World Health Organization

• WHO calls on Europe to have tobacco-style warning labels for alcohol

  Alcohol causes 800,000 deaths across Europe each year but just a fraction of the population is aware of the risks, the WHO's Europe office said.

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  Feb 14
  
• WHO struggles with U.S. bird flu communication after Trump exit

  A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that communication on bird flu had become challenging since United States President Donald Trump announced a withdrawal from the United Nations health agency. Asked about communication received by the WHO from Washington on the H5N1 outbreak, Christian Lindmeier told a press briefing in Geneva: “Communication is a...

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  Feb 11
  
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• U.S. CDC told to stop working with WHO ahead of formal withdrawal

  Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa.

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  Jan 27
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• U.S. to leave World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026

  Trump announced the move on Monday, hours after he was sworn in for a second four-year term. The WHO said on Tuesday that it regretted the move from its top donor country.

  World

  Jan 24
• Trump orders U.S. out of World Health Organization

  The move sets a 12-month notice period for the U.S. to leave the United Nations health agency and stop all financial contributions to its work.

  U.S. News

  Jan 21
• Mpox cases in Congo’s epicentre may be ‘plateauing’: WHO

  WHO acknowledged that testing for mpox is still not widespread, making it difficult to understand how exactly the virus is spreading.

  Health

  Nov 11, 2024
• WHO recommends easy-to-read health labels on food packaging

  Packaged food and drinks should have easy-to-read nutritional information on the front of the products, according to the first-ever World Health Organization draft guidelines.

  World

  Oct 18, 2024
• WHO approves 1st mpox diagnostic test for emergency use

  The test enables detection of mpox virus DNA from human skin lesion swabs, the agency said, adding that it was designed for use by trained clinical laboratory personnel.

  Health

  Oct 3, 2024
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• WHO says staggered pauses in Gaza fighting will allow polio vaccines

  Described as “humanitarian pauses” that will last three days in different areas of the conflict-ravaged territory, the vaccination campaign will start Sunday in central Gaza.

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  Aug 29, 2024
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• Africa’s mpox outbreaks due to decades of neglect, experts say

  Mpox had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Nigeria and elsewhere before the disease prompted the 2022 outbreak in more than 70 countries.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2024