Guideline Development Group (GDG) convenes in Geneva for its first meeting on WHO guideline on policy and system support for community – based health worker programmes
WHO launches a global database for active TB drug safety monitoring and management (aDSM)
Cholera update in Yemen
WHO releases framework of indicators and targets for laboratory strengthening
India’s massive leprosy case detection campaign reaches 320 million people
WHO report warns global actions and investments to end tuberculosis epidemic are falling far short
WHO and partners call for better working conditions for midwives
Update: Election process for the new WHO Director-General
Girls’ Progress equals Goals’ Progress: What Counts for Girls
New WHO advisory group tackles key questions on malaria eradication
WHO congratulates 4 countries for eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem
WHO urges global action to curtail consumption and health impacts of sugary drinks
Kyrgyzstan receives WHO certification of malaria elimination
More than 556 million people receive treatment for lymphatic filariasis in 2015
Investing in early childhood development essential to helping more children and communities thrive, new Lancet Series finds
Abish Romero celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WHO calls for immediate safe evacuation of the sick and wounded from conflict areas
Discrimination and negative attitudes about ageing are bad for your health
WHO and US EPA sign new Memorandum of Understanding on environmental health cooperation
WHO and Gilead Sciences extend collaboration against visceral leishmaniasis
Briefing on Primary Health Care
Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
International partnership to address human-animal-environment health risks gets a boost
Medical Product Alert N° 7/2019: Falsified meglumine antimoniate ampoules
Medical Product Alert N° 6/2019: Falsified hydrochlorothiazide
Lymphatic filariasis: 538 million people treated in 2011 alone
WHO welcomes Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 for discoveries of drugs against tropical diseases
WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak
Improved availability of new test to enhance global lymphatic filariasis elimination
In memoriamDr Vasanthapuram Kumaraswami, 1950–2016
Marshall Islanders triumph against lymphatic filariasis
Medical Product Alert N°5/2019: Falsified Meningitis vaccines
Togo: first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
Medical Product Alert N°4/2019: Falsified oral cholera vaccines
Tonga eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem
Egypt: first country in Eastern Mediterranean region to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
Disease-specific alliances could unite to better support elimination of all NTDs
Getting ready for health emergencies in Africa
