International Women’s Day Statement by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 7 March 2018 – On this International Women’s Day, we imagine a world where every woman and girl has access to quality and affordable health care, a world in which women…

Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General 28 February 2018 | GENEVA – The vision of the Sustainable Development Goals is a world in which no one is left behind, including people who suffer from rare diseases. Just because a disease…

WHO statement 14 February 2018 The sixteenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the Director General on 7 February 2018 at WHO headquarters with members, advisers and…

News release 16 February 2018 | Geneva – WHO is announcing today a new high-level commission, comprised of heads of state and ministers, leaders in health and development and entrepreneurs. The group will propose bold and innovative solutions to accelerate prevention and…

News release 15 February 2018 | Geneva – WHO has issued new recommendations to establish global care standards for healthy pregnant women and reduce unnecessary medical interventions. Worldwide, an estimated 140 million births take place every year. Most of these occur without…

News release 29 January 2018 | BANGKOK – WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries. WHO’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS)…

Note for the media 23 January 2018 The WHO Executive Board, currently holding its 142nd session in Geneva, has appointed Dr Carissa Etienne for a second term as WHO Regional Director for Americas. Dr Etienne was elected Director of the Pan American…

News release 10 January 2018 | Nairobi – UN Environment and WHO have agreed a new, wide-ranging collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental health risks that cause an estimated 12.6 million deaths a year. Today in Nairobi, Mr Erik Solheim, head…

News release 8 January 2017 | ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR – The Director-General of WHO has outlined his vision for a Madagascar free of plague epidemics during a three-day visit to the island nation that started on 7 January 2018. “Madagascar can make plague…

Statement 23 December 2017 “UNICEF is a critical partner in our effort to improve the world’s health, particularly in the drive to protect its most vulnerable women and children,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “I very much look forward to work with…