The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of ...

A draft pandemic treaty negotiated at the World Health Organisation (WHO) leaves health policy to national governments, ...

The WHO's Commission on Social Connection report marks a milestone in global public health awareness and fosters cross-border ...

WHO director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says all hypotheses are on the table, as the organisation works to reinforce ...

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World Development Report 2022: FINANCE for an Equitable RecoveryThe COVID-19 pandemic triggered the largest global economic crisis seen in more than a century, with especially severe impacts for ...

Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when toxins in the oceans make landfall they imperil the health and well-being of more than 3 billion people, according to a new report by an ...

Full Report and Executive Summary Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.