Aiming to increase access to recommended treatments for COVID-19, WHO today added tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody, to its list of prequalified trea...
To commemorate World NTD Day last January 30, global leaders convened to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the London Declaration and kick off endo...
World leaders launched on Feb 9, 2022 a call to end the pandemic as a global emergency in 2022 by funding the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerat...
New methods to assess a patient’s risk factors for developing breast cancer are rapidly emerging, and include precision tests to identify small geneti...
Two years into the pandemic, health systems are still facing significant challenges in providing essential health services. Ongoing disruptions have b...
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to improve older people’s health and well-being, but only if ageism is eliminated from th...
To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (WNTDD) on Jan 30, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on everyone, to rally to confron...
Too many girls and women continue to die and to face both the short and long-term negative consequences of unsafe abortion – yet information is lackin...
100 landmarks in 34 countries lit up in unity to mark the third annual World NTD Day on January 30, 2022, including The Bell Tower in Perth, Tokyo Tow...