World Health Organization - CNN Philippines

about 2 days ago

WHO hopes that inclusion of gaming disorder in the classification will stimulate debate as well as further research and international collaboration.

about 1 week ago

Show empathy towards people who vent online, mental health advocates say.

about 1 month ago

Health experts from the United Nations call on the government to spend more on health protection against noncommunicable diseases.

about 1 month ago

As of Wednesday, 32 people are suspected to have been infected with Ebola viral disease, including three health care workers.

about 1 month ago

The Philippines, meanwhile, ranks third in deadliest country in Asia Pacific for outdoor pollution.

about 5 months ago

Experts still have no recommendations on whether dengue-negative people who received an incomplete dosage of Dengvaxia should complete the course.

about 6 months ago

The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization is aiming to issue a question and answer guide on Dengvaxia this month.

about 6 months ago

The Philippines is the 44th country to be declared safe from the disease, which killed 49,000 infants in 2013.

about 1 year ago

More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year around the world – an average of 3,000 deaths per day – from causes that are largely preventable, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.

about 1 year ago

Ten people have caught the MERS coronavirus after an outbreak in a haemodialysis unit in a hospital in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, without giving details of how the virus was able to spread within the hospital.