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WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients 
hospitalized with COVID-19

WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

New evidence from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the extensive overuse of antibiotics during COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, which may have exacerbated "silent" spread...

WHO and France convene high-level meeting to defeat meningitis

Global leaders highlight the need to defeat meningitis – a leading cause of disability – at a high-level meeting co-hosted by the World Health...
Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

Named after the flowers civilians stuffed in the muzzles of the soldiers’ guns, the revolution put Portugal on the path to democracy and led...
Spain's Secretary of State for Health discusses health priorities with WHO

Spain's Secretary of State for Health discusses health priorities with WHO

WHO welcomed Mr Javier Padilla Bernáldez, Spain’s Secretary of State for Health and his delegation on 23 and 24 April 2024 to discuss joint...
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti

UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti

The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over...

A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the...