World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 16, 2025 · The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.
What is the World Health Organization and why does it matter?
Jan 22, 2025 · Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the largest of its kind: the World Health ...
What is the World Health Organization and why does it matter ... - UN …
Jan 21, 2025 · When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the largest of its kind: the World Health ...
What is the World Health Organization and why does it matter?
Jan 21, 2025 · The UN agency is also currently working to achieve its “triple billion targets”. Set in 2019, the targets are that by 2025, one billion more people will be benefitting from universal health coverage, one billion more people will be better protected from health emergencies and one billion more people will be enjoying better health and wellbeing.
New framework to bolster health in fragile settings offers timely ...
2 days ago · A new Framework for health in the humanitarian-development-peace (HDPN) nexus in Africa provides a roadmap for integrating health into HDPN with a focus on countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. It defines recommended actions in policy and planning, intersectoral coordination, budgeting and financing, service delivery, and …
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Since the foundation of WHO in 1948, the world has experienced countless public health challenges threatening our health and well-being. However, numerous obstacles have been overcome and...
UN regrets US exit from global cooperation on health, climate …
Jan 21, 2025 · UN agencies responded on Tuesday to President Trump’s executive orders ending US membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the massive potential negative impact on public health and efforts to …
UN High-level Meetings on Universal Health Coverage
May 9, 2023 · Achieving UHC is a WHO strategic priority, with the goal of 1 billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage by 2025. In countries with fragile health systems, we focus on technical assistance to build national institutions …
Jeddah conference closes with adoption of global pledges to ... - UN …
Nov 16, 2024 · The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance began Friday in Jeddah: “AMR doesn't just threaten to...
United Nations confirms US will leave World Health Organization …
4 days ago · The United States is set to officially withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2026 after the UN body received a formal letter from US President Donald Trump this week. UN ...