Launch of WHO guidelines: integrated management of obesity in children and adolescents
WHO is launching two new guidelines on the integrated management of obesity in children and adolescents, setting out how health systems and health workers can deliver timely, evidence-based and people-centred care for children and adolescents living with obesity.
WHO reports latest global trends in cholera, meningitis and plague
Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, 47 countries reported 451 499 cholera cases and 7870 deaths to WHO. This is the highest number of annual cholera deaths reported to WHO since 1999.
New WHO estimates show changing global health landscape
WHO’s latest Global Health Estimates, released on 2 October 2026, provide a picture of how health has changed across countries and regions between 2000 and 2023, including trends in life expectancy, causes of death and disease burden.
Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme (IOAC)
The IOAC is mandated to oversee and guide the WHO Health Emergencies Programme in coordinating all of WHO’s work in emergencies, to advise the Director-General on issues within its mandate and to reports its findings to the World Health Assembly.
Conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and region
WHO is working with partners to address the most urgent health needs resulting from the conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and region, supporting the health systems to continue functioning. WHO delivers life-saving supplies, organizes external medical help, and monitors and responds to disease…