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World Health Organization

December 2023

  • Household tap with water coming out of it

    ‘Forever chemical’ in English tap water samples carcinogenic, WHO rules

  • Smoke billows from chimneys of residential buildings in Rome.

    Pollutionwatch
    How toxic air is affecting mental health in Rome

November 2023

  • Tents, man and woman trying to cook flat breads over fire and child in foreground

    Deaths from disease in Gaza could outstrip deaths from war, UN says

  • People including two young children wear face masks in the street outside a children’s hospital in Beijing, China, 24 November 2023.

    Respiratory infection clusters in China not caused by novel virus, says health ministry

  • Hannah Jane Parkinson smiling at Simon Reichwald who is sitting on a bench and looking up

    Will the Swedish ‘say hi’ campaign work in London? We put it to the test

  • Air pollution smog over Athens, Greece, in 2021.

    Toxic air killed more than 500,000 people in EU in 2021, data shows

  • China supplies data to WHO about clusters of respiratory illness

  • Gaza’s main hospital has become a ‘death zone’, says WHO

  • WHO 'extremely concerned' over spread of disease in Gaza – video

  • Health and climate
    Like father, like daughter: why Vanessa Kerry is demanding action on climate and health

  • WHO declares loneliness a ‘global public health concern’

  • Health and climate
    At risk: 10 ways the changing climate is creating a health emergency

  • The Guardian view on Gaza’s casualties: mounting calls for a ceasefire must be heeded

  • One child killed in Gaza every 10 minutes on average, says WHO chief – video

  • Fair Access
    Kenya manufacturer is first in Africa to get WHO approval for malaria drug

  • Politicians who delay climate action must live with consequences, says WHO expert

October 2023

  • WHO warns underlying conditions can no longer be treated and emphasises risk to babies in incubators and pregnant women

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    WHO: ‘public health catastrophe’ imminent in Gaza – video

  • Orange flames from a missile strike behind a minaret among blackened and destroyed buildings

    Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow

  • Cigarette tray filled with butts at a designated smoking area.

    Australia breaches WHO treaty with carbon neutral certification of big tobacco company

  • A Philip Morris IQOS electronic cigarette

    Philip Morris lobbying to stop WHO ‘attack’ on vapes and similar products

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