Chemical Safety and Health
Through the Chemical Safety and Health Unit, WHO works to establish the scientific basis for the sound management of chemicals, and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.
Chemical incidents and poisonings
Key publication
11 February 2026
Independent External Review of EPI-VPD surveillance in Thailand, 1-8 September 2025
Thailand’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) surveillance system underwent a comprehensive external independent...
The Summary of recommendations for quality of care in cataract surgery management, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides practical,...
8 February 2026
Report of the eighteenth annual meeting of the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases:...
The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) is a voluntary network convened by WHO to reduce the global burden of chronic respiratory...
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