News releases 2008

• Health system problems aggravate cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe
  10 December 2008
• Preventable injuries kill 2000 children every day
  10 December 2008
• Experts set tolerable level for melamine intake
  5 December 2008
• Global measles deaths drop by 74%
  4 December 2008
• Essential medicines out of reach for most people
  1 December 2008
• Universal voluntary testing, immediate treatment can reduce HIV cases
  26 November 2008
• Logistic effort to supply medicines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  14 November 2008
• WHO and health partners lead massive cholera response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  13 November 2008
• WHO gets aid for the Democratic Republic of the Congo victims
  4 November 2008
• WHO sending medicines to Democratic Republic of the Congo
  31 October 2008
• WHO rushes medical aid to flood-hit areas of Yemen
  29 October 2008
• World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach
  14 October 2008
• Millions with mental disorders deprived of treatment and care
  9 October 2008
• WHO agreed on a research agenda on climate change and public health
  8 October 2008
• Vigilance needed to ensure safe infant food
  26 September 2008
• Marketers of electronic cigarettes should halt unproved therapy claims
  19 September 2008
• Progress made in malaria control, yet burden is enormous
  18 September 2008
• US$ 4.2-million health response launched for Haiti
  12 September 2008
• African countries to introduce new meningitis vaccine
  4 September 2008
• African ministers to defend health from environmental harm
  29 August 2008
• Inequities are killing people on grand scale, reports WHO's Commission
  28 August 2008
• Floods in West Africa raise major health risks
  19 August 2008
• New HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access
  5 August 2008
• WHO and World Bank join forces for better results from global health investments
  5 August 2008
• Massive scale-up in fight against HIV in mothers and children
  31 July 2008
• 2.5 billion live with poor sanitation facilities
  17 July 2008
• Health risks add to crisis in Ethiopia
  11 July 2008
• New rapid tests for drug-resistant TB for developing countries
  30 June 2008
• New checklist to help make surgery safer
  25 June 2008
• China, UAE make big progress in ensuring safe blood donation
  13 June 2008
• WHO, partners to visit Sudanese town for restoring health services
  13 June 2008
• 3 million now receiving life-saving HIV drugs
  2 June 2008
• WHO wants total ban on tobacco advertising
  30 May 2008
• US$ 28 million needed for Myanmar health-care plan
  30 May 2008
• World Health Assembly sets bold new action for WHO
  24 May 2008
• World Health Assembly opens
  19 May 2008
• Noncommunicable diseases now biggest killers
  19 May 2008
• Disease outbreak prevention crucial in China earthquake aftermath
  17 May 2008
• Monitoring AIDS treatment by physical symptoms is effective
  25 April 2008
• Climate change will erode foundations of health
  7 April 2008
• WHO welcomes Noguchi awards for service to public health
  28 March 2008
• Somalia is again polio-free
  25 March 2008
• Poor sanitation threatens public health
  20 March 2008
• Progress in TB diagnosis and control slowing, says new report
  17 March 2008
• Global forum calls for urgent action to resolve health worker crisis
  6 March 2008
• New survey finds highest rates of drug-resistant TB to date
  26 February 2008
• New report on global tobacco control efforts
  7 February 2008
• WHO Executive Board opens on optimistic note
  21 January 2008
• New study estimates 151 000 violent Iraqi deaths since 2003 invasion
  9 January 2008
• Home treatment of pneumonia safe and effective, finds study
  4 January 2008