Qatar has been listed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the top 10 countries in the world that is on track for the elimination of the Hepatitis C virus

Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in collaboration with World Health Organisation (WHO), organised a workshop and simulation exercise on influenza.

The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), an initiative of Qatar Foundation, has participated in the 68th session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa in Senegal

The reassessment came after the first confirmed case in Mbandaka, a city of around 1.5 million.

The outbreak, publicly declared on May 8, had previously been reported in a rural area of Equateur that lies roughly 150 kilometres from Mbandaka.

The head of the World Health Organisation was due in DR Congo on Saturday to aid preparations for "all scenarios" in combating the latest Ebola outbreak.

Between January 17 and April 6, Australia reported 19 confirmed and one probable case of listeriosis, all of whom were hospitalised. Seven died.

Qatar joins the observance of World Cancer Day under the World Health Organisation (WHO) theme ‘We Can - I Can’ and marked annually on February 4.

Qatar participated in the World Health Organisation's (WHO) meeting of the executive board, with a delegation chaired by HE Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday following an outrage among Western donors and rights groups at the appointment.

A month after the Rohingya exodus began, those dispersed in some 68 camps and settlements along the border do not have safe drinking water and hygiene facilities, according to the WHO.

More than half a million people in Yemen have been infected with cholera since the epidemic began four months ago and 1,975 people have died, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.