Group B Streptococcus infection causes an estimated 150,000 preventable stillbirths and infant deaths every year
Costa Rica leads discussions on draft resolution to address global burden of snakebite envenoming
WHO Global Leadership Meeting concludes with new commitment to delivering results in countries
Building resilience of health systems in Pacific Island LDCs to climate change
Close to 3 million people access hepatitis C cure
WHO report signals urgent need for greater political commitment to end TB
WHO report signals urgent need for greater political commitment to end tuberculosis
WHO to review its interim guidance on the use of delamanid in the treatment of MDR-TB following the release of Phase III clinical trial results
Integrated primary health care-based service delivery in the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, Astana, Kazakhstan
Patient and community engagement in Oman’s national health plan
Substantial decline in global measles deaths, but disease still kills 90 000 per year
UN Task Force, World Bank discuss project to support NCDs prevention and control in Argentina
The COP Presidency’s High-Level Event on Health: Health Actions for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement
Ministry of Health, WHO experts highlight results of life-saving programme for children under five
Director-General rescinds Goodwill Ambassador appointment
Malaria campaign saving young lives in Nigeria
WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border
Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused
7 000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says
Governments commit to reduce suffering and deaths from noncommunicable diseases
Success of Afghanistan reconstruction will be measured in lives saved and improved
WHO Director-General Dr Gro Harlem Harlem Brundtland calls for US dollar 2.5 billion in aid for victims of humanitarian crises
AIDS epidemic faster in eastern Europe than in rest of world: New figures
New WHO recommendations to prevent tuberculosis aim to save millions of lives
Pass the message: Five steps to kicking out coronavirus
Opening remarks at the joint WHO, WIPO and WTO technical symposium on innovation and access to medical technologies
Dracunculiasis eradication: intensifying surveillance amid continued zero human cases in Ethiopia and Mali
World Health Organization announces new public-private initiative on disease surveillance and response
World Health Organization changes Hong Kong, Guangdong travel recommendations
Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses
Global move to scale up response to violence
Key step forward on International Health Rules
No place for tobacco on the big screen nor on the catwalk
WHO honors Brazilian Foreign Minister for leadership in Tobacco Control
Global Polio Eradication partners applaud Rotary’s new US$ 88 557 000 pledge to world’s largest public health initiative
CND accepts all WHO recommendations on the control of several psychoactive substances from the 42nd ECDD meeting
Concerted global action is the only answer to rising cancer deaths
WHO recommends close disease surveillance in flood affected areas in Sri Lanka
WHO and ILO launch "guidelines for workplace TB control activities", bringing new hope to millions in the workforce
New global alliance brings food fortification to world’s poor