• Apply Online for Technical Officer at World Health Organization
    2 September 2026

    Apply Online for Technical Officer at World Health Organization

    The objective of the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (TMC) is to lead WHO's efforts to integrate traditional medicine into global health systems, ensuring safe, effective, and equitable access to traditional medicine practices with focusing on research and evidence, strengthening health systems, sustainability and equity, and innovation and technology.
  • World Health Organization Hiring Roster for International Consultants
    26 August 2026
    World Health Organization Hiring Roster for International Consultants
    The consultancy will support the phased implementation of the Public Health Laboratory Recognition Programme by building regional assessment capacity, facilitating laboratory self-assessments and developing laboratory-specific improvement plans. World Health Organization
  • World Health Organization looking for Health System Officer
    2 July 2026
    World Health Organization looking for Health System Officer
    Advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in public health, health economics, epidemiology, statistics, or a related field.
  • WHO Moves to Establish Global Standards for Herbal Medicines Through International Pharmacopoeia Initiative
    25 June 2026
    WHO Moves to Establish Global Standards for Herbal Medicines Through International Pharmacopoeia Initiative

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken another significant step toward strengthening the quality, safety, and regulation of herbal medicines by advancing the development of an International Herbal Pharmacopoeia (IHP). During the 5th WHO Expert Meeting held in Hong Kong SAR (China) from 16–18 June 2026, experts from all six WHO regions met to accelerate the creation of globally harmonized standards for herbal medicines.

  • Novartis malaria treatment Coartem® Baby receives WHO prequalification
    24 April 2026
    Novartis malaria treatment Coartem® Baby receives WHO prequalification
    Novartis announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified Coartem® (artemether-lumefantrine) Baby, the first and only antimalarial developed specifically for newborns and young infants weighing from 2 to 5 kilograms.
  • World Health Organization looking for Public Health Professionals
    23 March 2026
    World Health Organization looking for Public Health Professionals
    Junior Public Health Professional Programme in WHO South-East Asia Region has been operational since 2011. The programme aims to provide young public health professionals (under 35 years of age) from SEAR Member States with a valuable opportunity for hands-on learning and leadership development within the WHO environment
  • Work as HSO - Data Systems and Digitalization at WHO India
    15 March 2026
    Work as HSO - Data Systems and Digitalization at WHO India
    University degree in health sciences or public health. WHO India Country Office collaborates with the Government of India and relevant stakeholders within the framework of the collaborative Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), to actively support the development and implementation of national health policies
  • Career for M.Pharm as Consultant at World Health Organization
    8 April 2025
    Career for M.Pharm as Consultant at World Health Organization
    To contribute to the development of AMR curriculum assessment tools for pharmacy and nursing education; and to support youth engagement and AMR awareness-raising activities.
  • WHO adds an HPV vaccine for single-dose use
    8 October 2024
    WHO adds an HPV vaccine for single-dose use
    WHO announced that a fourth WHO-prequalified human papillomavirus vaccine product, Cecolin has been confirmed for use in a single-dose schedule. The decision is made based on new data on the product that fulfilled the criteria set out in the WHO 2022 recommendations for alternative, off-label use of HPV vaccines in single-dose schedules.
  • WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
    15 August 2024
    WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
    WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations.
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