View 2020 is the WHO’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife. It’s time policymakers listened to them ǀ View According to the WHO, the world currently needs nine million more nurses. The staffing shortages are not only affecting developing countries; here in Europe, we too are struggling to fill nursing and midwifery vacancies. 10/01/2020
View Europe is woefully unprepared for future deadly disease outbreaks ǀ View New research by the Economist Intelligence Unit has identified severe weaknesses in countries’ abilities to prevent, detect and respond to significant disease outbreaks. 16/12/2019
Slovakia 80% of adolescents worldwide not exercising enough, says WHO Lack of physical activity in adolescence can impact health, as well as cognitive development and sociability. 22/11/2019
world news World 'not ready for pandemics', says WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Euronews it would make Ebola look 'lousy' 10/10/2019
Russia Explosion rips through lethal viruses laboratory in Russia An explosion started a subsequent fire at the Vector lab in Russia, which is known for being one of two places in the world to house the smallpox virus. 17/09/2019
world news Suicide: One person dies every 40 seconds, WHO reveals The United Nations agency said the most effective ways to reduce the number of suicides would be for governments to restrict access to pesticides. 09/09/2019
world news 'Vaping' not as safe as people think warns WHO WHO warns of the danger of electronic cigarettes, increasingly consumed by young people and enormously addictive. 31/07/2019
Democratic Republic Of Congo Why has WHO declared Ebola emergency a year after outbreak started? The World Health Organisation declared Ebola a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday. 19/07/2019
World WHO calls for greater action to fight diabetes & obesity in the Middle East The World Health Organization’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr. Ahmed Al Mandhari, is calling for united action to strengthen health systems in the the Levant. 12/07/2019
Democratic Republic Of Congo WHO stops short of declaring Ebola outbreak a global emergency The World Health Organization (WHO) determined for the third time that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is not a "public health emergency of international concern". 14/06/2019
world news Global league table of sexual diseases produced by WTO A 'wake up call' is urgently needed among 15-49-year-olds, says health agency. 07/06/2019
world news The price of tobacco is linked to proportion of smokers, finds study. The report looked at the price of a 20 pack of Marlboro cigarettes in every European country and crossreferenced these figures with the percentage of people who smoke in that country. 31/05/2019
View The WHO can't achieve universal healthcare without the private sector An openness to explore new opportunities for partnership – with the private sector and others in civil society – will ensure that the WHO can lead a successful transformation in how the world responds to the health challenges ahead. 24/05/2019
View We should criminalise the anti-vax movement for eroding trust in life-saving medicines ǀ View The number of outbreaks of measles around the world is increasing. Governments planning to mandate vaccinations or introduce sanctions for those who do not vaccinate their child should consider action against those spreading false messages about these life-saving medicines. 09/05/2019
world news Vaccine hesitancy among top ten threats to global health in 2019: WHO Vaccine hesitancy among top ten threats to global health in 2019, warned the WHO. 18/01/2019
Ukraine Tackling the nightmare of being a woman and HIV positive in Ukraine In Ukraine, HIV discrimination is still common and amid conflict, cases of HIV are on the rise as families struggle to cope with medical shortages 30/11/2018
world news Air pollution: "New Tobacco" Head of World Health Organisation says 7 million people will die each year from toxic air 27/10/2018
Democratic Republic Of Congo New hope in the battle against Ebola in the DR Congo’s conflict zone Euronews reports from Beni, where new treatments provide hope that a new Ebola outbreak can be contained despite fighting nearby between armed groups. 23/10/2018
