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Cholera kills more people for second consecutive year, while prevention and treatment available September 12, 2025
The global cholera statistics for 2024, shows an increase in both the number of people who fell sick and died from the disease. Reported cholera cases rose by 5% and deaths by 50% in 2024 compared to 2023, with more than 6000 people dying from a disease that is both preventable and treatable.
WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments September 5, 2025
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various types of cancer and for diabetes with associated comorbidities such as obesity. Medicines for cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, haemophilia and blood-related disorders are among the other additions.WHO EML […]
Over a billion people living with mental health conditions – services require urgent scale-up August 28, 2025
More than 1 billion people are living with mental health disorders, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new findings published in two reports – World mental health today and Mental Health Atlas 2024 – highlight some areas of progress while exposing significant gaps in addressing mental health conditions worldwide.

Rapid outbreak assessment - Prolonged cross-border multi-serovar Salmonella outbreak linked to consumption of sprouted seeds March 6, 2025
A cross-border multi-serovar Salmonella enterica outbreak linked to the consumption of sprouted seeds has been ongoing in Europe since 2023.
Rapid outbreak assessment – Prolonged multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 linked to consumption of tomatoes in the EU/EEA and the UK November 12, 2024
A cross-border outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 is ongoing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK).
Threat assessment brief - Implications of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda for the EU/EEA, 2024 October 10, 2024
This threat assessment addresses the implications of the ongoing Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Rwanda for the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA).