Neglected tropical diseases course now accessible via eLearning
Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding
Tonga eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem
Medical Product Alert N°2/2017: Falsified Quinine Sulphate
Countries agree next steps to combat global health threat by MERS-CoV
Eliminate hepatitis: WHO
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen
Cameroon investigates yaws outbreak among indigenous populations
WHO urges action against HIV drug resistance threat
WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade
WHO estimates cost of reaching global health targets by 2030
1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016
WHO to develop Essential Diagnostics List
85 million people treated for trachoma through expanded access to medicine
2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation
Countries need to do what works to improve contraceptive access, provision and choice for women and girls
WHO child health programme dries tears in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
G20 leaders make historic commitment to combat AMR and TB in Declaration
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
Canine rabies: South Africa uses instant messaging for daily mapping and dissemination of cases
New global effort to eliminate Chagas disease
2.5 million people in India living with HIV, according to new estimates
New guidelines adopted on smoke-free environments
Governments make progress in interpersonal violence prevention
Countries urged to be more vigilant about food safety
China and India join WHO clinical trial registry platform
Agreement reached on providing health care to displaced Iraqis
WHO, UN Foundation and partners launch first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
Hepatitis A outbreaks mostly affecting men who have sex with men – European Region and the Americas
Mid-term review of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
15 million people affected with hepatitis B and C in Pakistan: Government announces ambitious plan to eliminate hepatitis
WHO announces Guidelines Development Group for updated guidelines on the public health response for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus infection
Monitoring of drug efficacy in large scale treatment programmes for Human helminthiasis
Over 1.2 million school-aged children, representing more than 90% of estimated eligible population, treated for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases in 2010 in Sierra Leone
Brazilian school-based deworming and leprosy case-finding campaign targets more than 9 million children
Yemen treats 9.6 million people for bilharzia and intestinal worms in two record-breaking 4-day public health campaigns
Update 31 - Coronavirus never before seen in humans is the cause of SARS
WHO remembers Dr Carlo Urbani as a hero who fought SARS
WHO advisory body upholds continued deworming of children against soil-transmitted helminthiases
World’s largest deworming campaign targets 270 million children in one day