world council for health world council for health the world council for health is a pseudo-medical organisation dedicated to spreading misinformation about covid-19 vaccines and promoting fake covid-19 treatments. description the organization's online appearance is that of a mainstream health organization, though it promotes discredited treatments and is anti-vaccination. the group appears to have been formed in september 2021 and its published leadership contains people which an australian associated press fact check described as "figures who have promoted unfounded conspiracy theories". as of may 2022 the group was led by tess lawrie, an obstetrician and founder of the "bird group", which promotes ivermectin as a covid-19 treatment. the world council for health is affiliated with children's health defense, an antivaccine association led by robert f. kennedy jr., and world doctors alliance, an independent organization of anti-vaccine school. activities further information: ivermectin during the covid-19 pandemic the world council for health promotes misinformation linking covid-19 vaccination with death. in 2021 the group promoted claims on social media of a condition they called "post-covid injection syndrome". the condition is however not recognized in medical science, and there is no evidence any such condition is caused by vaccination. in may 2022 the group was involved in a conference in bath, england which vice world news described as a meeting of the "biggest names in the global anti-vax and coronavirus conspiracy scenes". the local authorities withdrew permission to use their venues after reviewing the publicity of the world council for health falsely claiming that covid-19 vaccines were unsafe. the group promotes ivermectin as a treatment for covid-19, although research has determined it is ineffective for this purpose.