Global health body calls for Palestine’s Rafah border crossing to reopen

Tedros Ghebreyesus also calls for solidarity from all countries and for all routes to be opened

New Delhi hardens stance against pleas for reprieve extension following spate of child deaths from toxic medication

Dr Dzulkefly says tragedies like MH370 disappearance, Batang Kali landslide have lasting impacts

Fight not over as industry fights back with new nicotine products aggressively targeting youths, warns WHO

Booze industry players claim that better policies backed by science needed as UN body seeks to introduce tougher rules targeting alcohol

Health agencies confirm safety of paracetamol for expectant mothers

Over 300 deaths from starvation since October 2023, says D-G Tedros

Conflicts, mass displacement, natural disasters, climate change have exacerbated disease's spread, says UN agency

Average rate in 1990 of 10.33 suicides per 100,000 people drops to 7.24 in 2021

Minister cites 19-year-old suffering heart attack as example, urges public to practice healthy lifestyles

Different ministries must help to train the 50,000 people needed as caregivers under 13MP

GENEVA, July 24 — Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — A landmark resolution on lung health by Malaysia has been officially adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in conjunction with the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) in Geneva, Switzerland.

GENEVA, May 21 — China has pledged US$500 million (RM2.1 billion) in financial support to the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the next five years, the Chinese mission to the UN in Geneva said yesterday in a statement shared with Anadolu Ajansi.

GENEVA, May 2 — The minds and bodies of children in Gaza are being broken following two months of aid blockade and renewed strikes, the executive director of the World Health Organisation emergencies programme said yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, April 8 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) is kicking off the year-long "Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures" campaign, calling for immediate and decisive actions to ensure every mother and newborn receives quality healthcare to commemorate World Health Day 2025.

GENEVA, April 8 — Another pandemic will occur sooner or later, and this is not a "theoretical risk" but an "epidemiological certainty," World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday.

CANBERRA, Feb 4 — Research led by Australia's nuclear and radiation safety agency has found no link between mobile phone use and various cancers, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, Oct 23 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that the polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza has been postponed due to heavy Israeli bombing and displacement, the German news agency (dpa) reported.