1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified
Medical Product Alert N°4/2017: Falsified Penicillin V
WHO delivers medicines as diphtheria spreads in Yemen
Madagascar’s plague epidemic is slowing, but we must sustain the response
WHO announces new TB Supranational Reference Laboratory in the African Region
WHO launches new manual to strengthen health systems to better respond to women survivors of violence
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New global commitment to end tuberculosis
Action to avert an 18 million health worker shortfall announced at the 4th Human Resources for Health Forum in Dublin
Tuberculosis makes it onto the international political agenda for health...finally
WHO prequalifies key treatment for children with TB
WHO welcomes new funding to accelerate demise of neglected tropical diseases
UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – lives of millions are at risk
USAID honours Dr Mario Raviglione with Global Leader Award
Less than one week to go - First WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB
WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund
Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources For Health Opens in Ireland
Statement of the 15th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
World Health Leaders Call for Peace to Immunize 16 Million Children Against Polio
WHO and Top Publishers Announce Breakthrough on Developing Countries' Access to Leading Biomedical Journals
WHO DG Brundtland begins dialogue with Food Industry on Diet and Chronic Diseases
New publications show injuries kill more than five million people a year
Codex Alimentarius Commission discusses safety of discusses safety of genetically modified foods, approves toxin limits and guidelines for organic livestock farming
Changing epidemiology of Polio prompts tactical shift in world’s largest public health initiative
New WHO surveillance tool captures key country risk factors to bring global chronic disease epidemic under control
WHO Calls on Private Sector to Provide Affordable Hearing Aids in Developing World
World Health Assembly adopts historic Tobacco Control Pact
Dr Jong-Wook Lee elected as Director-General of the World Health Organization
Price of Vital TB Drugs Reduced by as much as 94% through WHO Partnership
WHO Plans New Fight Against Flu
US$30 million research effort to develop new tests for deadly infectious diseases
Humanitarian logistics systems must improve, experts say
12 Million euros needed to study venous thrombosis and air travel
Schistosomiasis elimination: refocusing on snail control to sustain progress
17 Billion dollar spent researching new drugs in the past five years could be lost just as quickly without global action
WHO launches urgent appeal for US dollar 2.9 million to tackle yellow fever epidemic in Abidjan
Content of 2002 "Southern Hemisphere" influenza vaccine decided
The World Health Report 2001: Mental Disorders affect one in four people