✅ 2025: WHO released its first recommendations on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for treating obesity and weight loss. WHO recognized 4 countries—Austria, Norway, Oman, and Singapore— for their efforts to eliminate industrial trans fats from food supplies.

2025 brought immense achievements and profound challenges for global health. Amid funding cuts and rising threats to science and solidarity, WHO stood firm, leading global efforts to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time. This is our 2025 wrapped! 🔗 https://bit.ly/49wdcpl

New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has found that, based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The conclusion reaffirms WHO’s position that childhood vaccines do not cause autism. www.who.int/news/item/11...

My team’s fab production. Public health good news on HIV treatment. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Aid cuts didn't create global health financing emergency but have exposed long-standing vulnerabilities, threatening progress towards #HealthForAll. @who.int guidance provides recommendations on how to shift toward sustainable, domestically-financed & self-reliant health systems: bit.ly/4oOVVgX

‘The health situation in #Gaza is a crisis for generations to come’ — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus#Gazain his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4's Today news programme

Congrats #Maldives 🇲🇻 for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hep B! The country is also maintaining 🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission HIV 🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission syphilis This makes Maldives the first country in the world to achieve 'triple elimination'

Did you know that since 1999 an independent group of global experts called the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has been providing WHO evidence-based recommendations on #vaccines?

@who.int is doing all we can to alleviate suffering & evacuate those who need urgent medical care outside Gaza. The urgent problem we face is that too few countries are willing to receive them. We call for countries to open their arms to these critically ill patients.

It was great getting Professor Sander to talk about information manipulation tactics and how you can fight against them. Got 2 mins? Then watch.

Witty, humble, and relentless— Katalin Karikó’s mRNA research helped power the COVID-19 vaccines that saved millions of lives. #VaccinesWork

@theipcinfo.bsky.social warns: the worst-case scenario of #famine is unfolding in #Gaza. Mass starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths. @who.int calls for urgent access for food and medical aid into Gaza at scale. Ceasefire. Peace is the best medicine!

Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the #Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July. The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives. Statement from WHO. www.who.int/news/item/27...

On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside. Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded. 🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget

WHO condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on a building housing WHO staff in Deir al Balah in #Gaza, the mistreatment of those sheltering there, and the destruction of its main warehouse. Read our full statement: www.who.int/news/item/21...

People are getting killed trying to get food. 877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.

Join me and many other speakers where we discuss unpacking health #misinformation. ⬇️

Loneliness is more than a feeling — it’s a health risk. 🧠💔 The new @WHO report dives into the toll of social isolation and how we can rebuild real, meaningful connections. ⬇️

No one should be denied health care because of who they are or who they love. #HealthForAll #PrideMonth

Each year, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) leads to over 3.6 million hospitalisations and tragically claims about 100,000 young lives. Awareness saves lives. Spread the word, protect the little ones! 💙

A recent WHO study found that every 2% increase in energy intake from #TransFats significantly raises the risk of: 💔 heart disease by 25% 😐 death from any cause by 14% Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/42oIBG3

Stay tuned for the next plot twist episode. In this one we tackle common myths and concerns around vaccines. ⬇️

WHO assesses the health risk posed by the COVID-19 variant under monitoring (called NB.1.8.1) to be low at the global level. 🧵 WHO continues to track variants: www.who.int/activities/t...

WHO and partners reached Al-Awda Hospital in North #Gaza, amid intense insecurity on 24 and 27 May to transfer critical patients to Al-Shifa and assess the situation following recent attacks. During the first mission, the team was exposed to nearby airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire.

The pain of seeing children perish is unbearable. Unbearable. Unbearable. Unbearable. This should never happen. This is moral depravity.

Watch a candid conversation with Dr Jeremy Farrar on the sidelines of #WHA78. We ask him about the public health funding crisis—what it means for countries, the WHO, the world, and the road ahead. youtube.com/shorts/qLeEV...

$2.1 billion is the equivalent of 🌍 military expenditure every 8h $2.1 billion is the price of 1 stealth bomber $2.1 billion is 1/4 of what the tobacco industry spends on advertising & promotion every year. It seems somebody switched the price tags on what is truly valuable in our world. #WHA78

🌍Supporting sustainably financed WHO, Member States today approved a 20% increase in membership dues—endorsing a US$ 4.2 billion budget for 2026–27. Read more: bit.ly/4dtJbrN

WHO faces a 21% reduction from the original proposed budget for the 2026-27 biennium. “If we think US$ 2.1 billion a year is ambitious—or $ 4.2 billion for the biennium—then either we must lower our ambitions for what WHO is and does, or we must raise the money.” - @drtedros.who.int bit.ly/3ZrwCXZ

Maternal conditions and breast cancer, as well as higher rates of health problems like back & neck pain, gynaecological diseases, migraines, depression, and anxiety, reduced women's lead in healthy life expectancy compared to men. Learn more: bit.ly/437wz4w

End the aid blockade! People in Gaza are dying while WHO and partners' medical supplies and food are minutes away, ready for deployment. WHO calls for the release of all hostages and a ceasefire. Peace is the only medicine. Read more: www.who.int/news/item/12...

UN reform: Where to cut, how to save, and the need for smart reform: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

A must read: time.com/collections/...

In another universe, I read poetry, shape clay with care, and tend to a garden of herbs. There’s something quietly magical in how poems strip us down to our most honest selves. Thank you, Mary Oliver.

Trust forms the impact of #vaccines! 🌟 “WHO is a scientific organization. We are committed to following evidence and using evidence for policy and programme decisions." Dr. Kate O Brien explains how vaccines are developed using gold-standard processes. #VaccinesWork!

If you’re curious how vaccines are developed, read this ⬇️ Stay informed and stick with science. #VaccinesWork! www.who.int/news-room/fe...

Here are some common concerns around vaccines answered in our latest Plot Twist episode. Vaccines work and science backs it up.

We need more art, more compassion, and a lot more moral integrity.

A much-needed moment of calm 🐺

It’s #WorldHealthDay and my work anniversary💙 lucky to serve in the development and humanitarian sector. @who.int Let’s continue to work for health, science, and humanity. Together, we can build a better 🌎 world.

It's #WorldHealthDay Since 2000, maternal deaths globally declined by 40%! 💙 BUT—progress is slowing, and aid funding cuts mean major threats to lifesaving maternity services in many parts of the world. ❌

Fungi can cause infections when people breathe them in or get them on their skin. Most fungi are harmless, but some can be life-threatening. New report: bit.ly/42bAxc5

Humanitarians should NEVER be a target. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Sagaing Earthquake in Myanmar: Situation Report - the health needs are soaring and WHO is ready to respond. www.who.int/southeastasi...

Do read ⬇️ www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

At least 95% measles vaccine coverage is needed in all communities to prevent #measles and stop outbreaks. The only way to prevent measles? Two doses of measles vaccine. Let’s close the gap and keep measles away!

A decline in funding for the HIV response could result in millions of preventable new infections and deaths, with up to 120,000 of these deaths affecting children. International cooperation is essential to sustain the advances we’ve made in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment. bit.ly/43uTfxA

Follow @drtedros.who.int here on BlueSky! Welcome DG.

Always be mindful of how you treat others—status is fleeting, but feelings last forever.

One of life’s greatest tragedies is losing a child. And yet, 1 child under 5 dies somewhere in the world every 18 seconds - mostly from preventable causes like 💔 Birth complications 💔 Pneumonia 💔 Diarrhoea 💔 Malaria This amounts to 4.8 MILLION deaths each year. NEW report: bit.ly/4kTTBUV