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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO is horrified by the killing of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen in Gaza on Monday,” reiterating that “an effective and transparent mechanism for deconfliction must be put in place to ensure humanitarian convoys can move safely.” WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “almost 90 percent of the population of Gaza – 1.9 million people – have been displaced,” and with “only 15 hospitals are functioning even partially, the lack of clean water and sanitation, and overcrowded living conditions are creating the ideal environment for diseases to spread.” WHO

The UN World Health Organization said this year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat. WHO

“Right now there are many respiratory pathogens that are circulating in the Northern Hemisphere, as we enter the winter months, people are spending more time indoors and we tend to see an increase in respiratory infections, whether this is due to COVID-19 or influenza, but also other viruses like adenovirus, rhinovirus and some bacteria like Mycoplasma pneumonia,” a WHO representative said. WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the Organization has verified 237 attacks on health care, including 218 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and 19 in Israel. He reiterated, “attacks on health care are a violation of international humanitarian law.” WHO

The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said, “We call for the immediate and safe release of hostages seized and taken into Gaza by Hamas and other armed groups, among them children, older people and those who need urgent medical care. We continue to appeal to Israel and Hamas to abide by their obligations under international law to protect civilians and health care.” WHO

The World Health Organization welcomed today’s “historic” commitment shown by global leaders, at the UN General Assembly, when they approved a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official said that “COVID remains a global health threat” and called on all countries “to strengthen surveillance, sequencing and reporting so we can assess the risk of new variants such as EG.5 and BA.2.86”. WHO

The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said, “Three months ago, I declared an end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency, although I said that it remains a global health threat.” He added, “Since then, the number of reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths globally has continued to decline.” WHO

Cancer medicines have been added to the latest version of the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List and the Essential Medicines List for Children. WHO