General Healthcare

A WHO expert has called for early prevention strategies to address obesity as a global public health crisis, speaking with EMJ during the 79th World Health Assembly.

There are severe gaps in national mortality monitoring, with only 73 Member States able to produce regular death counts, a data expert told EMJ at the 79th World Health Assembly.

Amid promising developments in prevention and diagnostics, barriers persist for vulnerable groups, a WHO expert told EMJ at the 79th World Health Assembly.

The global maternal mortality ratio is around seven times lower than the rate needed to reach the SDG target, EMJ heard at the 79th World Health Assembly.

Experts have identified two candidate vaccines for Bundibugyo virus, which could take months to get to clinical trial. Instead, they remain focused on affected communities.

The WHO Director-General has convened an Emergency Committee regarding the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a public health emergency of international concern.

Pandemic risk is outpacing investments, an expert global monitoring group has warned in a new report launched on 18th May in the margins of the 79th World Health Assembly.

The 32nd United European Gastroenterology Week, held from 12th–15th October 2024 in Vienna, Austria, brought together over 11,500…