World Mental Health Day – scaling up investment in mental health
"World Mental Health Day is an opportunity for the world to come together and begin redressing the historic neglect of Mental Health. We...
Certification of the Eradication of Wild Poliovirus in the WHO Region of Africa
"Congratulations my African brothers and sisters and all the dedicated, brave, tireless health workers who worked to end polio in Africa. One of the...
How to protect yourself in the infodemic
Check the video and see how young people seize opportunities provided by an unprecedented access to information and digital technologies to communicate, share information...
Certification of wild poliovirus eradication in the African Region
"Today is a day of celebration, and a day of hope.
Today we come together to rejoice over an historic public health success - the...
We need to prevent COVID-19 vaccine nationalism.
We need to prevent #COVID19 vaccine nationalism.
For this reason, the World Health Organization is working with governments and the private sector through the...
Will you wash your hands with Akili?
WHO has teamed up with Ubongo, Africa-based children's education and entertainment producer, to launch 'Will you wash your hands with Akili?'. The sing-a-long video...
How does contact tracing work?
COVID-19 continues to spread around the globe. You can help stop COVID-19 by participating in contact tracing. Check out this video and learn how...
Azerbaijani doctors return home to help their country face COVID-19
In the middle of an international lockdown the World Health Organization (WHO) helped 19 Azerbaijani doctors who were living in Turkey to return home...
The changing world of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights
The world in which adolescents live has changed dramatically in the last 25 years and the response to their sexual and reproductive health and...
Outsmart COVID-19
These are the ways to outsmart COVID-19:
1. Governments: test, isolate & treat patients, trace & quarantine their contacts; inform, empower & listen to communities
2....