On the International Day of Older Persons, WHO is launching the first data portal that brings together in one place data on global indicators for monitoring the health and well-being of people aged 60 and over. Data is included for indicators such as: percentage of older people aged 60 years […]
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On 10 October, World Mental Health Day, world leaders and internationally-recognized celebrities and mental health advocates will come together for the World Health Organization’s Big Event for Mental Health. WHO’s first-ever online advocacy event for mental health will focus on the urgent need to address the world’s chronic under-investment in mental health ̶ a problem […]
COVID-19 will not be the world’s last health emergency and there is an urgent need for sustainable health emergency preparedness to deal with the next one. This was the strong sentiment shared by participants of the United Nations General Assembly side-event on ‘Sustainable preparedness for health security and resilience: Adopting […]
Today Mr Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation, and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus signed four new memoranda of understanding (MoU) agreements including a contribution for an amount exceeding US$ 15 million to support priority health actions. The focus areas include the International […]
His Excellency Mr Mohammed A. Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus signed a new contribution agreement in the amount of US$ 90 million in flexible funding to support of the implementation of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan. The Flexible […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new WHO survey. The survey of 130 countries provides the first global data showing the devastating impact of COVID-19 on access to mental […]
A global social media challenge to get the world moving on mental health is launched today with a call for a massive scale-up in investment in mental health. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, the World Health Organization, in collaboration with United for Global Mental Health and […]
Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The vast majority of stillbirths, 84 per cent, occur […]
On Wednesday 14 October, WHO will launch new guidance: Ethics & vector-borne diseases. The guidance document is a culmination of more than three years of work and will be a valuable new tool to support global efforts to prevent and control vector-borne diseases (VBDs). VBDs are a major contributor to […]
On 5 October 2020, WHO and Denmark signed a multiyear agreement in which Denmark increased its flexible support to WHO. As part of the agreement, Denmark’s funding to WHO will exceed 140 million Danish kroner (over US$ 20 million) of flexible and thematic contributions for the 2020-2023 period. Denmark’s voluntary […]