As communities recover from devastating floods, WHO is supporting Nepal’s health authorities to identify disease threats early and prevent outbreaks

developing better national action plans to fight antimicrobial resistance. However, most plans lack the funding to be implemented fully and thereby save lives. The findings, drawn ...

In the WHO South-East Asia Region, the proportion of people aged 60 years and above is projected to nearly double between 2024 and 2050, from 11.3% to 20.9%. However, many older pe ...

On 28 September 2026, the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office convened a final debriefing session for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) delegation following the ...

Immunization experts are reviewing progress and priorities to protect people across the WHO South-East Asia Region from vaccine-preventable diseases. The Region has achieved the hi ...

A new publication in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization presents the revised WHO oral health module for the STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease risk factor surv ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) works to i ...

In 2023, nearly 30% of adolescent girls aged 15–19 years have experienced intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their lives. This is abou ...

WHO’s latest Global Health Estimates, released on 2 October 2026, provide a picture of how health has changed across countries and regions between 2000 and 2023, including trends i ...