President Paul Kagame on Thursday, July 10, was recognized by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for his role in promoting global pandemic prevention and response efforts.WHO Director-General Dr ...

The zoonotic spillover theory suggests that SARS-CoV-2, a virus that infects primarily animals, was passed on to humans at a wet market in Wuhan, China. The lab theory speculates that the virus leaked ...

Sligo man exits the crisis-hit World Health Organisation after decades of fighting deadly diseases in some of the most dangerous places ...

Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, congratulated the Ugandan government and health workers who contributed to ending the Ebola outbreak in under four ...

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers a speech at the World Health Organization (WHO) HUB. [AFP] Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak ...

After years of discussions, nations have finalized the text of a landmark agreement designed to better manage future ...

"This is a critical achievement toward better pandemic preparedness and saving lives when outbreaks occur," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as quoted in the statement.

In a statement, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s Director-General, said that the candidate vaccine as well as candidate treatments are being made available through clinical trial protocols ...

This is the first trial to assess the efficacy of a vaccine against the Sudan strain, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

Uganda began a vaccine trial Monday against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom ...

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Ugandan health ministry had “started a vaccine trial against Ebola Sudan virus” with the UN agency’s support.