What is the World Health Organization, and what does it do?
Apr 17, 2020 · The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It was inagurated following the second world war on 7 April 1948 – a date now celebrated as World Health …
World Health Organization (WHO) - The World Economic Forum
Oct 10, 2025 · The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established in 1948 with the objective of the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of …
What is the World Health Assembly and why is it important?
May 16, 2025 · The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year's 78th session convenes under the theme of 'One World for Health'. …
Discover this week's must-read health stories | World Economic Forum
May 27, 2025 · The World Economic Forum hosted its first Health Roundtable on the sidelines of the WHA to promote multi-stakeholder collaboration for global health security. In parallel, its …
How the World Health Organization’s ‘One Health’ framework can …
Aug 14, 2025 · The WHO’s One Health framework links human, animal and environmental health but suffers from slow, fragmented policy delivery. Economist and academic Mariana Mazzucato’s …
WHO declares loneliness a health threat, and other health stories ...
Nov 23, 2023 · The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a "pressing health threat", and has launched a new commission to foster social connection as a priority in all countries. The …
The top global health stories from 2024 | World Economic Forum
Dec 17, 2024 · Health was a major focus in 2024, shaping global news and driving key discussions at the World Economic Forum. From climate change health impacts to the rise of antimicrobial …
How is the World Health Organization funded? - The World Economic …
Apr 15, 2020 · Four charts explaining how the World Health Organization receives and spends money. The UN agency is coordinating the global response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The world needs 6 million new nurses by 2030
Jul 22, 2020 · The world needs to act now to avoid a nursing shortage. That's the message from a World Health Organization (WHO) report which says that nearly 6 million more nurses will be needed by …
The world needs 6 million more nurses, says the World Health …
Apr 7, 2020 · The World Health Organization (WHO) report, State of the World's Nursing, estimates there was a global shortage of 5.9 million nurses in 2018, a slight improvement from the 6.6 million …