Senegal receives trachoma elimination validation

Burundi must continue to protect gains and care for people with complications.

New guidelines offered lenacapavir as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis option.

The medicine can reduce the number of doses needed compared with daily oral PrEP.

WHO announced its HIV prevention guidance during an international HIV science conference in Rwanda.

The guidance did not by itself guarantee access to lenacapavir in every country.

Trachoma surgery and prevention have been part of the national effort.

WHO describes environmental improvement among the measures needed to reduce transmission.

The validation credited communities and health services after years of work.

Publication date: WHO described a session at the AI for Good Global Summit on artificial intelligence in health care and traditional medicine.

Publication date: WHO’s account connected digital analysis of inherited medical knowledge with responsible use and governance.