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The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, convened an Emergency Committee under Article 48 of the International Health Regulations about the current outbreak of the monkeypox virus. WHO

A new app for mobile phones that provides localized information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels has been launched by WHO, WMO, UNEP, and ILO to help people protect themselves adequately. UNTV CH

The World Health Organization today released its largest review of world mental health since the turn of the century. The detailed work provides a blueprint for governments, academics, health professionals, civil society and others with an ambition to support the world in transforming mental health. WHO

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that WHO does not recommend mass vaccination against monkeypox. WHO

The first preliminary report from the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) to WHO is published today. WHO

WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "globally, the number of reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to decline. This is clearly a very encouraging trend – increasing vaccination rates are saving lives – but WHO continues to urge caution. Globally, there is not enough testing, and not enough vaccination." WHO

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “the sudden appearance of monkeypox in many countries at the same time suggests there may have been undetected transmission for some time.” WHO

According to the World Health Organization, tobacco lays waste to the environment, besides killing 8 million people a year. WHO

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

The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world can still be contained and the overall risk of transmission is low, the UN health agency said on Tuesday. UNTV CH