Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus – an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Cases of …
The changing face of pandemic risk: how we need to adapt, protect …
Feb 5, 2025 · As new diseases emerge and old ones resurge, pandemic preparedness has become a critical concern for global health. The new Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) report – …
Pandemics - World Health Organization (WHO)
A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease.An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges and spreads around the world, and most people do not have immunity. …
World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make …
May 20, 2025 · Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health …
WHO Pandemic Agreement - Global
Jul 10, 2025 · The world's first Pandemic Agreement, a legally binding international instrument designed to make the world safer and more equitable in the face of future pandemics, was adopted by the …
Countries make progress on WHO Pandemic Agreement annex on …
Nov 7, 2025 · In an important step, Member States started discussing for the first time the proposed draft text of the annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement that establishes the Pathogen Access and …
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
After COVID-19, is the world ready for the next pandemic?
Mar 11, 2025 · The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin is a multi-partner centre of innovation. The Pandemic Fund, run jointly with the World Bank, is financing preparedness in …
The true death toll of COVID-19
May 20, 2021 · Estimates suggest the total number of global deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 is at least 3 million, representing 1.2 million more deaths than officially reported.
WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response
Apr 4, 2025 · Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partners to test, for the first time, a new …