Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus – an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …
The changing face of pandemic risk: how we need to adapt, …
Feb 5, 2025 · As new diseases emerge and old ones resurge, pandemic preparedness has become a critical concern for global health. The new Global Preparedness Monitoring Board …
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Aug 9, 2023 · Even though vaccines protect against severe disease and death, it is still possible to spread SARS-CoV-2 to others after being vaccinated. WHO response The World Health …
World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to …
May 20, 2025 · Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World …
Preparing for the next pandemic: a checklist for respiratory …
Oct 16, 2024 · To make pandemic planning efficient and integrated, the checklist focuses on similar capacities that can be leveraged for different respiratory pathogens of pandemic …
Pandemics - World Health Organization (WHO)
A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease.An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges and spreads around the world, and most people do not have …
After COVID-19, is the world ready for the next pandemic?
Mar 11, 2025 · The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin is a multi-partner centre of innovation. The Pandemic Fund, run jointly with the World Bank, is financing …
WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant …
Apr 16, 2025 · After more than three years of intensive negotiations, WHO Member States took a major step forward in efforts to make the world safer from pandemics, by forging a draft …
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on …
Mar 11, 2020 · Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to …