LONDON, May 24 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa requires mass vaccinations as measures like good hygiene and safe sexual behaviour will help control its spread, a senior official said on Monday.

LONDON/GENEVA, May 23 — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization director general (WHO), will have history on his mind when he hosts almost 200 member states at the UN agency's annual assembly this week.

LONDON, May 22 — The World Health Organization said it expects to identify more cases of monkeypox as it expands surveillance in countries where the disease is not typically found.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — Malaysians planning to visit countries affected by the monkeypox outbreak are advised to get vaccinated beforehand to protect themselves against the virus.

COPENHAGEN, May 13 — The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday.

GENEVA, May 6 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that almost 15 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of 2021.

GENEVA, April 28 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that there have been more than 151 suspected cases of salmonellosis to be linked to the popular "Kinder" chocolate products produced in Belgium.

GENEVA, April 5 — Most people globally, some 99 per cent of the world's population, breathe air that exceeds World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality limits, the UN agency’s new data showed Monday.

MOSCOW, March 28 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded 72 attacks targetting healthcare institutions since the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the UN secretary-general said Sunday.

GENEVA, March 17 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday over a global spike in Covid-19 cases, despite reduced testing and several weeks of declining infections, said Xinhua.

GENEVA, March 3 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday of a sharp increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression related to the Covid-19 pandemic, caused largely by social isolation, said Xinhua.

GENEVA, Feb 15 — World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday that in some countries, high vaccine coverage combined with the lower severity of the omicron coronavirus variant is driving a false narrative that the Covid-19 pandemic is over.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Cancer is among the leading causes of death in private hospitals, at 34.95 per cent, and the fourth in hospitals under the Health Ministry (MOH), at 11.56 per cent, with tobacco use as one of the main factors causing the disease.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Malaysia will align its National Strategic Plans for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and upcoming White Paper on the Future of Healthcare with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Implementation Road Map, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — New Covid-19 infections in the country continue to show an upward trend for the third day in a row with 5,439 cases reported today.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 — A Malaysian delegation led by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, will take part in the 150th session of the executive board (EB) of the World Health Organisation (WHO), to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from January 24 to January 29.

GENEVA, Jan 20 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) advised its member states on Wednesday to lift or ease international traffic bans although it still considers the Covid-19 pandemic a major concern, said Xinhua.

(Reuters) Jan 19 — There is no evidence at present that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, Jan 14 — Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme Covax, mainly because of a rapidly approaching expiry date, a Unicef official said on Thursday.

GENEVA, Jan 12 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Tuesday that current Covid-19 vaccines may need to be updated if they are to provide continued protection against emerging variants, including Omicron.