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29 November 2006
Departmental update

UN Special Envoy warns of deadly synergy between TB and HIV

10 November 2006
News release

Clean hands leading to safer health care for half the world’s population

9 November 2006
News release

Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO's next Director-General

9 November 2006
Departmental update

WHO Global Task Force on XDR-TB report published as new WHO Director-General underlines the need for strengthened TB control

8 November 2006
News release

Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General

6 November 2006
News release

WHO Executive Board shortlists candidates for Director-General

3 November 2006
News release

Election of WHO Director-General

31 October 2006
Departmental update

International health conference opens with XDR-TB US $95 million funding call

17 October 2006
Departmental update

WHO Global Task Force outlines measures to combat XDR-TB worldwide - Meeting Report now available

10 October 2006
Departmental update

Red Cross Red Crescent forms alliance with leading health agencies against growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe

27 September 2006
Departmental update

Report from the Expert Consultation on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

25 September 2006
Departmental update

XDR-TB UPDATE 2006

20 September 2006
Note for Media

Chemical dump in Côte d'Ivoire

5 September 2006
Departmental update

Emergence of XDR-TB

16 August 2006
Departmental update

WHO: intensified action needed to halt a quarter of a million TB/HIV deaths a year of people living with AIDS

25 July 2006
Note for Media

Health consequences of excessive solar UV radiation

20 July 2006
Departmental update

G8 outlines support for tuberculosis

12 July 2006
Departmental update

UN Special Envoy calls on G8 leaders to prioritize tuberculosis

26 June 2006
Departmental update

WHO updates aviation guidelines for TB prevention

25 May 2006
Departmental update

New global alliance seeks to address worldwide shortage of doctors, nurses and other health workers

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12 July 2017
News release

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation

7 July 2017
News release

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed

4 July 2017
News release

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros will lead WHO delegation at the G20 Summit in Hamburg

1 July 2017
News release

Dr Tedros takes office as WHO Director-General

14 June 2017
News release

Abuse of older people on the rise – 1 in 6 affected

13 June 2017
News release

WHO Director-General elect welcomes new funding for polio eradication

12 June 2017
News release

WHO DG-elect on high-level US tour to advance new vision for WHO

8 June 2017
News release

Number of suspected cholera cases reaches 100 000 in Yemen

6 June 2017
News release

WHO updates Essential Medicines List with new advice on use of antibiotics, and adds medicines for hepatitis C, HIV, tuberculosis and cancer

30 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 30 May 2017

30 May 2017
News release

World No Tobacco Day 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, the environment and national development

29 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 29 May 2017

26 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 26 May 2017

25 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 25 May

24 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 24 May

23 May 2017
News release

World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General

22 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva

21 May 2017
News release

WHO travel to support programme work

18 May 2017
News release

Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results

17 May 2017
News release

Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show

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12 July 2017
News release

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation

7 July 2017
News release

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed

4 July 2017
News release

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros will lead WHO delegation at the G20 Summit in Hamburg

1 July 2017
News release

Dr Tedros takes office as WHO Director-General

14 June 2017
News release

Abuse of older people on the rise – 1 in 6 affected

13 June 2017
News release

WHO Director-General elect welcomes new funding for polio eradication

12 June 2017
News release

WHO DG-elect on high-level US tour to advance new vision for WHO

8 June 2017
News release

Number of suspected cholera cases reaches 100 000 in Yemen

6 June 2017
News release

WHO updates Essential Medicines List with new advice on use of antibiotics, and adds medicines for hepatitis C, HIV, tuberculosis and cancer

30 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 30 May 2017

30 May 2017
News release

World No Tobacco Day 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, the environment and national development

29 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 29 May 2017

26 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 26 May 2017

25 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 25 May

24 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 24 May

23 May 2017
News release

World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General

22 May 2017
News release

Seventieth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva

21 May 2017
News release

WHO travel to support programme work

18 May 2017
News release

Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results

17 May 2017
News release

Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show

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