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27 April 2006
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World Health Organization releases new Child Growth Standards

6 April 2006
Departmental update

Disease Control Priorities Project (DCP2)

24 March 2006
Departmental update

Messages for World TB Day

23 March 2006
Departmental update

Trends in TB control are positive 26 countries and areas reach target ahead of time

17 March 2006
Departmental update

WHO launches new Stop TB Strategy to fight the global tuberculosis epidemic

15 March 2006
Departmental update

8th Annual meeting of the Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative

30 January 2006
Note for Media

Improve home ventilation to reduce radon levels, WHO warns

27 January 2006
Departmental update

The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006–2015

16 December 2005
Departmental update

New tuberculosis therapy offers potential shorter treatment

27 October 2005
Departmental update

WHO Stop TB Director receives prestigious award

13 October 2005
Departmental update

Launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean Care is Safer Care

13 October 2005
Departmental update

WHO launches global patient safety challenge; issues guidelines on hand hygiene in health care

27 September 2005
Departmental update

2005 UN World Summit, 14-16 September

5 September 2005
Joint News Release

Chernobyl: the true scale of the accident

1 September 2005
Departmental update

TB emergency declaration

11 August 2005
Departmental update

New Bangkok charter for health promotion adopted to address rapidly changing global health issues

5 July 2005
Departmental update

Public-Private Mix for DOTS: Towards scaling up

23 June 2005
News release

Current GM foods can bring benefits but safety assessments must continue

21 June 2005
Departmental update

WHO launches project to minimize risks of radon

26 May 2005
Departmental update

Shaping the future of TB control

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5 May 2017
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Speed management key to saving lives, making cities more liveable

4 May 2017
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WHO to begin pilot prequalification of biosimilars for cancer treatment

24 April 2017
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Prevent malaria - save lives: WHO push for prevention on World Malaria Day, 25th April

21 April 2017
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New hepatitis data highlight need for urgent global response

19 April 2017
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Unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases, WHO reports

13 April 2017
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Radical increase in water and sanitation investment required to meet development targets

30 March 2017
News release

"Depression: let’s talk" says WHO, as depression tops list of causes of ill health

29 March 2017
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WHO launches global effort to halve medication-related errors in 5 years

23 March 2017
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From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio

22 March 2017
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WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients

15 March 2017
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Health care a casualty of 6 years of war in the Syrian Arab Republic

6 March 2017
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The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO

23 February 2017
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WHO stresses urgent need for R&D for drug-resistant TB alongside newly-prioritized antibiotic-resistant pathogens

27 February 2017
News release

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

3 February 2017
News release

Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs

10 January 2017
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Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives

10 January 2018
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UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks

8 January 2018
News release

WHO Director-General: invest in health to end plague in Madagascar

10 December 2013
Note for Media

Mental health information at your fingertips – WHO launches the MiNDbank

27 November 2013
Note for Media

WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition

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5 May 2017
News release

Speed management key to saving lives, making cities more liveable

4 May 2017
News release

WHO to begin pilot prequalification of biosimilars for cancer treatment

24 April 2017
News release

Prevent malaria - save lives: WHO push for prevention on World Malaria Day, 25th April

21 April 2017
News release

New hepatitis data highlight need for urgent global response

19 April 2017
News release

Unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases, WHO reports

13 April 2017
News release

Radical increase in water and sanitation investment required to meet development targets

30 March 2017
News release

"Depression: let’s talk" says WHO, as depression tops list of causes of ill health

29 March 2017
News release

WHO launches global effort to halve medication-related errors in 5 years

23 March 2017
News release

From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio

22 March 2017
News release

WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients

15 March 2017
News release

Health care a casualty of 6 years of war in the Syrian Arab Republic

6 March 2017
News release

The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO

23 February 2017
News release

WHO stresses urgent need for R&D for drug-resistant TB alongside newly-prioritized antibiotic-resistant pathogens

27 February 2017
News release

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

3 February 2017
News release

Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs

10 January 2017
News release

Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives

10 January 2018
News release

UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks

8 January 2018
News release

WHO Director-General: invest in health to end plague in Madagascar

10 December 2013
Note for Media

Mental health information at your fingertips – WHO launches the MiNDbank

27 November 2013
Note for Media

WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition

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