World Health Organisation (WHO)

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, 29 April, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

WHOs Tedros visits DR Congo as Ebola outbreak accelerates

The head of the World Health Organization warned that "we must urgently and massively scale up all our efforts" against the latest Ebola outbreak, with new cases doubling in some hotspots...

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150 million people living under extreme heat: WHO chief

Health workers dress up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Africa CDC, WHO launch unified platform to support Africa's Ebola response

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2 lakh deaths, Tk87,000 crore in losses — yet cigarettes remain cheap for youths

Health workers get dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola recoveries bring signs of hope in DRC as suspected cases emerge outside Africa

UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131, WHO voices deep concern

FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization (WHO) logo is pictured at the entrance of its headquarters in Geneva, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo

WHO kicks off annual assembly amid hantavirus, Ebola crises

A US passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from Covid-19

A person wearing a mask stands aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Passengers begin evacuating from cruise ship hit by hantavirus

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo/BSS

WHO chief seeks to reassure Tenerife residents over hantavirus cruise ship arrival

Tenerife South Airport, where the cruise ship MV Hondius was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, is expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on 9 May 2026. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

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WHO says Bangladesh at high risk from measles, urges measures to close immunity gaps

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo/BSS

WHO warns of catastrophic risks after strike on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant