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New Guide Promotes Safe, Inclusive and Child-Friendly Public Space
As cities continue to expand, safe public spaces where children can play, move and connect are increasingly disappearing. A new global guide released today by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and UN-Habitat urges governments and city leaders to place children at the centre of urban design, emphasising that public spaces are vital to children’s […]...
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16 Jan 2026
Kenya Launches National Cervical Cancer Elimination Action Plan 2026-2030
Kenya has taken a major step in the fight against cervical cancer following the official launch of the National Cervical Cancer Elimination Action Plan covering the period from 2026 to 2030. Health Ca...
19 Dec 2025
WHO Hosts Second Global Summit to Advance Evidence, Integration and Innovation for Traditional Medicine
The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Second Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, jointly organised with the Government of India, opens today, bringing together government ministers, scientists, I...
12 Dec 2025
New Study Shows Childhood Trauma Predicts Difficult Labour
Studies are beginning to show that childhood trauma may soon become an important part of the medical history taken from pregnant women, alongside their present symptoms and concerns. New research from...
5 Dec 2025
New Prevention Tools and Investment in Services Essential in the Fight against AIDS
This World AIDS Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on governments and partners to rapidly expand access to new WHO-approved tools, including lenacapavir (LEN), to drive down infections an...
28 Nov 2025
Africa Leads the Charge for a Fairer Global Health System
The global health system is at a defining moment. Mounting pressure from reduced financing, widening inequities, and the urgent call for fairness expressed in the Lusaka Agenda highlight the need for ...
21 Nov 2025
Silent Lifesavers: The Untold Stories of Blood Donation
The request for a blood donation often arises at a moment of desperation in Kenya. When a patient’s blood levels drop dangerously low, families are thrown into a frantic scramble to find donors. For...
15 Nov 2025
WHO Launches Global Guidelines on Diabetes During Pregnancy on World Diabetes Day
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first global guidelines for the management of diabetes during pregnancy, a condition affecting about one in six pregnancies, or 21 million women an...
7 Nov 2025
Plan for Dashboard Mapping Africa’s Health Supply Chain
A well-functioning supply chain is the backbone of any health system. Yet across Africa, insufficient infrastructure, fragmented logistics, and limited access to real-time data often delay the deliver...
31 Oct 2025
16th Annual Meeting of the WHO International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines
The 16th Annual Meeting of the World Health Organisation International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines (WHO-IRCH) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, and hosted by the Indonesian Food and Drug...
24 Oct 2025
Kenya Switches to Single-Dose HPV Vaccine to Boost Uptake
Kenya has taken a major step in fighting cervical cancer by adopting a single-dose human papillomavirus vaccine. The new plan, announced by the Ministry of Health, aims to increase vaccine coverage am...
16 Oct 2025
WHO, EU Announce Collaboration to Advance Digitised Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have announced a new agreement to support the digital transformation of health systems and broader adoption of WHO’s Global Digital He...
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