2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation
Countries need to do what works to improve contraceptive access, provision and choice for women and girls
WHO child health programme dries tears in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
G20 leaders make historic commitment to combat AMR and TB in Declaration
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
Canine rabies: South Africa uses instant messaging for daily mapping and dissemination of cases
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros will lead WHO delegation at the G20 Summit in Hamburg
Dr Tedros takes office as WHO Director-General
Protecting health from climate change
Leprosy-free Palmas in Tocantins State, Brazil
Rabies as an indicator of public health and equity
Joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health care settings
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on the cholera outbreak in Yemen as suspected cases exceed 200 000
Increasing transparency of abortion laws and policies: launch of a new online database
WHO responds to visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in Kenya
WHO advises on the use of multidisease testing devices for TB, HIV and hepatitis
WHO launches Global Service Delivery Network for universal health coverage
More can be done to restrict sunbeds to prevent increasing rates of skin cancer
When sadness doesn’t stop: helping Syrians with depression
Eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem is on track
15 million people affected with hepatitis B and C in Pakistan: Government announces ambitious plan to eliminate hepatitis
WHO announces Guidelines Development Group for updated guidelines on the public health response for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus infection
Monitoring of drug efficacy in large scale treatment programmes for Human helminthiasis
Over 1.2 million school-aged children, representing more than 90% of estimated eligible population, treated for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases in 2010 in Sierra Leone
Brazilian school-based deworming and leprosy case-finding campaign targets more than 9 million children
Yemen treats 9.6 million people for bilharzia and intestinal worms in two record-breaking 4-day public health campaigns
Update 31 - Coronavirus never before seen in humans is the cause of SARS
WHO remembers Dr Carlo Urbani as a hero who fought SARS
WHO advisory body upholds continued deworming of children against soil-transmitted helminthiases
World’s largest deworming campaign targets 270 million children in one day
COVID-19: IFRC, UNICEF and WHO issue guidance to protect children and support safe school operations
The unmet need for social context in family planning
Information to Member States regarding goods and animals arriving from SARS-affected areas
EYE call to researchers and developers to accelerate towards improved yellow fever diagnostics
Nigeria launches Yellow fever vaccination reactive campaign to contain outbreak in Ebonyi State
Partners join forces in Brazil to eliminate yellow fever epidemics in the world
Yellow fever campaign launches in Khartoum State as final phase of countrywide immunization drive
Egypt’s deworming campaign targets 2 million school-age children
Nigeria targets nearly 12 million in Yellow fever vaccination across two high risk States
WHO publishes recommendations for large-scale deworming to improve children’s health and nutrition
