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15 October 2002
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WHO Atlas maps Global Tobacco epidemic

14 October 2002
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More Global commitment needed to monitor Safety and Quality of medicines

11 October 2002
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Countries meet in Geneva to craft tobacco treaty

10 October 2002
News release

Dr Brundtland to launch a strategy to address crisis in nursing and midwifery services

10 October 2002
News release

World Sight Day: 10 October

6 October 2002
News release

Public Health Services need urgent help to combat humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa, World Health Organization tells donors

4 October 2002
News release

Need to boost funding for TB control in worst affected countries

3 October 2002
News release

First ever Global Report on Violence and Health released

1 October 2002
News release

Decoding of malaria genomes opens new era public health

1 October 2002
News release

Timor-Leste joins WHO

27 September 2002
News release

Active ageing: Moving Hearts for Health

27 September 2002
News release

Urgent call for action on meningitis in Africa

26 September 2002
News release

WHO urges an increase in influenza vaccination

17 September 2002
News release

WHO prepares to tackle emerging crisis in African meningitis area

4 September 2002
News release

Support rolls in for WHO's new "Healthy Environments for Children" Initiative

4 September 2002
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WHO releases first global reference guide on safe and effective use of essential medicines

1 September 2002
News release

Brundtland starts new movement to address environmental crisis affecting children's health

23 August 2002
Statement

Election in 2003 of WHO Director-General

22 August 2002
News release

WTO agreements and Public Health – a joint study by the WHO and the WTO secretariat

4 August 2002
News release

Health conditions aggravate Southern Africa famine

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22 March 2016
Statement

WHO Director-General briefs the media on the Zika situation

22 March 2016
Statement

WHO calls on countries and partners to "Unite to End Tuberculosis"

10 March 2016
Statement

Joint statement on Syria by UN and WHO

17 March 2016
Statement

WHO statement on end of Ebola flare-up in Sierra Leone

8 March 2016
Statement

WHO Director-General addresses media after Zika Emergency Committee

8 March 2016
Statement

WHO statement on the 2nd meeting of IHR Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

2 March 2016
Statement

UN Secretary-General appoints High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

1 March 2016
Statement

Statement on the 8th IHR Emergency Committee meeting regarding the international spread of poliovirus

1 February 2016
Statement

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

1 February 2016
Statement

WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee regarding clusters of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome

28 January 2016
Statement

WHO to convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

29 December 2017
Statement

WHO, WFP and UNICEF: Yemen’s families cannot withstand another day of war, let alone another 1000

15 January 2016
Statement

New Ebola case in Sierra Leone. WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups

23 December 2017
Statement

The Director-General of the World Health Organization welcomes the appointment of Henrietta H Fore as Executive Director of UNICEF

2 December 2017
Statement

United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports

1 December 2017
Statement

World AIDS Day 2017

16 November 2017
Statement

UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – lives of millions are at risk

14 November 2017
Statement

Statement of the 15th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus

14 November 2017
Statement

WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund

9 November 2017
Statement

WHO warns that more people will die if ports in Yemen do not reopen to humanitarian aid

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22 March 2016
Statement

WHO Director-General briefs the media on the Zika situation

22 March 2016
Statement

WHO calls on countries and partners to "Unite to End Tuberculosis"

10 March 2016
Statement

Joint statement on Syria by UN and WHO

17 March 2016
Statement

WHO statement on end of Ebola flare-up in Sierra Leone

8 March 2016
Statement

WHO Director-General addresses media after Zika Emergency Committee

8 March 2016
Statement

WHO statement on the 2nd meeting of IHR Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

2 March 2016
Statement

UN Secretary-General appoints High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

1 March 2016
Statement

Statement on the 8th IHR Emergency Committee meeting regarding the international spread of poliovirus

1 February 2016
Statement

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

1 February 2016
Statement

WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee regarding clusters of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome

28 January 2016
Statement

WHO to convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

29 December 2017
Statement

WHO, WFP and UNICEF: Yemen’s families cannot withstand another day of war, let alone another 1000

15 January 2016
Statement

New Ebola case in Sierra Leone. WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups

23 December 2017
Statement

The Director-General of the World Health Organization welcomes the appointment of Henrietta H Fore as Executive Director of UNICEF

2 December 2017
Statement

United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports

1 December 2017
Statement

World AIDS Day 2017

16 November 2017
Statement

UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – lives of millions are at risk

14 November 2017
Statement

Statement of the 15th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus

14 November 2017
Statement

WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund

9 November 2017
Statement

WHO warns that more people will die if ports in Yemen do not reopen to humanitarian aid

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