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2009

• Malaria progress shows development aid for health works
  15 December 2009
• Afghanistan first in world to use new vaccine against polio
  15 December 2009
• Only 5.4% of world's population covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws
  9 December 2009
• 36 million people with TB cured
  8 December 2009
• Global measles deaths drop by 78%, but resurgence likely
  3 December 2009
• New HIV recommendations to improve health, reduce infections and save lives
  30 November 2009
• New HIV infections reduced by 17% over the past eight years
  24 November 2009
• Yellow fever vaccination campaign to start
  17 November 2009
• WHO calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women
  9 November 2009
• Reducing child deaths from pneumonia
  2 November 2009
• Tackling global health risks prevents premature deaths
  27 October 2009
• Childhood vaccines at all-time high, but access not yet equitable
  21 October 2009
• Hospitals must be protected during natural disasters
  14 October 2009
• Reducing childhood deaths from diarrhoea
  14 October 2009
• More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-saving treatment
  30 September 2009
• Road accidents, suicide and maternal conditions are leading causes of death in young people
  11 September 2009
• Elimination of river blindness feasible
  21 July 2009
• New network to combat noncommunicable diseases
  8 July 2009
• More than 30 new food safety standards adopted
  6 July 2009
• New drug being tested in Africa for river blindness
  1 July 2009
• Call to protect hospitals, schools from impact of disasters
  18 June 2009
• Pedestrians, cyclists among main road traffic crash victims
  15 June 2009
• Greater equity in health should be a progress indicator
  15 June 2009
• Global use of rotavirus vaccines recommended
  5 June 2009
• Call for pictorial warnings on tobacco packs
  29 May 2009
• WHO awarded for international cooperation
  27 May 2009
• WHO, IAEA join forces to fight cancer in developing countries
  26 May 2009
• More funding urged for yellow fever vaccine stockpile
  26 May 2009
• Nancy Goodman Brinker appointed Goodwill Ambassador
  26 May 2009
• World Health Assembly closes with resolutions on public health
  22 May 2009
• UN, WHO heads meet vaccine manufacturers
  19 May 2009
• World Health Assembly opens amid concerns about flu pandemic
  18 May 2009
• Countries move toward more sustainable ways to roll back malaria
  6 May 2009
• UN agencies mark Chernobyl anniversary with launch of US$ 2.5 million project
  24 April 2009
• Malaria diagnostic tests differ in performance
  24 April 2009
• Malaria deaths decline by 66% in Zambia
  23 April 2009
• World Health Day: focus on making hospitals safe in emergencies
  7 April 2009
• WHO appoints Jet Li as Goodwill Ambassador
  3 April 2009
• Need to address mental disorders in children
  2 April 2009
• Health ministers to accelerate efforts against drug-resistant TB
  2 April 2009
• HIV-related TB deaths higher than past estimates
  24 March 2009
• More research needed into childhood diarrhoea
  10 March 2009
• Drug resistance could set back malaria control success
  25 February 2009
• Global, national efforts must be urgently intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
  30 January 2009
• WHO receives funds for children's medicines research with UNICEF
  21 January 2009
• Checklist helps reduce surgical complications, deaths
  14 January 2009