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
This handbook consolidates all existing normative guidance on STIs. It draws on the latest WHO recommendations across multiple guideline modules published...
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...
11 February 2026
Subnational implementation review workshop of the Big Catch-Up (BCU) immunization initiative in priority...
The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO) convened the subnational implementation review workshop of the Big Catch-Up (BCU) immunization...
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