Year-End Greeting from the new Director of the WHO Global TB Programme - Dr Tereza Kasaeva
Letter to malaria partners (December 2017)
Thailand uses integrated ecosystems health approach to beat cancer-causing disease
WHO recommends the most stringent level of international control for synthetic opioid carfentanil
No UHC without strong TB response, no ending TB without UHC
Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year
China supports trailblazing Working for Health programme to expand the health and social workforce
A year of action to expand and transform the health workforce
Chengdu Declaration on cestode infections calls for global collaboration into research and control
World Bank and WHO: Half the world lacks access to essential health services, 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses
Launch of NCD investment case in Mongolia
Amid concern over drug resistance, Mekong countries call for accelerated action to eliminate malaria before 2030
Changes to WHO recommended procurement criteria for malaria rapid diagnostic tests
Uganda ends Marburg virus disease outbreak
Schistosomiasis: WHO reports substantial treatment progress for school-age children
Countries of the Greater Mekong making inroads in the race towards elimination
Dementia: number of people affected to triple in next 30 years
SAM kits in Yemen: WHO steps up efforts to fight severe acute malnutrition cases in Yemen
Guinea-worm disease: International Certification Team evaluates Kenya’s elimination claim
Summary on the meeting of WHO Informal Working Group on Echinococcosis (WHO-IWGE)
Yemen bilharzia infection levels drop by more than half
Sudan intensifies its fight against schistosomiasis through large-scale treatment of school-age children
New agreement expands access to schistosomiasis treatment for millions
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: more than 9 million people treated in Yemen
Zanzibar: gearing up to eliminate schistosomiasis
Launching of the programme for elimination of schistosomiasis transmission from Zanzibar
WHO: More than 500 million praziquantel tablets needed each year to treat schistosomiasis
WHO/WTO Workshop on Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs
HIV causing Tuberculosis cases to Double in Africa
WHO makes Recommendations on Depleted Uranium and Health in New Monograph
World Health Organization and Aventis announce a major initiative to step up efforts against sleeping sickness
Tobacco Poses a Major Obstacle to Children's Rights - Report
Protecting Public Health requires new Tobacco Product Regulation, says WHO
Leprosy: Global Target Attained
$1.5 Billion Needed to Meet TB Control Targets in Highest Burden Countries
Secretary-General Advances Plans for International Aids and Health Fund
US$25 Million Grant from the World Bank to Combat Schistosomiasis in Yemen
Statement – WHO Working Group on Urogenital Schistosomiasis and HIV Transmission, 1–2 October 2009
Viet Nam SARS-Free
WHO welcomes ASEAN unity against SARS