South Africa’s engagement through this project reinforces its leadership and commitment to advancing health system resilience ...

A mechanism set to support pandemic preparedness in low- and middle-income countries is set to be launched later this ...

The World Bank’s 2025 report by Roberto Mezzina advocates for a global shift from institutional to community-based, ...

An emergency response to save lives. Within just a few weeks, we prepared a global COVID-19 emergency health response, working closely with national teams, the World Health Organization (), UNICEF and ...

TOKYO, December 13, 2017—At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.And each year, ...

Countries around the world were not prepared for the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are financial structures that could help get ready for the next one.

Fortunately, defenses against pathogens cost a fraction of this amount. A World Bank study (2012) found that spending $3.4 billion annually would bring veterinary and human public health systems in ...

The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report, published Tuesday, paints a bleak picture of the world economy over the first seven years of the 2020s—although it stopped short of ...

Re “Why We Risk Ourselves to Care for Others,” by Craig Spencer (Opinion guest essay, July 11): Perhaps I’m not the only one ...

The World Health Organization estimates that close to one billion people have a Mental Health disorder. ... Mental health and well-being a global priority World Mental Health Day 2022.

The World Bank said on Tuesday that the global economy remained in a “precarious state” and warned of sluggish growth this year and next as rising interest rates slow consumer spending and ...

The bank also lopped 0.4 percentage points off its forecast for global growth this year. It now expects the world economy to expand just 2.3% in 2025, down from 2.8% in 2024. Advertisement ...