Urgent call for action on meningitis in Africa
WHO urges an increase in influenza vaccination
WHO prepares to tackle emerging crisis in African meningitis area
WHO releases first global reference guide on safe and effective use of essential medicines
Support rolls in for WHO's new "Healthy Environments for Children" Initiative
Brundtland starts new movement to address environmental crisis affecting children's health
Election in 2003 of WHO Director-General
WTO agreements and Public Health – a joint study by the WHO and the WTO secretariat
Health conditions aggravate Southern Africa famine
Illicit tobacco trade contributes to global disease burden
Helping people reduce their risks of skin cancer and cataract
World Health Organization releases draft tobacco treaty text ahead of October negotiations
3 million HIV/AIDS sufferers could receive anti-retroviral therapy by 2005
Scaling up interventions could prevent 29 million new hiv infections among adults by 2010
Major UN Study Finds Alarming Lack of Knowledge About HIV/AIDS Among Young People
Beginning of Construction work on new WHO/UNAIDS building
Afghanistan: WHO appeals for US$ 1.2 million to tackle largest single epidemic of disfiguring disease
Nonoxynol-9 ineffective in preventing HIV infection
New Cancer Report offers hope for Patients and Communities
OPEC Fund joins as Partners in Fight against HIV/AIDS
WHO, WFP and UNICEF: Yemen’s families cannot withstand another day of war, let alone another 1000
New Ebola case in Sierra Leone. WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups
The Director-General of the World Health Organization welcomes the appointment of Henrietta H Fore as Executive Director of UNICEF
United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports
World AIDS Day 2017
UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – lives of millions are at risk
Statement of the 15th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund
WHO warns that more people will die if ports in Yemen do not reopen to humanitarian aid
WHO Global Leadership Meeting concludes with new commitment to delivering results in countries
Director-General rescinds Goodwill Ambassador appointment
Dr Mahmoud Fikri
WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases
New WHO leadership team announced
WHO condemns attacks on hospitals and health workers in Idlib and Hama
Statement of the 14th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
WHO Statement on Philip Morris funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen
Joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health care settings
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on the cholera outbreak in Yemen as suspected cases exceed 200 000
