WHO calls on governments to include smoking cessation in tobacco control strategies
New WHO Director-General urges countries to sign Tobacco Convention
Global Cancer Alliance calls on Cancer Control community to put words into action and save millions of lives
New WHO Director-General steps up global polio eradication effort as Polio threatens other countries
LEE Jong-wook takes office as WHO Director-General
WHO calls for widespread free access to anti-TB drugs for people living with HIV
Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts more than 50 new food standards
SARS outbreak contained worldwide
WHO calls for urgent injection of supplies and funds to combat mounting health crisis in Liberia
Failure to take prescribed medicine for chronic diseases is a massive, world-wide problem
UN Food and Trade Standards Commission opens meeting to adopt new standards for some foods and revise others
Urgent call to improve survival of millions of children
New initiative to research and develop drugs for the world’s most neglected diseases
WHO meets with food, beverage and producer Associations on diet and chronic diseases
Twenty-eight countries and the European Community sign tobacco treaty at first opportunity
New global alliance brings food fortification to world’s poor
WHO and ILO launch "guidelines for workplace TB control activities", bringing new hope to millions in the workforce
WHO recommends close disease surveillance in flood affected areas in Sri Lanka
Global Polio Eradication partners applaud Rotary’s new US$ 88 557 000 pledge to world’s largest public health initiative
Concerted global action is the only answer to rising cancer deaths
WHO Executive Board agrees on an initial short list of candidates to the post of WHO Director-General
Mahmoud Fikri appointed as Regional Director for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
UN humanitarian chiefs strongly condemn attacks on medical personnel and facilities by all parties to the Syria conflict
Statement on the death of Nelson Mandela
WHO Statement on the Fourth Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee concerning MERS-CoV
WHO welcomes the updating of the European Union (EU) Tobacco Products Directive
WHO Statement on the Third Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee concerning MERS-CoV
Appeal by heads of leading UN humanitarian agencies for the people of the Syrian Arab Republic
WHO Statement on the Second Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee concerning MERS-CoV
WHO/World Bank convene ministerial meeting to discuss best practices for moving forward on universal health coverage
UNICEF and WHO condemn attacks on health workers in Nigeria
WHO congratulates Spain on ending Ebola transmission
WHO welcomes international treaty on mercury
WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Statement from the Travel and Transport Task Force on Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa
WHO welcomes approval of a second Ebola vaccine trial in Switzerland
WHO welcomes strong commitment from Australia to beating Ebola
Statement on the 3rd meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa
WHO response to internal Ebola document leaked to media
Statement regarding interim findings of WHO assessment of deaths of children in Idleb Governorate, Syria
