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6 January 2015
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No Ebola cases detected in Iraq

6 January 2015
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New UNMEER chief arrives in Liberia to assess Ebola response

4 January 2015
Departmental update

A web platform to monitor Global standards for quality of health-care services for adolescents

12 December 2014
News release

Health partners unite to build stronger systems for health in Ebola-affected countries

10 December 2014
News release

New study highlights need to scale up violence prevention efforts globally

9 December 2014
News release

Scale-up in effective malaria control dramatically reduces deaths

3 December 2014
News release

New WHO guide to prevent and control cervical cancer

2 December 2014
Note for Media

WHO congratulates Spain on ending Ebola transmission

1 December 2014
Departmental update

Health at the Lima climate change conference

25 November 2014
Departmental update

Global consultation on research for TB elimination opens today

24 November 2014
Departmental update

4th International Meeting on the control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases

24 November 2014
Departmental update

Indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition

21 November 2014
Statement

WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

21 November 2014
News release

Worldwide action needed to address hidden crisis of violence against women and girls

19 November 2014
News release

UN reveals major gaps in water and sanitation – especially in rural areas

19 November 2014
News release

Countries vow to combat malnutrition through firm policies and actions

17 November 2014
News release

WHO highlights devastating global impact of drowning

17 November 2014
Departmental update

WHO welcomes discoveries in vertebrology for the treatment of low back pain

14 November 2014
Statement

WHO statement on the third meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of wild poliovirus

12 November 2014
News release

WHO sets benchmarks to reduce health damage from indoor air pollution

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24 January 2014
Departmental update

Instability in South Sudan undermines global efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis

11 April 2014
Departmental update

South Sudan introduces reward to accelerate detection and reporting

16 May 2014
Departmental update

Ghana uses instant smartphone messaging to accelerate dracunculiasis surveillance

16 January 2015
Departmental update

WHO certifies Ghana free of dracunculiasis

8 May 2015
Departmental update

South Sudan: no new cases of dracunculiasis for five consecutive months

8 July 2015
Departmental update

South Sudan reports zero cases of guinea-worm disease for seventh consecutive month

27 October 2015
Departmental update

Sustaining public awareness and community engagement crucial to interrupting dracunculiasis transmission

21 December 2015
Departmental update

Cases of guinea-worm disease drop to historic low

15 February 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis surveillance programmes respond strongly to rumours, while cases plummet

30 March 2016
Departmental update

STATEMENT –– 11th meeting of the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication

13 May 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis eradication: eternal vigilance is the price of liberty

14 June 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis eradication: WHO ready to verify Kenya and Sudan

19 August 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis: 11 confirmed human cases reported from 3 out of 4 remaining endemic countries

15 December 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis certification: evaluation missions assess readiness level in three countries

11 January 2017
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis eradication: Mali reports zero cases in 2016

15 May 2017
Departmental update

Chad reporting fewer dracunculiasis infections in dogs in 2017 than in 2016

29 May 2017
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis: aggressive vector control to accelerate interruption of transmission

6 September 2017
Departmental update

Eradicating dracunculiasis: Chad intensifies national campaign as ninth human case is confirmed

16 November 2017
Departmental update

WHO welcomes new funding to accelerate demise of neglected tropical diseases

6 December 2017
Departmental update

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

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24 January 2014
Departmental update

Instability in South Sudan undermines global efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis

11 April 2014
Departmental update

South Sudan introduces reward to accelerate detection and reporting

16 May 2014
Departmental update

Ghana uses instant smartphone messaging to accelerate dracunculiasis surveillance

16 January 2015
Departmental update

WHO certifies Ghana free of dracunculiasis

8 May 2015
Departmental update

South Sudan: no new cases of dracunculiasis for five consecutive months

8 July 2015
Departmental update

South Sudan reports zero cases of guinea-worm disease for seventh consecutive month

27 October 2015
Departmental update

Sustaining public awareness and community engagement crucial to interrupting dracunculiasis transmission

21 December 2015
Departmental update

Cases of guinea-worm disease drop to historic low

15 February 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis surveillance programmes respond strongly to rumours, while cases plummet

30 March 2016
Departmental update

STATEMENT –– 11th meeting of the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication

13 May 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis eradication: eternal vigilance is the price of liberty

14 June 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis eradication: WHO ready to verify Kenya and Sudan

19 August 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis: 11 confirmed human cases reported from 3 out of 4 remaining endemic countries

15 December 2016
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis certification: evaluation missions assess readiness level in three countries

11 January 2017
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis eradication: Mali reports zero cases in 2016

15 May 2017
Departmental update

Chad reporting fewer dracunculiasis infections in dogs in 2017 than in 2016

29 May 2017
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis: aggressive vector control to accelerate interruption of transmission

6 September 2017
Departmental update

Eradicating dracunculiasis: Chad intensifies national campaign as ninth human case is confirmed

16 November 2017
Departmental update

WHO welcomes new funding to accelerate demise of neglected tropical diseases

6 December 2017
Departmental update

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

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