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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vanke School of Public Health (VSPH) at Tsinghua University, People’s Republic of China, launched a two-year collaboration to strengthen global health emergency preparedness through research, capacity-building and the application of frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). (August 2026)

WHO has received a US$ 3 million grant from Wellcome to strengthen the generation and use of community evidence alongside epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data throughout the response to Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD). The investment will help ensure that operational decisions are also informed by evidence on how affected communities experience, understand and respond to the outbreak. At a time when no specific medical countermeasures are available for BVD, understanding community perceptions, behaviours and barriers to care is critical to controlling transmission. (August 2026)

WHO Health and Migration, in collaboration with WHO Climate Change, Energy and Air Quality, launched the Global research prioritization and action plan on health, migration and displacement in the context of climate change during a virtual webinar to advance evidence and action on one of the most pressing and under-researched global health challenges of our time. (August 2026)