Countries meet to finalize landmark agreement on International Tobacco Control
Outbreaks in Africa underscore the urgency for increased global influenza surveillance and pandemic planning
FAO, WHO launch $40 million trust fund to help poor countries participate in Codex Alimentarius
WHO and FIA join efforts for road safety
WHO releases action plan to safeguard health in war-stricken West Africa
Partnership moves in record time to provide vaccine against meningitis as epidemic emerges in Africa
India launches largest ever campaign to tackle polio epidemic
WHO to meet beverage company representatives to discuss health-related alcohol issues
Eight questions consumers should ask on the threat of mad cow disease
Dr Jong-Wook Lee nominated to be WHO Director-General
Forty new countries given low cost access to health journals
WHO presents draft text ahead of final round of Negotiations on the Tobacco Convention
Symposium aims to expand 5 a day initiative to boost fruit and vegetable consumption
To save lives, WHO rushes medical supplies to drought-ridden Ethiopia
China to study links between Sustainable Development and Investment in Health
New International Coalition aims to expand Global access to HIV/AIDS treatment
WHO study reveals harsh realities for older persons caring for orphans and people living with AIDS
River blindness campaign ends West Africans return to fertile farmlands
WHO-NTI establish a Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
Water for health enshrined as a human right
WHO statement on the Eighth Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding MERS-CoV
WHO welcomes appointment of UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis Dr Eric P. Goosby
Statement on the 4th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Government of Mali and WHO announce the end of the Ebola outbreak in Mali
WHO calls for urgent resumption of medical evacuations from besieged east Aleppo
WHO celebrates achievements in 2016, despite global health challenges
Dr Halfdan T. Mahler, WHO’s third Director-General, dies at 93
WHO steps up response in Aleppo and demands that health personnel be protected
Eastern Aleppo without any hospitals for more than 250,000 residents
Fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus
WHO condemns massive attacks on five hospitals in Syria
WHO condemns reported attacks using ambulances as weapons targeting civilians in Tikrit and Samarra, Iraq
Statement of the 11th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
Fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus
Second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) concerning yellow fever
Statement on the 10th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
Gains in fight to control yellow fever outbreak: but response must continue
WHO announces head of new Health Emergencies Programme
Lower doses of yellow fever vaccine could be used in emergencies
WHO statement on the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR(2005)) Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
