WHO urged faster action on pandemic preparedness as world leaders at the G20 Leaders' Summit in South Africa highlighted global health security.

Violence against women stays widespread with little progress. Many survivors remain silent, funding declines, and risks rise.

WHO’s Urban Governance Initiative outlines how strengthening participatory, multisectoral city governance can transform ...

Violence against women remains one of the world's most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little ...

Millions of lives at risk from HIV, TB and malaria funding cuts - One of the world’s biggest funders of the fight against HIV ...

At least nine people in Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, engaged in science denial as he addressed “the growing threat of ...

Many think it's a dangerous ploy by the tobacco industry. But some say, with millions of deaths each year attributed to ...

The findings, unveiled ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November, expose ...

Climate change is already driving a global health emergency, with over 540 000 people dying from extreme heat each year and 1 in 12 hospitals worldwide at risk of climate-related shutdowns, warns a ...