WHO Atlas maps Global Tobacco epidemic
More Global commitment needed to monitor Safety and Quality of medicines
Countries meet in Geneva to craft tobacco treaty
Dr Brundtland to launch a strategy to address crisis in nursing and midwifery services
World Sight Day: 10 October
Public Health Services need urgent help to combat humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa, World Health Organization tells donors
Need to boost funding for TB control in worst affected countries
First ever Global Report on Violence and Health released
Decoding of malaria genomes opens new era public health
Timor-Leste joins WHO
Active ageing: Moving Hearts for Health
Urgent call for action on meningitis in Africa
WHO urges an increase in influenza vaccination
WHO prepares to tackle emerging crisis in African meningitis area
Support rolls in for WHO's new "Healthy Environments for Children" Initiative
WHO releases first global reference guide on safe and effective use of essential medicines
Brundtland starts new movement to address environmental crisis affecting children's health
Election in 2003 of WHO Director-General
WTO agreements and Public Health – a joint study by the WHO and the WTO secretariat
Health conditions aggravate Southern Africa famine
WHO Director-General briefs the media on the Zika situation
WHO calls on countries and partners to "Unite to End Tuberculosis"
Joint statement on Syria by UN and WHO
WHO statement on end of Ebola flare-up in Sierra Leone
WHO Director-General addresses media after Zika Emergency Committee
WHO statement on the 2nd meeting of IHR Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
UN Secretary-General appoints High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth
Statement on the 8th IHR Emergency Committee meeting regarding the international spread of poliovirus
WHO statement on the first meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee regarding clusters of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome
WHO to convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
WHO, WFP and UNICEF: Yemen’s families cannot withstand another day of war, let alone another 1000
New Ebola case in Sierra Leone. WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups
The Director-General of the World Health Organization welcomes the appointment of Henrietta H Fore as Executive Director of UNICEF
United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports
World AIDS Day 2017
UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – lives of millions are at risk
Statement of the 15th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund
WHO warns that more people will die if ports in Yemen do not reopen to humanitarian aid