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30 January 2006
Note for Media

Improve home ventilation to reduce radon levels, WHO warns

27 January 2006
Departmental update

The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006–2015

16 December 2005
Departmental update

New tuberculosis therapy offers potential shorter treatment

27 October 2005
Departmental update

WHO Stop TB Director receives prestigious award

13 October 2005
Departmental update

Launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean Care is Safer Care

13 October 2005
Departmental update

WHO launches global patient safety challenge; issues guidelines on hand hygiene in health care

27 September 2005
Departmental update

2005 UN World Summit, 14-16 September

5 September 2005
Joint News Release

Chernobyl: the true scale of the accident

1 September 2005
Departmental update

TB emergency declaration

11 August 2005
Departmental update

New Bangkok charter for health promotion adopted to address rapidly changing global health issues

5 July 2005
Departmental update

Public-Private Mix for DOTS: Towards scaling up

23 June 2005
News release

Current GM foods can bring benefits but safety assessments must continue

21 June 2005
Departmental update

WHO launches project to minimize risks of radon

26 May 2005
Departmental update

Shaping the future of TB control

24 May 2005
Departmental update

WHO decision on public health problems caused by harmful use of alcohol

22 March 2005
Departmental update

TB cases and deaths linked to HIV now at alarming levels in Africa

18 March 2005
Departmental update

TB recommendations included in "Commission for Africa" report

17 March 2005
Note for Media

The World Health Organization recommends that no person under 18 should use a sunbed

31 January 2005
Departmental update

Strategic approach to maintain appropriate tuberculosis control activities in countries affected by the Asian tsunami disaster

12 January 2005
Departmental update

Investigation launched into death of WHO Stop TB professional officer

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30 March 2017
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"Depression: let’s talk" says WHO, as depression tops list of causes of ill health

29 March 2017
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WHO launches global effort to halve medication-related errors in 5 years

23 March 2017
News release

From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio

22 March 2017
News release

WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients

15 March 2017
News release

Health care a casualty of 6 years of war in the Syrian Arab Republic

6 March 2017
News release

The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO

23 February 2017
News release

WHO stresses urgent need for R&D for drug-resistant TB alongside newly-prioritized antibiotic-resistant pathogens

27 February 2017
News release

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

3 February 2017
News release

Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs

10 January 2017
News release

Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives

10 January 2018
News release

UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks

8 January 2018
News release

WHO Director-General: invest in health to end plague in Madagascar

10 December 2013
Note for Media

Mental health information at your fingertips – WHO launches the MiNDbank

27 November 2013
Note for Media

WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition

20 September 2013
Note for Media

Governments to agree increased focus on people with disabilities in development strategies

11 October 2013
Note for Media

WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure measuring devices by 2020

23 August 2013
Note for Media

WHO hand hygiene strategy feasible and sustainable for health-care settings around the world

16 August 2013
News release

Humanitarian emergencies, an opportunity for fresh start in providing sustainable, long-term mental health services

8 July 2013
Note for Media

New UN food safety and nutrition standards will benefit consumers

5 June 2013
Note for Media

WHO issues guidance on emerging double threat of childhood obesity and undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries

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30 March 2017
News release

"Depression: let’s talk" says WHO, as depression tops list of causes of ill health

29 March 2017
News release

WHO launches global effort to halve medication-related errors in 5 years

23 March 2017
News release

From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio

22 March 2017
News release

WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients

15 March 2017
News release

Health care a casualty of 6 years of war in the Syrian Arab Republic

6 March 2017
News release

The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO

23 February 2017
News release

WHO stresses urgent need for R&D for drug-resistant TB alongside newly-prioritized antibiotic-resistant pathogens

27 February 2017
News release

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

3 February 2017
News release

Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs

10 January 2017
News release

Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives

10 January 2018
News release

UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks

8 January 2018
News release

WHO Director-General: invest in health to end plague in Madagascar

10 December 2013
Note for Media

Mental health information at your fingertips – WHO launches the MiNDbank

27 November 2013
Note for Media

WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition

20 September 2013
Note for Media

Governments to agree increased focus on people with disabilities in development strategies

11 October 2013
Note for Media

WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure measuring devices by 2020

23 August 2013
Note for Media

WHO hand hygiene strategy feasible and sustainable for health-care settings around the world

16 August 2013
News release

Humanitarian emergencies, an opportunity for fresh start in providing sustainable, long-term mental health services

8 July 2013
Note for Media

New UN food safety and nutrition standards will benefit consumers

5 June 2013
Note for Media

WHO issues guidance on emerging double threat of childhood obesity and undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries

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