How Can We Eat Healthily While Respecting the Environment? By Anthony Berthou - OH Summit, France
At the OH Summit, Anthony Berthou argued that eating healthily cannot be divorced from ecological, toxicological and social considerations. He highlighted the confusion consumers face when nutrition advice ignores these dimensions. Berthou stressed that scientific communication—especially film—can bridge the gap, offering a vivid complement to audio and text. He called for basic nutrition curricula in schools and medical training to give people a common foundation before tackling macro‑ and micronutrients. He cited a 2025 study showing 60‑65 % of calories in some Western children come from ultra‑processed foods, whose micronutrient density is low. A Spanish‑language music video produced for the WHO festival, now with 18 million YouTube views, illustrates how visual media can educate kids about whole‑food choices. The message implies that policymakers, educators and food producers must prioritize whole, minimally processed foods and integrate sustainability metrics into dietary guidelines, lest public health and the planet suffer.
Trauma Care During the Conflict
The WHO podcast "Frontline Shift" examines how Gaza’s health system has coped with an unprecedented wave of traumatic injuries since the conflict intensified in October 2023. Over 172,000 people have been wounded and more than 72,000 killed, straining a...
Your Daily Dose: Wellness Is Active, Not Passive.
The video introduces the United Nations’ inaugural International Wellness Day, framing wellness as an active, daily practice rather than a static possession. It emphasizes that true well‑being spans physical health, mental health, emotional balance, social connections, and a sense of...
World Chagas Disease Day 2026 - WHO Director-General’s Message
World Chagas Disease Day 2026 features a message from WHO Director‑General urging global action. The theme, "Women at the heart protecting the next generation," highlights female‑centric strategies to halt transmission. The Director‑General notes that an estimated 8 million people live with Chagas,...
LIVE | Dr Tedros’ Statement at the Closing Session: Global Forum of the WHO Collaborating Centre
Dr Tedros delivered closing remarks at the inaugural Global Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres, summarizing three days of dialogue and announcing concrete steps to deepen the partnership between WHO and its network of research institutions. He acknowledged persistent geographic inequities—most centres...
Global Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres: Collaborating for a Healthier Future
The Global Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres convened in Lyon, France, bringing together roughly 800 centres from more than 80 nations, with additional participants joining virtually. The gathering highlighted the scale of the WHO’s public‑health network and its ambition to...
LIVE | @DrTedros’ Statement at the Global Forum of the WHO Collaborating Centre
Dr. Tedros addressed the inaugural Global Forum of WHO Collaborating Centres, marking World Health Day and highlighting the organization’s historic reliance on a worldwide network of research institutions. He outlined how more than 800 centres in 80 nations conduct over...
Delivering Primary Healthcare in Gaza
The podcast “Frontline Shift” examines how primary health‑care centers sustain Gaza’s health system amid two years of conflict, with WHO coordinating emergency medical teams and UK Med operating clinics under the WHO EMT initiative. Only 107 of 210 primary health‑care centers...
Speaker Series 13 Emergency Preparedness & Response Capabilities for National Public Health Agencies
The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence hosted its 13th Speaker Series in Berlin to unveil a new WHO‑developed capabilities framework designed to strengthen emergency preparedness and response capacities of national public health agencies. The event, co‑hosted with...
From Commitment to Action: World Report on Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants.
The World Health Organization unveiled its second World Report on the health of refugees and migrants, underscoring the urgent need for uninterrupted, affordable, and equitable health services for more than one billion people on the move. The report frames migration...
LIVE: Press Conference on Global Health Issues with Dr Tedros
The WHO press conference, led by Director‑General Dr Tedros, unveiled a new joint child‑mortality report, reviewed recent SAGE vaccine recommendations, announced innovative TB diagnostic tools, and addressed the health fallout from the Middle‑East conflict. Dr Tedros highlighted that under‑five deaths have fallen...
Using WHO’s Outbreak Toolkit During Outbreak Investigations
The video introduces the World Health Organization’s Outbreak Toolkit, a standardized suite of forms designed to streamline the investigation and response to infectious disease events. It highlights two core instruments – the T0 form, which records essential epidemiological variables at...
LIVE | Press Conference on Global Health Issues with Dr Tedros
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros and senior officials updated on three major public‑health advances: new WHO guidance and country support to integrate GLP‑1 therapies and broader obesity services through an acceleration plan covering 34 countries (1.3 billion people) aiming to cut...
From Communities to Classrooms: Hearing Care for All Children
The video, released on World Hearing Day, spotlights the global crisis of childhood hearing loss and calls for universal hearing care in schools and communities. Nearly 95 million school‑age children are deaf or have hearing impairment, and 60 % of those cases are...
Director-General Dr Tedros, Prince Harry and Meghan Visit Hospital in Jordan for Children From Gaza
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros, accompanied by UN teams and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, toured a WHO‑supported specialty hospital in Jordan that is caring for children evacuated from Gaza. The visit highlighted the scale of the medical evacuation programme,...
