UN Special Envoy warns of deadly synergy between TB and HIV
Clean hands leading to safer health care for half the world’s population
Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO's next Director-General
WHO Global Task Force on XDR-TB report published as new WHO Director-General underlines the need for strengthened TB control
Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General
WHO Executive Board shortlists candidates for Director-General
Election of WHO Director-General
International health conference opens with XDR-TB US $95 million funding call
WHO Global Task Force outlines measures to combat XDR-TB worldwide - Meeting Report now available
Red Cross Red Crescent forms alliance with leading health agencies against growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe
Report from the Expert Consultation on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
XDR-TB UPDATE 2006
Chemical dump in Côte d'Ivoire
Emergence of XDR-TB
WHO: intensified action needed to halt a quarter of a million TB/HIV deaths a year of people living with AIDS
Health consequences of excessive solar UV radiation
G8 outlines support for tuberculosis
UN Special Envoy calls on G8 leaders to prioritize tuberculosis
WHO updates aviation guidelines for TB prevention
New global alliance seeks to address worldwide shortage of doctors, nurses and other health workers
2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros will lead WHO delegation at the G20 Summit in Hamburg
Dr Tedros takes office as WHO Director-General
Abuse of older people on the rise – 1 in 6 affected
WHO Director-General elect welcomes new funding for polio eradication
WHO DG-elect on high-level US tour to advance new vision for WHO
Number of suspected cholera cases reaches 100 000 in Yemen
WHO updates Essential Medicines List with new advice on use of antibiotics, and adds medicines for hepatitis C, HIV, tuberculosis and cancer
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 30 May 2017
World No Tobacco Day 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, the environment and national development
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 29 May 2017
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 26 May 2017
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 25 May
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 24 May
World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General
Seventieth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva
WHO travel to support programme work
Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results
Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show