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31 August 2020
Departmental update

Health Financing and Economics - Webinar Series

31 August 2020
News release

In WHO global pulse survey, 90% of countries report disruptions to essential health services since COVID-19 pandemic

30 August 2020
Departmental update

First Ladies of Nigeria mobilize around the Global Strategy for Elimination of Cervical Cancer

28 August 2020
Departmental update

Launch of the Every Newborn Action Plan: 2025 Coverage Targets and Milestones

28 August 2020
Departmental update

Chlorhexidine 7,1% digluconate (CHX) aqueous solution or gel (10ml): Reports of serious eye injury due to errors in administration

27 August 2020
News release

World Mental Health Day: an opportunity to kick-start a massive scale-up in investment in mental health

27 August 2020
Departmental update

Togo is first African country to end sleeping sickness as a public health problem

26 August 2020
Departmental update

Target product profiles for tuberculosis preventive treatment

25 August 2020
News release

Global polio eradication initiative applauds WHO African region for wild polio-free certification

24 August 2020
News release

172 countries and multiple candidate vaccines engaged in COVID-19 vaccine Global Access Facility

24 August 2020
Departmental update

Updated Buruli ulcer recording and reporting forms are now available

21 August 2020
Departmental update

Preventing HIV in high HIV burden settings through voluntary medical male circumcision

20 August 2020
Departmental update

Ministry of Health Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign targets 1.6 million lives in the West-Nile region of Uganda

20 August 2020
Departmental update

Meeting women’s emotional, psychological and clinical needs during childbirth

19 August 2020
News release

World Humanitarian Day 2020: A tribute to aid workers on the front lines

19 August 2020
Departmental update

World Health Assembly adopts global strategy to accelerate cervical cancer elimination

17 August 2020
Departmental update

The Republic of Korea and WHO sign new Memorandum of Understanding, committing US$ 6 million in COVID-19 PCR test kits for 24 countries in the African region

14 August 2020
Statement

INCB, WHO and UNODC statement on access to internationally controlled medicines during COVID-19 pandemic

13 August 2020
News release

2 in 5 schools around the world lacked basic handwashing facilities prior to COVID-19 pandemic — UNICEF, WHO

12 August 2020
Departmental update

Happy International Youth Day!

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27 November 2020
Departmental update

Countries, partners and civil society commit to strengthening public-private care provider engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable access to affordable TB care at PPM Working Group Meeting

7 December 2020
Departmental update

WHO announces forthcoming updates on the systematic screening for tuberculosis

3 December 2020
Departmental update

Investing in midwife-led interventions could save 4.3 million lives per year, new study finds

3 December 2020
Joint News Release

Global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines estimated to generate economic benefits of at least US$ 153 billion in 2020–21, and US$ 466 billion by 2025, in 10 major economies, according to new report by the Eurasia Group

1 December 2020
Departmental update

Global Solidarity to End TB and HIV

21 March 2002
Departmental update

The Bangkok Statement: A pledge to promote the protection of Children's Environmental Health

18 November 2017
Departmental update

Action to avert an 18 million health worker shortfall announced at the 4th Human Resources for Health Forum in Dublin

25 January 2021
Departmental update

WHO announces development of new guidance on Hepatitis C self-testing

27 June 2002
News release

Additional Research on Acrylamide in Food essential, Scientists declare

2 December 2020
Departmental update

Profile: Dr Collins Tabu, Head of Immunization Programme, Ministry of Health, Kenya

27 June 2002
News release

OPEC Fund joins as Partners in Fight against HIV/AIDS

28 June 2002
News release

Beginning of Construction work on new WHO/UNAIDS building

28 June 2002
News release

Afghanistan: WHO appeals for US$ 1.2 million to tackle largest single epidemic of disfiguring disease

28 June 2002
News release

New Cancer Report offers hope for Patients and Communities

28 June 2002
News release

Nonoxynol-9 ineffective in preventing HIV infection

2 July 2002
News release

Major UN Study Finds Alarming Lack of Knowledge About HIV/AIDS Among Young People

3 July 2002
News release

Scaling up interventions could prevent 29 million new hiv infections among adults by 2010

8 July 2002
News release

3 million HIV/AIDS sufferers could receive anti-retroviral therapy by 2005

15 July 2002
News release

World Health Organization releases draft tobacco treaty text ahead of October negotiations

27 September 2017
Departmental update

Building trust between response staff and communities in the Ebola response

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