World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Afghan women in burqas walk towards a safer place after their house was damaged following a deadly magnitude 6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, at Lulam village, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 3. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakes

"A very big issue now is the increasing paucity of female staff in these places," Dr Mukta Sharma, the deputy representative of WHO's Afghanistan office, told Reuters

A female mosquito is seen on the forearm of a health technician in a laboratory at the entomology department of the Ministry of Public Health in Guatemala City, February 4, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Josue Decavele/File Photo

World Health Organization raises concern about spread of mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus

World Health Organization (WHO) logo and US flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US rejects WHO pandemic changes to global health rules

Photo: UNB

Saima Wazed Putul ‘placed on indefinite leave’ from WHO role amid corruption allegations

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Japan trials ‘Universal Artificial Blood’ that could revolutionise emergency care

A boy receives a polio vaccine during a three-day immunization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen November 29, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Nusaibah Almuaalemi//File Photo

Global vaccination stalls, millions of children at disease risk

Argentina's President Javier Milei attends the G20 summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo

Argentina ratifies WHO withdrawal during US health chief's visit

Palestinians make their way with belongings as they flee their homes after the Israeli military issued orders of evacuation from the northern Gaza Strip, 22 May 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Gaza health system at breaking point as Israeli hostilities intensify, WHO says

FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

WHO members adopt global pandemic accord but US absence casts doubts

File Photo: Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Friday, 6 December 2024. Photo: AP via UNB

WHO chief says 2 million 'starving' in Gaza

World Health Organization (WHO) logo and US flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

World Health Organization looks ahead to life without the US

The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden

The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

WHO says member states reach agreement to tackle future pandemics