INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2021 #1
RTS,S malaria vaccine reaches more than 650 000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi through groundbreaking pilot programme
Driving Global Health: Romain Grosjean announces his support for the WHO Foundation
Message from Director SRH/HRP
WHO validates Gambia for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
Applications for the 23rd WHO Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines available for public review and comment
Disability in children and adolescents must be integrated into the global health agenda
Statement on the seventh meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Greta Thunberg, climate and environment activist, joins World Health Organization’s call for vaccine equity
WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people's ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Updated repository of health budgets 2021
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) review of latest evidence of rare adverse blood coagulation events with AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (Vaxzevria and Covishield)
Update of the WHO guidance on the treatment of drug susceptible tuberculosis
Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance
New WHO Global Compact to speed up action to tackle diabetes
WHO and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen access to health in Francophone countries
WHO calls for comprehensive, equitable access to healthcare for every Chagas disease patient
Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use - New tobacco tax manual shows ways to save lives, money and build back better after COVID-19
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
The Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly closes
2018 definition of competent maternal and newborn health professionals providing care during childbirth
WHO announces simple, easy-to-say labels for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern
Global eye care targets endorsed by Member States at the 74th World Health Assembly
A new landmark resolution on disability adopted at the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly
World Health Assembly recommends reinforcement of measures to protect mental health during public health emergencies
New WHO guidance on non-clinical interventions specifically designed to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections
World Health Assembly approves extension of the Global Coordination Mechanism for Noncommunicable Diseases
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 29 May 2021
World Health Assembly approves development of implementation roadmap for achieving SDG target on noncommunicable diseases
World Health Assembly Resolution paves the way for better oral health care
New WHA Resolution to bring much needed boost to diabetes prevention and control efforts
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 28 May 2021
Public notice and comment on new Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) members
Statement by the Malaria Policy Advisory Group on the urgent need to address the high prevalence of pfhrp2/3 gene deletions in the Horn of Africa and beyond
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 27 May 2021
COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021
Health Workforce in COVID-19 Action Series: Time to Protect. Invest. Together.
WHO supports people quitting tobacco to reduce their risk of severe COVID-19
World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day
