Over 300 deaths from starvation since October 2023, says D-G Tedros

Conflicts, mass displacement, natural disasters, climate change have exacerbated disease's spread, says UN agency

Average rate in 1990 of 10.33 suicides per 100,000 people drops to 7.24 in 2021

Minister cites 19-year-old suffering heart attack as example, urges public to practice healthy lifestyles

Different ministries must help to train the 50,000 people needed as caregivers under 13MP

GENEVA, July 24 — Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — A landmark resolution on lung health by Malaysia has been officially adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in conjunction with the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) in Geneva, Switzerland.

GENEVA, May 21 — China has pledged US$500 million (RM2.1 billion) in financial support to the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the next five years, the Chinese mission to the UN in Geneva said yesterday in a statement shared with Anadolu Ajansi.

GENEVA, May 2 — The minds and bodies of children in Gaza are being broken following two months of aid blockade and renewed strikes, the executive director of the World Health Organisation emergencies programme said yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, April 8 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) is kicking off the year-long "Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures" campaign, calling for immediate and decisive actions to ensure every mother and newborn receives quality healthcare to commemorate World Health Day 2025.

GENEVA, April 8 — Another pandemic will occur sooner or later, and this is not a "theoretical risk" but an "epidemiological certainty," World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday.

CANBERRA, Feb 4 — Research led by Australia's nuclear and radiation safety agency has found no link between mobile phone use and various cancers, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, Oct 23 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that the polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza has been postponed due to heavy Israeli bombing and displacement, the German news agency (dpa) reported.

MANILA, Aug 19 — The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said today, adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain.

STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO, Aug 16 — Global health officials yesterday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency.

GENEVA, June 21 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned today that scorching heat in the Gaza Strip could exacerbate health problems for Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombardment and heavy fighting between its forces and Hamas.

AMMAN, June 13 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that more than 8,000 children aged under five in the Gaza Strip have been treated for acute malnutrition, including 1,600 suffering from severe acute malnutrition, resulting in 28 deaths, Jordan News Agency reported.

LONDON, June 2 — Talks aimed at reaching a global agreement on how to better fight pandemics will be concluded by 2025 or earlier if possible, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.

LONDON, April 19 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the Covid-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives.

RAMALLAH, April 18 — World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday, renewed calls to provide protection for all hospitals in the Gaza Strip.