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Ethiopia to Host 2024 Global EOC Simulation Exercise, Strengthening Public Health Emergency Preparedness

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and WHO Ethiopia will host the 2024 Global Emergency Operations Centre Simulation Exercise (GEOCX), organised by WHO’s Emergency Operations Centre Network (EOC-NET). This exercise aims to bolster the capacity of Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) worldwide to prepare for and respond to health emergencies. GEOCX 2024 is […]...

G20 health ministers rally support for WHO’s investment round

Health ministers expressed their support for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Investment Round that will be chaired by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro during the G20 Leaders’ Summit set for Novemb...

31 Oct 2024

WHO and Partners Activate Global Health Emergency Corps For The First Time In Response to Mpox Outbreak

In October 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to ...

25 Oct 2024

WHO global network expands digital health certification for Hajj pilgrims

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a new milestone digital health collaboration today to expand the Hajj health card initiative to support the roughly three ...

18 Oct 2024

Kenya Records First Mpox Death As New Cases Hit 13

Kenya has recorded its first mpox death, Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has confirmed. Speaking to Nation on Monday, Ms Muthoni revealed the confirmed cases....

4 Oct 2024

Vellum Health: Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

The World Health Organisation (WHO) congratulated Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. “Eliminating a disease is a momentous accomplishment that takes...

27 Sep 2024

Vellum Health: WHO kicks off $1.5 billion financing platform

Execution is starting under the new Health Impact Investment Platform on the first country health investment plans turning original commitment into operational reality. The landmark partnership betwee...

20 Sep 2024

FIFA and WHO Launch Global Concussion Awareness Campaign

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is launching Suspect and Protect: No Match is Worth the Risk, a concussion awareness campaign, in partnership with the World Health Organis...

13 Sep 2024

Africa CDC confident it can raise $600 million for mpox response

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) can raise $600 million to fight the surging mpox outbreak on the continent, the agency’s head said on Thursday. “If you w...

8 Sep 2024

WHO launches global framework for understanding the origins of new or re-emerging pathogens

With the support of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a global framework to help Member States comprehensively ...

30 Aug 2024

WHO urges rapid access to mpox diagnostic tests, invites manufacturers to emergency review

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked manufacturers of mpox in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) to submit an expression of interest for Emergency Use Listing (EUL). WHO has been in ongoing discussions...

23 Aug 2024

First meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), having concurred with the advice offered by the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR or Regulations) Emergency Committee regarding ...

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