The World Health Organization (WHO) launched S.A.R.A.H., a digital health promoter prototype with enhanced empathetic response powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI). S.A.R.A.H. is a Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health that represents an evolution of AI-powered health information avatars, Read More

As the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Missing Migrants Project marks its ten-year milestone, a new report reveals alarming trends in migrant deaths and disappearances over the past decade.   According to “A Decade of Documenting Migrants Death” more than one-third Read More

International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision has urged Immediate action needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide. According to the WHO, actions include investing in access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, testing and detecting Read More

A high-powered intervention by 23 former national Presidents, 22 former Prime Ministers, a former UN General Secretary and 3 Nobel Laureates is being made today to press for an urgent agreement from international negotiators on a Pandemic Accord, under the Read More

The Lancet Neurology report shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide were living with a neurological condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) contributed to the analysis of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor Study Read More

The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022. According to the latest estimates released today by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) Read More

International days are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. Today March 8 is International Women's Day. The day is observed every year to mark and Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published a new, comprehensive diagnostic manual for mental, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental disorders: “The clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders (ICD-11 CDDR).” ICD-11 was adopted at the World Read More

At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year on record, according to data collected by IOM’s Missing Migrants Project. The 2023 death toll represents a tragic increase of 20 percent compared to Read More

Ministers of Health from African countries accelerated action to end deaths from the malaria disease. They pledged to sustainably and equitably address the threat of malaria in the African region, which accounts for 95% of malaria deaths globally, the World Read More