Violence against women: a ‘global health problem of epidemic proportions’
High-level mission reiterates need for enhanced dracunculiasis surveillance and case-containment in Ethiopia’s Gambela region
Finland leads the way in taking health into all policies
WHO interim guidance launched on the use of bedaquiline to treat MDR-TB
WHO collaborates with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to highlight the need for sustained dengue prevention and control
Largest ever roll-out of GeneXpert® rapid TB test machines, in 21 countries
WHO issues guidance on emerging double threat of childhood obesity and undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries
Yemen treats 9.6 million people for bilharzia and intestinal worms in two record-breaking 4-day public health campaigns
Climate change and health at the 66th World Health Assembly
Ban tobacco advertising to protect young people
World No Tobacco Day 2013 awards - the winners
South Sudan vows to interrupt dracunculiasis transmission amid continued decline
World Health Assembly opens to discuss major health issues
Yellow fever vaccination booster not needed
WHO statistics show narrowing health gap between countries with best and worst health status
E-health technologies and substance abuse
2.4 billion people will lack improved sanitation in 2015
Medical Product Alert N°2/2013: Falsified batches of Coartem
More than 270 000 pedestrians killed on roads each year
Shipping of infectious substances training held in Khartoum
Yaws: strict compliance with WHO’s Morges strategy critical to achieve eradication
Update on Ebola drug trial: two strong performers identified
Significant progress in Buruli ulcer research
WHO renews agreement with Sanofi-aventis
Volunteers and health-care workers pivotal to early case detection of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection)
Simple test promises early diagnosis of debilitating skin disease
Rapid diagnosis of Buruli ulcer now possible at district-level health facilities
Recognizing neglected skin diseases: WHO publishes pictorial training guide
Sao Paulo Call to Action for the prevention and control of high blood pressure
Letter to malaria partners (December 2016)
Getting to zero: WHO holds global forum to accelerate malaria elimination progress
Ghana eliminates trachoma, freeing millions from suffering and blindness
South-East Asia accelerating efforts to eliminate malaria across the region
Malaria eradication on the agenda at the 141st WHO Executive Board meeting
WHO statement on Yemen
WHO child health programme dries tears in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Europe commits to staying malaria-free
New interactive mapping tool launched
Countries of the Greater Mekong making inroads in the race towards elimination
Changes to WHO recommended procurement criteria for malaria rapid diagnostic tests
