Consistently high vaccination rates and global health surveillance programs have helped eliminate poliomyelitis (polio) in almost all countries of the world, except Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Bill Gates, founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) special meeting on Monday.
WHO welcomed Mr Javier Padilla Bernáldez, Spain's Secretary of State for Health and his delegation on 23 and 24 April 2024 to discuss joint global health priorities.
A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years.
Activist and psychologist Ana Estrada, who won an intense judicial fight to have a dignified death whenever it is convenient to her, opted for the medical procedure of euthanasia, and now she rests in peace.
A disabled woman in China who uses her hands to propel her along after her legs were damaged by a childhood illness has hit back at vicious online abuse saying that she is unfit to be a mother.