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• What are some of the myths – and facts – about vaccination?
  15 April 2013
• Q&As on hypertension
  26 March 2013
• What are the health consequences of being overweight?
  15 March 2013
• What are the risks of diabetes in children?
  6 March 2013
• What is multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and how do we control it?
  6 March 2013
• Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis)
  21 February 2013
• HIV/AIDS
  28 November 2012
• What is e-accessibility?
  21 November 2012
• Why is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities important?
  21 November 2012
• What is a preterm baby?
  14 November 2012
• What health challenges do preterm babies face?
  14 November 2012
• What kind of care do preterm babies need?
  14 November 2012
• What is universal health coverage?
  26 October 2012
• Does polio still exist? Is it curable?
  19 October 2012
• What is vaccine-derived polio?
  19 October 2012
• How can disaster risk reduction help save lives?
  12 October 2012
• Why are so many young people involved in road traffic crashes?
  21 September 2012
• What are the key health dangers for children?
  13 September 2012
• How can suicide be prevented?
  28 August 2012
• Up to what age can a baby stay well nourished by just being breastfed?
  24 July 2012
• How do you get hepatitis B? How can I protect myself?
  27 June 2012
• Why should I donate blood?
  8 June 2012
• You hear about tobacco control and the WHO FCTC, but what are they?
  30 May 2012
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: why is it important?
  30 May 2012
• Why is smoking an issue for non-smokers?
  30 May 2012
• What is the deadliest disease in the world?
  16 May 2012
• What can I do to avoid a heart attack or a stroke?
  13 May 2012
• What are the main differences between rich and poor countries with respect to causes of death?
  30 April 2012
• Childhood ear problems
  28 February 2012
• Why are malaria mortality rates different in recent studies?
  4 February 2012
• What is sleeping sickness?
  18 January 2012
• What is dengue and how is it treated?
  18 January 2012
• Why are some tropical diseases called "neglected"?
  18 January 2012
• Why was the "WHO European Conference on the New European Policy for Health - Health 2020" organized to be held in Jerusalem?
  30 November 2011
• Thiomersal in vaccines
  20 October 2011
• What are the public health implications of global ageing?
  29 September 2011
• What is guinea worm? Is it a real worm?
  28 September 2011
• What is the recommended food for children in their very early years?
  29 July 2011
• What is hepatitis?
  20 July 2011
• What triggers an asthma attack?
  2 May 2011
• What is antimicrobial resistance?
  16 March 2011
• Is harmful use of alcohol a public health problem?
  11 February 2011
• World health report 2010
  22 November 2010
• Health statistics
  13 October 2010
• Population ageing
  1 October 2010
• What is WHO doing to help countries improve food safety?
  18 May 2010
• Do all mosquitoes transmit malaria?
  11 December 2009
• What is a refractive error?
  18 May 2009
• How big a problem is measles? What is being done to prevent it?
  30 March 2009
• What is TB? How does it spread?
  19 March 2009
• What are simple action steps for sun protection?
  25 July 2008
• What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
  24 July 2008
• What is desertification, and how does it impact health?
  17 June 2008
• How can water-related diseases be prevented during emergencies?
  19 May 2008
• What are the International Health Regulations?
  10 April 2008
• Are the number of cancer cases increasing or decreasing in the world?
  1 April 2008
• Do most countries have enough health workers?
  26 February 2008
• What is chikungunya fever?
  11 September 2007
• What is mental health?
  3 September 2007
• What is a gender-based approach to public health?
  7 March 2007
• What are neurological disorders?
  26 February 2007
• How is leprosy eliminated in affected countries?
  6 November 2006
• How can violence against children be prevented?
  11 October 2006
• How can the human rights of people with mental disorders be promoted and protected?
  5 October 2006
• What are the early signs of mental disorders?
  27 April 2006
• How can injuries be prevented?
  28 March 2006
• Is there a single best system of health insurance?
  9 March 2006
• Avian influenza: am I at risk?
  11 January 2006
• What are the health risks associated with mobile phones and their base stations?
  2 December 2005
• Avian influenza: is it safe to eat poultry and poultry products?
  21 November 2005
• What is a health system?
  9 November 2005
• How common are headaches?
  30 September 2005
• What are the long-term effects of chemicals on children's health, especially lead?
  15 August 2005
• What is being done about yellow fever? Should children be vaccinated?
  15 August 2005
• How safe is traditional medicine?
  11 July 2005
• Is it true that lack of iodine really causes brain damage?
  10 June 2005
• Why do so many women still die in pregnancy or childbirth?
  7 April 2005
• What is being done to help survivors cope psychologically?
  21 January 2005
• How does WHO get information about disease outbreaks in the affected countries?
  18 January 2005
• Are tetanus immunizations being given to the survivors with injuries?
  13 January 2005
• What is WHO doing about injuries among tsunami survivors?
  10 January 2005
• Is it safe to eat seafood after a tsunami?
  9 January 2005
• What is a health kit?
  8 January 2005