World Mental Health Day – 10 October: Dignity in mental health
WHO verifies Mexico free of onchocerciasis
Preliminary study finds that Ebola virus fragments can persist in the semen of some survivors for at least 9 months
UN Task Force on NCDs: Joint UN actions to respond to the challenge of noncommunicable diseases in Sri Lanka
WHO calls for urgent action to protect health from climate change – Sign the call
WHO/UNAIDS launch new standards to improve adolescent care
WHO welcomes Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 for discoveries of drugs against tropical diseases
Statement on the 7th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
WHO deplores bombing of MSF clinic in Kunduz
Rapid diagnosis of Buruli ulcer now possible at district-level health facilities