The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) is calling on people to get tested as an important step towards halting the spread of HIV and ending AIDS. “Know your status” ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed its Zika virus country classification scheme which categorized Barbados and most of the Caribbean as having active Zika virus transmission. The Carib...
A polio outbreak has been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, 18 years after the Pacific nation was declared free of the disease. In a statement, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said one case of pol...
For video game addicts, it might soon be "game over." In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the World Health Organistion said Monday that compulsively playing video games now q...
The European Union has decided to ban meat imports from 20 Brazilian plants amid concerns about sanitary controls. The decision mostly affects poultry and was made by EU member states Thursday. Eur...
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has successfully been reassessed and recertified under the World Health Organization (WHO) Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BHFI). The hospital officially recei...
About 11 percent of medicines in developing countries are counterfeit and likely responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of children from diseases like malaria and pneumonia every year, the Wo...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines on treating with children and adolescents who were victims of sexual assault or rape. In a report issued October 19, WHO said for the f...
The head of the World Health Organization revoked his appointment of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a "goodwill ambassador" on Sunday after the choice drew widespread outrage and criticism. ...
If you needed another reason to protect yourself during sex, here's one. Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease that can infect the genitals and throat, is now resistant to antibiotics, ma...