The World Bank Group’s evaluation underscores the urgent need for global investment in epidemic and pandemic preparedness through integrated One Health strategies, stronger health systems, and rapid ...

According to a 2022 World Bank estimate, preventing a pandemic would cost approximately US$11 billion per year, while ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

Uganda's Ebola outbreak is "rapidly evolving" a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult ...

Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization said Wednesday that it was working with Uganda to prevent the country's Ebola outbreak from spreading to other nations.

According to the World Health Organization, an Ebola outbreak has been declared in Uganda. Health officials have found a dozen cases of the viral infection, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever.

WHO recommends new Ebola treatments 08/19/2022 The World Health Organization has recommended the use of two drugs against the Ebola virus, which it says have "revolutionized" the treatment of what ...

A year-long independent investigation revealed allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against 21 employees of the World Health Organization during a recent Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.

The World Health Organization said it had recorded 420 attacks on health facilities, resulting in 11 deaths and 86 injuries. The spread of false information about Ebola also impeded efforts to ...

On Wednesday the World Health Organization declared the ongoing — and now year-old — Ebola outbreak a global health emergency. The emergency declaration comes after a man became sick and ...

The nearly year-long Ebola outbreak in Congo is now a “public health emergency of international concern,” the World Health Organization declared Wednesday. The designation by the WHO — an ...