WHO expresses deep concern about the implications of the United States government’s immediate funding pause for #HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries. These programmes provide access to life-saving HIV therapy to more than 30 million people worldwide.

This funding halt can put people living with HIV at immediate increased risk of illness and death and undermine efforts to prevent transmission in communities and countries.

Such measures, if prolonged, could lead to rises in new infections and deaths, reversing decades of progress and potentially taking the world back to the 1980s and 1990s when millions died of HIV every year globally, including many in the USA.

We call on the US government to enable additional exemptions to ensure the delivery of lifesaving HIV treatment and care: https://bit.ly/42yxxIz

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease occurring in over 120 countries, with around 200 000 new cases reported every year.

But we can eliminate leprosy. That's why on #WorldLeprosyDay, we call on all countries to unite and act to achieve this goal.

Current medical interventions and collaborative efforts have brought us closer, but continued investment in diagnostics, innovative treatments and outreach is essential. #HealthForAll

WHO staff are our strongest asset.

It’s very moving to see them so committed and so united in supporting our colleague Tania Cernuschi’s fundraising initiative for #HealthForAll.

#1Dollar1World 👏

https://whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRBXNHP?sharingVendor=twitter&ref=top_sharing_button

LIVE NOW: WHO media briefing on global health issues ⬇️

https://x.com/drtedros/status/1852354854007775384?s=46&t=BffO9hoLsgnerA7oEU29iQ

Trick or treat?

This #Halloween, my colleagues and I are inviting you to spook the scary diseases away.

My tricks: 10,000 steps a day, no sugar in my tea and coffee, no extra salt in my food.

Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza is still under siege, but we managed to get in touch with the staff. Three health workers and another employee have been injured, 44 health workers have been detained and four ambulances damaged. Around 600 patients, health workers and individuals are currently sheltering in the hospital.

The siege and attacks on health workers occurred just hours after the WHO-led mission which delivered essential supplies to keep the facility operational and took critical patients to Al-Shifa Hospital.

We urge for hospitals, health workers and patients to be protected. Ceasefire!

On World Polio Day, I have one urgent ask for world leaders: please join Team #EndPolio.

Your leadership, political will, and investment are critical to protect every last child from polio in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, in Gaza.

To deliver vaccines, we need safe passage. To ensure their futures, we need peace.

Let's unite for both: vaccines and peace. The world’s children are counting on us.