WHO today accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering Committee to discontinue the trial’s hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir arms. The Solidarity Trial was established by WHO to find an effective COVID-19 treatment for hospitalized patients. The International Steering Committee formulated the recommendation in light of the evidence for…
The Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge returns on Sunday 26 May 2024 to Geneva, Switzerland to provide a healthy kickstart to the Seventy-seventh…
Newly adopted Zagreb Declaration sets out a political roadmap for reversing the rapid rise of childhood obesity Zagreb, Croatia, 10 May 2023 The spouses of 16 European…
WHO fact sheet dengue and severe dengue provides key facts, definition, provides information on global burden, transmission, characteristics, treatment, prevention and control and WHO response.
Nature Communications – Here, the authors analyze polygenic scores for 457 phenotypes, finding 49 with robust polygenic score predictive models ( > 0.6 AUC). They find that…
Nature Communications – Here, the authors analyze polygenic scores for 457 phenotypes, finding 49 with robust polygenic score predictive models ( > 0.6 AUC). They find that…
The Health for All Film Festival puts storytelling power in the hands of filmmakers and seeks to showcase the role of individuals and communities as…
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, kill 40 million people each year.
Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease.
High-level dialogue between WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Volker Türk The world is embroiled in…
This year’s theme was chosen to champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to health services, education, and information, as well as safe…
