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

Scaling innovations in public health systems
This guidance is a strategic instrument to position governments as drivers of health systems transformation. By embracing the roles, processes and strategies...
WHO Drug Information - Volume 39, No. 4

The Fourth issue of volume 39 for 2025 includes:Pharmaceutical News- Thin-Layer Chromatography: A Valuable Tool in the Fight Against Substandard/Falsified...

Middle East respiratory syndrome: global summary and assessment of risk

This global summary and assessment of risk for Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) reviews the global disease situation as of 5 January 2026. It replaces...

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