World leaders join new drive to beat noncommunicable diseases
Making childbirth a positive experience
Individualized, supportive care key to positive childbirth experience, says WHO
International focus on snakebite envenoming grows
Statement of the Sixteenth IHR Emergency Committee Regarding the International Spread of Poliovirus
Updated and expanded guidance for family planning providers worldwide
Epilepsy due to pork tapeworm: a serious public health problem in the United Republic of Tanzania
Yaws: strict compliance with WHO’s Morges strategy critical to achieve eradication
WHO condemns misleading use of its name in marketing of heated tobacco products
Special WHO webinar for civil society and partners on the TB guidelines development
Zika virus included in the 2018 annual review of the Blueprint list of priority diseases
Working to end myths and misconceptions about female genital mutilation
Deworming: every girl and every woman has the right to be treated
Remote Nigeria communities welcome child health programme
High levels of antibiotic resistance found worldwide, new data shows
Yaws eradication: global experts meet after signature of medicine donation agreement
WHO Executive Board adopts resolution on upcoming UN General Assembly high-level meeting on TB
Update on MERS-CoV transmission from animals to humans, and interim recommendations for at-risk groups
WHO Executive Board recommends resolution on snakebite envenoming to World Health Assembly
Leprosy: world focused on ending transmission among children
WHO releases new handbook on digital technologies to support TB treatment adherence
Global burn registry released to the public
New series published to support the use of qualitative research in decision-making
WHO leadership meets with TB civil society to strengthen engagement in accelerating the End TB response
Obituary Dr Cherubala Pathayapurayil Ramachandran, 1936–2019
WHO issues a position statement on the use of delamanid for MDR-TB following an expedited review of phase III clinical trial results
WHO announces new rabies recommendations
Short period of postoperative bladder catheterization effective for repair of simple urinary fistula
UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks
Dr Carissa Etienne elected for a second term as WHO Regional Director for the Americas
