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The World Health Organization provides global leadership in public health within the United Nations system. Founded in 1948, WHO works with 194 Member States, across six regions and from more than 150 offices, to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

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Monkeypox response in Europe

Monkeypox response in Europe

How six months of working with communities is helping to control the virus

World Health Organization

Nov 21, 2022

The ‘last mile’ of malaria elimination in Cambodia

The ‘last mile’ of malaria elimination in Cambodia

Health centre malaria workers play a pivotal role in eliminating the disease in malaria hotspots

World Health Organization

Mar 31, 2021

Kenyan farmers break free from tobacco farms

Kenyan farmers break free from tobacco farms

Farmer Reginald Omulo walks between rows of healthy maize and beans, stopping to admire what he has planted.

World Health Organization

Mar 23, 2022

The impact of war in Ukraine on children with cancer — ensuring care continues

The impact of war in Ukraine on children with cancer — ensuring care continues

As the war in Ukraine intensifies, hundreds of children with cancer have been forced to flee homes and hospital beds all over the country…

World Health Organization

Mar 18, 2022

Vaccines explained

How do vaccines work?

How do vaccines work?

This article is part one in a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution.

World Health Organization

Jan 13, 2021

How are vaccines developed?

How are vaccines developed?

This article is part two in a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Part one focused on how vaccines work to…

World Health Organization

Jan 15, 2021

Manufacturing, safety and quality control of vaccines

Manufacturing, safety and quality control of vaccines

This article is part three in a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Part one focused on how vaccines work to…

World Health Organization

Jan 18, 2021

“We fight for every patient here”

“We fight for every patient here”

Portraits of resilience from health workers and patients in Kyiv, Ukraine

World Health Organization

Mar 25, 2022

How support from ECHO helped contain COVID-19 in Khartoum

How support from ECHO helped contain COVID-19 in Khartoum

Response interventions will strengthen the health system beyond COVID-19.

World Health Organization

Jun 3, 2022

Why the world needs more poisons centres

Why the world needs more poisons centres

In Thailand, there are more than 15 000 cases of poisoning each year. Ramathibodi Poison Center in Bangkok is on the frontline.

World Health Organization

Feb 17, 2021

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