WHO statistics show narrowing health gap between countries with best and worst health status
E-health technologies and substance abuse
2.4 billion people will lack improved sanitation in 2015
Medical Product Alert N°2/2013: Falsified batches of Coartem
More than 270 000 pedestrians killed on roads each year
Shipping of infectious substances training held in Khartoum
Global leaders support new six-year plan to deliver a polio-free world by 2018
WHO launches emergency response to antimalarial drug resistance
Global health leaders honour UN Secretary-General Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis
Appeal by heads of leading UN humanitarian agencies for the people of the Syrian Arab Republic
New plan to address pneumonia and diarrhoea could save 2 million children annually
New trial confirms effectiveness of single-dose oral antibiotic, boosting prospects for yaws eradication
Ending preventable deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025
World Health Day 2013: measure your blood pressure, reduce your risk
UK Symposium on Patient Safety Partnerships
Global epidemic of diabetes threatens progress in TB control
Consultation on eradication of yaws, 20–22 March 2013, CICG, Geneva, Switzerland
Brazilian school-based deworming and leprosy case-finding campaign targets more than 9 million children
WHO and Global Fund cite tuberculosis threat
In a historical first, WHO records zero cases of dracunculiasis in January
WHO statement on Yemen
WHO child health programme dries tears in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Europe commits to staying malaria-free
New interactive mapping tool launched
Countries of the Greater Mekong making inroads in the race towards elimination
Changes to WHO recommended procurement criteria for malaria rapid diagnostic tests
Remote Nigeria communities welcome child health programme
The WHO Global Malaria Programme at the 7th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference
Results published from 5-year WHO study showing nets protect despite resistance
London Summit delivers US$4.1 billion in funding for the fight against malaria
World Malaria Day 2018: seven decades, seven voices in the global malaria fight
WHO Director-General video message at First Malaria World Congress
Malaria resolution adopted by UN General Assembly
Information note: WHO welcomes the New Nets Project
Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic wipe out trachoma—leading infectious cause of blindness
85 million people treated for trachoma through expanded access to medicine
Eliminating Trachoma: Accelerating Towards 2020
WHO releases new guidance on elimination
Tropical Data: a WHO-led initiative to help national programmes collect and do more with their data
Global health experts define malaria work packages