Joint mission on SARS animal reservoir and necessary next steps
Joint WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization and Chinese government mission on SARS animal reservoir and possible transmission to Humans
Young girls using tobacco almost as much as boys in many regions of the world
IARC Monographs Programme finds betel-quid and areca-nut chewing carcinogenic to humans
WHO calls on governments to include smoking cessation in tobacco control strategies
Global Cancer Alliance calls on Cancer Control community to put words into action and save millions of lives
New WHO Director-General urges countries to sign Tobacco Convention
New WHO Director-General steps up global polio eradication effort as Polio threatens other countries
LEE Jong-wook takes office as WHO Director-General
WHO calls for widespread free access to anti-TB drugs for people living with HIV
Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts more than 50 new food standards
SARS outbreak contained worldwide
WHO calls for urgent injection of supplies and funds to combat mounting health crisis in Liberia
Failure to take prescribed medicine for chronic diseases is a massive, world-wide problem
UN Food and Trade Standards Commission opens meeting to adopt new standards for some foods and revise others
Urgent call to improve survival of millions of children
New initiative to research and develop drugs for the world’s most neglected diseases
WHO meets with food, beverage and producer Associations on diet and chronic diseases
Twenty-eight countries and the European Community sign tobacco treaty at first opportunity
New global alliance brings food fortification to world’s poor
