Jan 28, 2025 · The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

Jan 22, 2025 · O n his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)—a move that experts say makes the U.S. and other ...

Jan 20, 2025 · WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD. HEALTH ORGANIZATION . By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for global public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices [3] and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level.

Dedicated to the well-being of all people and guided by science, the World Health Organization leads and champions global efforts to give everyone, everywhere an equal chance to live a healthy life.

5 days ago · The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the disease and how the virus spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by staying at least 1 metre apart from others, wearing a properly fitted mask, and washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently.

Jan 21, 2025 · When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the largest of its …

Jan 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United ...

Jan 21, 2025 · US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). "Oooh, that's a big one," the newly inaugurated US ...

Jul 22, 2023 · COVID-19 case data: From the 31 December 2019 to the 21 March 2020, WHO collected the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths through official communications under the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005), complemented by monitoring the official ministries of health websites and social media accounts.