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WHO procurement report 2025

The WHO Procurement Report is published annually and provides an overview of procurement at WHO, details essential procurement data for the year, and showcases...

Risk communication and community engagement readiness and response toolkit: substandard and falsified medicines

The document outlines key concepts related to substandard and falsified medicines, including their sources, risks and impact on health systems and communities....

Global status report on neurology: executive summary

The Global status report on neurology presents the first comprehensive global assessment of the public health response to neurological disorders under...

The WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity: a joint WHO/UNICEF operational model for designing and implementing the response

Obesity is one of the most urgent public health challenges of our time. In 2022, more than 1 billion people worldwide were living with obesity, a number...