The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first guidelines addressing the sharp rise in obesity among children and adolescents, setting out how health systems and health workers can ...
By Sharon Atieno OnyangoAs cases on obesity increases globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines to address the challenge. Among the recommendations are dietary changes, ...
WHO guidelines conditionally endorse long-term GLP-1 therapy for obesity, emphasizing lifestyle modifications and addressing affordability and access challenges. GLP-1 therapies are included in the ...
The global role of the WHO lies in its establishment and monitoring of international standards or guidelines, helping to standardize healthcare services and goals worldwide. In addition, it helps ...
Geneva, 16 July 2026 (PAHO) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today released updated guidelines on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, providing countries with evidence-based ...
The WHO Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance is the first international framework of its kind, it fills an important gap. The goal of the guideline development project was to ...