on 7 November for the last confirmed Marburg case, and without a new confirmed case reported, the Ministry of Health of Rwanda declared the end of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak, as per the WHO recommendations. The outbreak had been declared on 27 September 2024. As of 19 December 2024, 66 confirmed cases,15 deaths with a case fatality ratio (CFR) of 23%,...| www.who.int
Un cas d’infection humaine par un virus grippal A(H5N1) a été signalé à l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) le 25 mars 2024 par les autorités nationales du Viet Nam. Le patient, qui ne souffrait d’aucune pathologie sous-jacente, a développé des symptômes le 11 mars et est décédé le 23 mars. Il a été établi qu’il avait été exposé à des oiseaux au cours de la troisième semaine de février. Les échantillons prélevés sur des contacts proches se sont révélés...| www.who.int
An ambitious, concerted and inclusive strategy has been developed to guide the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. Now is the time to act!| www.who.int
Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displacement and acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter. Four major hospitals in Gaza (Kamal Adwan Hospital, Indonesia Hospital, Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, and European Gaza Hospital) have had to suspend medical services in the past week due to their proximity to hostilities or evacuation zones, and attacks. WH...| www.who.int
This guideline provides evidence-informed guidance on the use of non-sugar sweeteners to reduce the risk of unhealthy weight gain and diet-related noncommunicable diseases in adults and children.| www.who.int
Burn-out is included in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon. It is not classified as a medical condition.| www.who.int
Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Children are defined as stunted if their height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median.Stunting in early life -- particularly in the first 1000 days from conception until the age of two - impaired growth has adverse functional consequences on the child. Some of those consequences include poo...| www.who.int
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