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28 November 2017
News release

1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified

27 November 2017
Medical product alert

Medical Product Alert N°4/2017: Falsified Penicillin V

27 November 2017
News release

WHO delivers medicines as diphtheria spreads in Yemen

27 November 2017
News release

Madagascar’s plague epidemic is slowing, but we must sustain the response

24 November 2017
Departmental update

WHO announces new TB Supranational Reference Laboratory in the African Region

24 November 2017
Departmental update

WHO launches new manual to strengthen health systems to better respond to women survivors of violence

19 November 2017
Departmental update

World Toilet Day 2016

19 November 2017
News release

Join World Toilet Day

18 November 2017
Departmental update

New global commitment to end tuberculosis

18 November 2017
Departmental update

Action to avert an 18 million health worker shortfall announced at the 4th Human Resources for Health Forum in Dublin

17 November 2017
News release

New global commitment to end tuberculosis

16 November 2017
Departmental update

Tuberculosis makes it onto the international political agenda for health...finally

16 November 2017
Departmental update

WHO prequalifies key treatment for children with TB

16 November 2017
Departmental update

WHO welcomes new funding to accelerate demise of neglected tropical diseases

16 November 2017
Statement

UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – lives of millions are at risk

15 November 2017
Departmental update

USAID honours Dr Mario Raviglione with Global Leader Award

14 November 2017
Departmental update

Less than one week to go - First WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB

14 November 2017
Statement

WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund

14 November 2017
Departmental update

Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources For Health Opens in Ireland

14 November 2017
Statement

Statement of the 15th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus

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5 July 2001
News release

World Health Leaders Call for Peace to Immunize 16 Million Children Against Polio

9 July 2001
News release

WHO and Top Publishers Announce Breakthrough on Developing Countries' Access to Leading Biomedical Journals

9 May 2003
Departmental update

WHO DG Brundtland begins dialogue with Food Industry on Diet and Chronic Diseases

12 May 2003
Departmental update

New publications show injuries kill more than five million people a year

6 July 2001
News release

Codex Alimentarius Commission discusses safety of discusses safety of genetically modified foods, approves toxin limits and guidelines for organic livestock farming

13 May 2003
Departmental update

Changing epidemiology of Polio prompts tactical shift in world’s largest public health initiative

14 May 2003
Departmental update

New WHO surveillance tool captures key country risk factors to bring global chronic disease epidemic under control

11 July 2001
News release

WHO Calls on Private Sector to Provide Affordable Hearing Aids in Developing World

21 May 2003
Departmental update

World Health Assembly adopts historic Tobacco Control Pact

21 May 2003
Departmental update

Dr Jong-Wook Lee elected as Director-General of the World Health Organization

19 July 2001
News release

Price of Vital TB Drugs Reduced by as much as 94% through WHO Partnership

27 July 2001
News release

WHO Plans New Fight Against Flu

22 May 2003
Departmental update

US$30 million research effort to develop new tests for deadly infectious diseases

13 August 2001
News release

Humanitarian logistics systems must improve, experts say

17 August 2001
News release

12 Million euros needed to study venous thrombosis and air travel

25 March 2020
Departmental update

Schistosomiasis elimination: refocusing on snail control to sustain progress

11 September 2001
News release

17 Billion dollar spent researching new drugs in the past five years could be lost just as quickly without global action

5 September 2001
News release

WHO launches urgent appeal for US dollar 2.9 million to tackle yellow fever epidemic in Abidjan

18 September 2001
News release

Content of 2002 "Southern Hemisphere" influenza vaccine decided

28 September 2001
News release

The World Health Report 2001: Mental Disorders affect one in four people

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5 July 2001
News release

World Health Leaders Call for Peace to Immunize 16 Million Children Against Polio

9 July 2001
News release

WHO and Top Publishers Announce Breakthrough on Developing Countries' Access to Leading Biomedical Journals

9 May 2003
Departmental update

WHO DG Brundtland begins dialogue with Food Industry on Diet and Chronic Diseases

12 May 2003
Departmental update

New publications show injuries kill more than five million people a year

6 July 2001
News release

Codex Alimentarius Commission discusses safety of discusses safety of genetically modified foods, approves toxin limits and guidelines for organic livestock farming

13 May 2003
Departmental update

Changing epidemiology of Polio prompts tactical shift in world’s largest public health initiative

14 May 2003
Departmental update

New WHO surveillance tool captures key country risk factors to bring global chronic disease epidemic under control

11 July 2001
News release

WHO Calls on Private Sector to Provide Affordable Hearing Aids in Developing World

21 May 2003
Departmental update

World Health Assembly adopts historic Tobacco Control Pact

21 May 2003
Departmental update

Dr Jong-Wook Lee elected as Director-General of the World Health Organization

19 July 2001
News release

Price of Vital TB Drugs Reduced by as much as 94% through WHO Partnership

27 July 2001
News release

WHO Plans New Fight Against Flu

22 May 2003
Departmental update

US$30 million research effort to develop new tests for deadly infectious diseases

13 August 2001
News release

Humanitarian logistics systems must improve, experts say

17 August 2001
News release

12 Million euros needed to study venous thrombosis and air travel

25 March 2020
Departmental update

Schistosomiasis elimination: refocusing on snail control to sustain progress

11 September 2001
News release

17 Billion dollar spent researching new drugs in the past five years could be lost just as quickly without global action

5 September 2001
News release

WHO launches urgent appeal for US dollar 2.9 million to tackle yellow fever epidemic in Abidjan

18 September 2001
News release

Content of 2002 "Southern Hemisphere" influenza vaccine decided

28 September 2001
News release

The World Health Report 2001: Mental Disorders affect one in four people

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