WHO Warns AI Risks Could Undermine Global Health Policies
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to strengthen governance frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI), warning that unchecked use of…
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WHO Pushes Self-Help Tools to Tackle Mental Health Crisis
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new implementation guide to help countries expand access to mental health services through evidence-based…
WHO Urges Nations to Lift Congo Ebola Travel Bans
BUNIA, DR Congo – The World Health Organization has warned that travel restrictions and border closures imposed over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic…
Mental Health Crisis Deepens as Africa Faces Funding Gap
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – African countries have renewed calls for greater investment in mental health services as nearly 150 million people across the continent…
WHO Sounds Alarm Over Nicotine Pouch Surge
GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nicotine pouches are rapidly gaining popularity among young people, exposing millions of adolescents…
WHO Unveils DoxyPEP Strategy to Curb Rising STI Infections
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has issued its first global recommendation on the use of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, known as doxyPEP, as…
WHA79 Adopts Ambitious Decade-Long Plan to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance Globally
ABUJA, Nigeria – Member States at the Seventy-Ninth World Health Assembly adopt a new Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) for 2026–2036, intensifying…
African Leaders Push Cross-Border Pact to Eliminate Malaria, NTDS
ABUJA, Nigeria – African countries and global health partners intensify efforts to eliminate malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through a new cross-border cooperation…
Gates Foundation Commits $15m Emergency Funding as Ebola Crisis Deepens in Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Gates Foundation has announced an emergency funding package of $15 million to support efforts aimed at containing the worsening Bundibugyo…
Ebola Response Funding May Exceed $300m – African Leaders Warn
KAMPALA, Uganda – African health leaders and international partners have warned that more than $300 million may be required to contain the rapidly expanding…