Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosted response
On Sept. 17, 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that…
World Health Organization approved SK bioscience as supplier of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 2, 2022, Novavax announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had approved a variation to allow…
WHO experts gave Monkeypox virus variants new names
On Aug. 12, 2022, a group of global experts convened by WHO agreed on new names for monkeypox…
WHO recommended long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention
On Jul. 28, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable…
COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades
On Jul. 15, 2022, The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded…
Ghana reported first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 7, 2022, Ghana announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo declareed 14th Ebola outbreak over
On Jul. 4, 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that…
Multi-country outbreak reported in Twelve member nations not endemic for Mpox Virus
On May 21, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that since May 13, 2022, cases of mpox…
WHO announced nulti-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries
On May 21, 2022, the WHO announced that since May 13, 2022, cases of monkeypox had been reported…
WHO validated 11th vaccine for COVID-19
On May 19, 2022, WHO issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for CONVIDECIA, a vaccine manufactured by CanSino…
WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announced agreement with NIH for COVID-19 health technologies
On May 12, 2022, WHOﾒs COVID-19 Technology Access Pool and the Medicines Patent Pool finalized a licensing agreement…
WHO informed of a confirmed case of monkeypox in an individual who travelled from the United Kingdom to Nigeria
On May 7, 2022, WHO was informed of a confirmed case of monkeypox in an individual who travelled…
WHO reported 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021
On May 5, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported estimates that show the full death toll associated…
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WHO reported Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Apr. 28, 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak…
WHO recommended Paxlovid for high-risk COVID patients
On Apr. 22, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) made a strong recommendation for nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, sold…
WHO established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India
On Mar. 25, 2022, the WHO and the Government of India signed an agreement to establish the WHO…
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More than 80 million doses administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives
On Mar. 18, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Malawi had launched the first round of…
First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation published in a position paper and in the WHO guidelines for malaria
On Mar. 4, 2022, the WHO announced it had published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S)…
WHO and MPP welcomed NIHﾒs offer of COVID-19 health technologies to C-TAP
On Mar. 3, 2022, the WHO and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) jointly welcomed the announcement that the…
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Sorrento announced COVISHIELD antibody strongly neutralized BA.2 Omicron sublineage virus
On Feb. 22, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that additional preclinical results demonstrate broad spectrum COVISHIELD (STI-9167) neutralizing activity…
WHO announced first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub
On Feb. 18, 2022, the WHO announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to…
WHO granted prequalification of Actemra/RoActemra for patients with severe or critical COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2022, Roche announced that Actemraﾮ/RoActemraﾮ (tocilizumab) intravenous (IV) had been granted World Health Organization (WHO)…
WHO prequalified first monoclonal antibody – tocilizumab ﾖ to treat COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2022, the WHO announced the addition of tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody, to its list of…
WHO and Viamo provided critical access to COVID-19 information to the next billion digital users via their mobile phones
On Jan. 28, 2022, the WHO announced that COVID-19 information had reached 1,292,209 people through Viamoﾒs 3-2-1 Platform…
COVAX delivered its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
On Jan. 16, 2022, the WHO announced that it had shipped 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda on…
WHO recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
On Jan. 14, 2022, the WHO announced that it had recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet…
World Health Organization granted scond Emergency Use listing for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 20, 2021, Novavax announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted a second Emergency Use…
Novavax and Serum Institute of India announced WHO Emergency Use listing for NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 17, 2021, Novavax and SK bioscience announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) had granted Emergency…
Democratic Republic of the Congo declared Ebola outbreak over
On Dec. 16, 2021, the Ebola outbreak that erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu…
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World Health Organization announced interim recommendations for use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S vaccine
On Dec. 10, 2021, the World Health Organization announced interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S…