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US Formally Exits World Health Organization as Unpaid Dues Dispute Triggers Geneva Budget Shock
By Axel Miller | 22 Jan 2026
The US has formally exited the WHO on Jan 22, 2026, triggering a budget shock in Geneva as a dues dispute over $260 million raises legal and diplomatic questions.
WHO, Ayush ministry collaborate to promote traditional medicine
18 Nov 2023
India's ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have entered into a `Traditional and Complementary Medicine 'Project Collaboration Agreement'
US intransigence on farm issues could jeopardise WTO talks
13 Dec 2017
The eleventh round of ministerial conference (MC 11) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Buenos Aires could collapse over US attempts to stonewall Doha Round commitments on agriculture and development and instead introduce new issues
WHO to review Sanofi’s dengue vaccine Dengvaxia over safety concerns
05 Dec 2017
The review comes after the French pharma giant’s own admission that its dengue vaccine could have unintended consequences in patients who had never been infected with the mosquito-borne virus and the Philippines halted its use
WHO updates ‘essential drugs’ list, aims to fight superbugs
07 Jun 2017
The updated list of 433 medicines, including 30 new medicines for adults and 25 for children, aims at reducing the use of certain categories of “last resort” antibiotics while specifying new uses for nine drugs
WHO spends more on travel than on fighting AIDS
23 May 2017
WHO publishes first list of drug-resistant killer bugs
28 Feb 2017
The list was drawn up to guide and promote research and development of new antibiotics, as part of WHO’s efforts to address growing resistance among bacteria to medicines currently in use
WHO finally gives nod for HIV self-testing; India takes note
01 Dec 2016
Though India does not allow HIV self-testing, the UN agency's guidance has prompted the Union health ministry to evaluate the proposal
WHO calls for banning e-cigarettes
07 Nov 2016
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