"GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA"

An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5 percent from 2020, and 1.6 million people died from TB (including 187 000 among HIV positive people), according to the World Health Organization’s 2022 Global TB report. WHO

Press briefing by US Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the United States' priorities for the UN General Assembly's 77th session.

WHO Member States today re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency. Ghebreyesus was first elected in 2017. WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said Lebanon risks losing the health gains it made over the last decade and stressed that unless urgent action is taken, “Afghanistan faces an imminent humanitarian catastrophe.” WHO

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Government of Malawi in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the world’s first malaria vaccine in a landmark pilot programme. The country is the first of three in Africa in which the vaccine will be made available to children up to 2 years of age; Ghana and Kenya will introduce the vaccine in the coming weeks. WHO

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Heads of State gathered in New York on 26 September 2018 at the United Nations General Assembly first-ever high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB) to accelerate efforts in ending TB and reach all affected people with prevention and care. The theme of the meeting is “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic”.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.