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News Articles: World Health Organization

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 19. After the pandemic treaty was approved, he said, "The world is safer today thanks to the leadership, collaboration and commitment of our Member States to adopt the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement."

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  • Global Health

The world now has its first ever pandemic treaty. Will it make a difference?

At the World Health Assembly, 193 members nations voted to adopt a treat calling for better preventive measures and global cooperation. But there are still details to hash out.

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the World Health Assembly on May 19. It's the first such gathering that the U.S. has not attended in nearly 80 years in the wake of President Trump's plan to withdraw from WHO membership.

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  • Global Health

For the first time, the U.S. is absent from WHO's annual assembly. What's the impact?

In the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, the agency is holding its first major meeting. How will that affect WHO — and the United States?

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
The sign at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The CDC is tasked with protecting the public's health.

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  • Global Health

Effective immediately: CDC can't talk to WHO. What will that mean for world health?

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
The logo of the World Health Organization at the entrance of its headquarters in Geneva. The U.N. agency is funded by a combination of assessed contributions from its nearly 200 member states as well as voluntary contributions from member states, philathropic foundations and private donors.

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  • Global Health

Assessing Trump's claim that U.S. pays 'unfair' share of dues to WHO

While signing the order to end U.S. membership in the World Health Organization, the President spoke of the disparity between contributions from the U.S. and China. Here's how WHO funding works.

January 22, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
On the first day of his second presidential term, President Trump announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the World Health Organization.

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  • Global Health

Trump declares U.S. will withdraw from the World Health Organization

The newly inaugurated president announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

January 21, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
At an April 14, 2020 briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, President Trump announced his intention to halt U.S. funding for World Health Organization WHO. U.S. membership in the U.N. body is likely to be reviewed in the early days of his second term.

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  • Global Health

How will Trump's return to the White House change the face of global health?

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he's expected to issue a series of orders with far-reaching impact on global health — from abortion services to support for the World Health Organization.

January 17, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel,
  • Rachel Carlson,
  • and 1 more
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference with the Association of Accredited Correspondents at the United Nations (ACANU) at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on December 10, 2024.

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  • News

WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli missile

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.

December 28, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito.

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  • Global Health

Egypt has been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization

Egypt has been fighting malaria for nearly 100 years. WHO declares a country malaria-free when the disease has not been present for at least three consecutive years before the designation.

October 23, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
This March 11, 2015, photo shows the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. A new study says Nearly 60% of food products made for toddlers and babies did not meet nutrition standards set by the WHO.

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  • Children's Health

Nearly 60% of baby foods in the U.S. don't meet nutritional guidelines, study says

Hundreds of products failed to reach adequate recommendations for macronutrients like protein and calories, but exceeded the recommended sugar content.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A child receives a measles vaccination at a clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, where a 2022 outbreak saw some 700 children die from the highly infectious childhood disease.

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  • Global Health

The jump in measles cases in 2023 is 'very concerning' says WHO official

And the numbers in 2024 aren't looking any better. Why is this highly infectious disease on the rise? And how can it be tamed?

April 29, 2024
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By:
  • Fran Kritz and
  • Gabrielle Emanuel

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  • Global Health

The breast cancer burden in lower income countries is even worse than we thought

The World Health Organization has just released the latest worldwide statistics of the global burden of cancer. Here are five takeaways from WHO's top expert on cancer.

February 03, 2024
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
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  • Global Health

NPR quiz goes global: Test your knowledge of milestones and millstones in 2023

Test your knowledge of global health and development with 12 questions about landmark events of 2023.

January 14, 2024
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By:
  • Marc Silver
A Palestinian doctor treats a prematurely born baby at Al Aqsa Hospital in Gaza on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023.

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  • Health

WHO resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict hopes for 'health as a bridge to peace'

The health organization's director-general says needed humanitarian aid isn't possible without a cease-fire but the resolution provides a platform to build from.

December 10, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Workers load the trucks with boxes after a planes carrying Turkish humanitarian aid for residents of the Gaza Strip landed at El Arish International Airport in Egypt, neighboring the enclave under intense Israeli blockade and bombardment on October 13, 2023.

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  • Global Health

Aid deal brings hope to hungry Gaza residents, but no food yet

A deal struck Thursday is set to allow humanitarian aid parked in Egypt into Gaza. How much and how soon food would arrive remains uncertain.

October 19, 2023
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By:
  • Gabriel Spitzer
A baby receives the DPT vaccine, that can prevent diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, as part of a monthly check-up medical program for children at an integrated services post in Banda Aceh on June 8, 2023.

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  • Children's Health

After a historic downturn due to the pandemic, childhood immunizations are improving

New data from the World Health Organization and UNICEF show that the number of children getting vaccinated is rebounding globally.

July 18, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
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