TB partners launch first roadmap to jointly stop the transmission of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros appoints Cook Islands’ Elizabeth Iro as WHO’s Chief Nursing Officer
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades: new study by Imperial College London and WHO
WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases
Target product profiles for the diagnosis of Taenia solium published
“We’re doctors but we’re also human”: helping Syrian health workers handle severe stress
WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar
WHO releases guidelines to address overweight and obesity in children
Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030
New WHO leadership team announced
WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar
Health services must stop leaving older people behind
WHO recommends large-scale deworming to improve children’s health and nutrition
WHO publishes recommendations for large-scale deworming to improve children’s health and nutrition
WHO Statement on Philip Morris funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
Worldwide, an estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occur each year
Towards a rabies-free world as unparalleled global initiative gets underway
Women and girls continue to be at risk of unsafe abortion
Building trust between response staff and communities in the Ebola response
How human rights help ensure high-quality contraceptive services
Global burn registry released to the public
Failure to take prescribed medicine for chronic diseases is a massive, world-wide problem
WHO calls for urgent injection of supplies and funds to combat mounting health crisis in Liberia
SARS outbreak contained worldwide
Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts more than 50 new food standards
WHO calls for widespread free access to anti-TB drugs for people living with HIV
LEE Jong-wook takes office as WHO Director-General
New WHO Director-General steps up global polio eradication effort as Polio threatens other countries
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
WHO calls on governments to include smoking cessation in tobacco control strategies
Young girls using tobacco almost as much as boys in many regions of the world
Dr Margaret Chan takes office as Director-General of the World Health Organization
Global goal to reduce measles deaths in children surpassed
WHO Executive Board to tackle key global health issues
Neurological disorders affect millions globally: WHO report
International action needed to increase health workforce
Parliamentarians and activists from across the world gather to combat maternal and newborn deaths
WHO-led anti-counterfeiting coalition examines technologies to prevent fake drugs
Global tuberculosis epidemic levelling off: New report
