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22 December 2017
Departmental update

Year-End Greeting from the new Director of the WHO Global TB Programme - Dr Tereza Kasaeva

19 December 2017
Departmental update

Letter to malaria partners (December 2017)

14 December 2017
Departmental update

Thailand uses integrated ecosystems health approach to beat cancer-causing disease

13 December 2017
Departmental update

WHO recommends the most stringent level of international control for synthetic opioid carfentanil

13 December 2017
Departmental update

No UHC without strong TB response, no ending TB without UHC

13 December 2017
News release

Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year

13 December 2017
Departmental update

China supports trailblazing Working for Health programme to expand the health and social workforce

13 December 2017
Departmental update

A year of action to expand and transform the health workforce

13 December 2017
Departmental update

Chengdu Declaration on cestode infections calls for global collaboration into research and control

13 December 2017
News release

World Bank and WHO: Half the world lacks access to essential health services, 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses

12 December 2017
Country mission

Launch of NCD investment case in Mongolia

8 December 2017
Joint News Release

Amid concern over drug resistance, Mekong countries call for accelerated action to eliminate malaria before 2030

8 December 2017
Departmental update

Changes to WHO recommended procurement criteria for malaria rapid diagnostic tests

8 December 2017
News release

Uganda ends Marburg virus disease outbreak

8 December 2017
Departmental update

Schistosomiasis: WHO reports substantial treatment progress for school-age children

7 December 2017
Departmental update

Countries of the Greater Mekong making inroads in the race towards elimination

7 December 2017
News release

Dementia: number of people affected to triple in next 30 years

6 December 2017
Departmental update

SAM kits in Yemen: WHO steps up efforts to fight severe acute malnutrition cases in Yemen

6 December 2017
Departmental update

Guinea-worm disease: International Certification Team evaluates Kenya’s elimination claim

6 December 2017
Departmental update

Summary on the meeting of WHO Informal Working Group on Echinococcosis (WHO-IWGE)

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12 December 2013
Departmental update

Yemen bilharzia infection levels drop by more than half

2 September 2013
Departmental update

Sudan intensifies its fight against schistosomiasis through large-scale treatment of school-age children

12 February 2013
Departmental update

New agreement expands access to schistosomiasis treatment for millions

10 May 2012
Departmental update

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: more than 9 million people treated in Yemen

7 March 2012
Departmental update

Zanzibar: gearing up to eliminate schistosomiasis

28 July 2011
Departmental update

Launching of the programme for elimination of schistosomiasis transmission from Zanzibar

27 February 2011
Departmental update

WHO: More than 500 million praziquantel tablets needed each year to treat schistosomiasis

11 April 2001
News release

WHO/WTO Workshop on Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs

23 April 2001
News release

HIV causing Tuberculosis cases to Double in Africa

26 April 2001
News release

WHO makes Recommendations on Depleted Uranium and Health in New Monograph

3 May 2001
Departmental update

World Health Organization and Aventis announce a major initiative to step up efforts against sleeping sickness

4 May 2001
News release

Tobacco Poses a Major Obstacle to Children's Rights - Report

15 May 2001
News release

Protecting Public Health requires new Tobacco Product Regulation, says WHO

16 May 2001
News release

Leprosy: Global Target Attained

16 May 2001
News release

$1.5 Billion Needed to Meet TB Control Targets in Highest Burden Countries

17 May 2001
News release

Secretary-General Advances Plans for International Aids and Health Fund

12 January 2010
Departmental update

US$25 Million Grant from the World Bank to Combat Schistosomiasis in Yemen

30 October 2009
Departmental update

Statement – WHO Working Group on Urogenital Schistosomiasis and HIV Transmission, 1–2 October 2009

28 April 2003
Departmental update

Viet Nam SARS-Free

29 April 2003
Departmental update

WHO welcomes ASEAN unity against SARS

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