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Sir David Nabarro, WHO’s special envoy for Covid-19, dies aged 75

The World Health Organisation’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was ‘deeply shocked and saddened’.

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2025

'Famine', 'Starvation': The Challenges In Defining Gaza's Plight

The United Nations and NGOs are warning of an imminent famine in the Gaza Strip -- a designation based on strict criteria and scientific evidence.

International Business Times · Jul 26, 2025

David Nabarro, British physician who led UN response to Ebola and COVID-19, dies

Dr. David Nabarro, a British physician who led the U.N. response to some of the biggest health crises in recent years, including bird flu, Ebola and the coronavirus pandemic, has died

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025

Call for more taxes on smoking to make up cuts to global aid funding

It comes as a new World Health Organisation report says progress tackling tobacco use has seen the biggest slow-down in almost 20 years

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025

Israel kills more than 70 Palestinians in relentless attacks across Gaza

Child among 20 killed near controversial US-run aid centres; displaced people in tents and medics also killed.

Al Jazeera · Jun 10, 2025

WHO Chief Begs Israel To Show 'Mercy' In Gaza

Fighting back tears, the head of the World Health Organization on Thursday urged Israel to have "mercy" in the Gaza war and insisted peace would be in Israel's own interests.

International Business Times · May 22, 2025

WHO Adopts Landmark Pandemic Agreement

The World Health Organization's member states on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement on tackling future health crises, after more than three years of negotiations sparked by the shock of Covid-19.

International Business Times · May 20, 2025

WHO chief says budget plea is 'extremely modest' compared to 'costs of war' or tobacco advertising

The UN health agency is asking for the equivalent of €3.7 billion for the next two years to fill a funding shortfall.

Euronews · May 20, 2025

Aid cuts forcing people in 70 countries to miss out on much-needed medical care, WHO warns

Health facilities have closed and health workers are losing their jobs, WHO director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025

WHO opens annual assembly as UN health agency faces 'existential crisis' in wake of US funding cuts

The World Health Organization is opening its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the most serious crises of its 77-year history in the wake of Trump administration funding cuts and plans to withdraw the United States

The Independent UK · May 19, 2025