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19 October 2016
Departmental update

WHO releases framework of indicators and targets for laboratory strengthening

18 October 2016
News release

India’s massive leprosy case detection campaign reaches 320 million people

13 October 2016
Note for Media

Update: Election process for the new WHO Director-General

13 October 2016
News release

WHO and partners call for better working conditions for midwives

13 October 2016
News release

WHO report warns global actions and investments to end tuberculosis epidemic are falling far short

11 October 2016
Departmental update

Girls’ Progress equals Goals’ Progress: What Counts for Girls

11 October 2016
Departmental update

New WHO advisory group tackles key questions on malaria eradication

11 October 2016
Departmental update

WHO congratulates 4 countries for eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

11 October 2016
News release

WHO urges global action to curtail consumption and health impacts of sugary drinks

7 October 2016
Departmental update

Kyrgyzstan receives WHO certification of malaria elimination

6 October 2016
Departmental update

More than 556 million people receive treatment for lymphatic filariasis in 2015

5 October 2016
News release

Investing in early childhood development essential to helping more children and communities thrive, new Lancet Series finds

1 October 2016
Departmental update

Abish Romero celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month

30 September 2016
News release

WHO calls for immediate safe evacuation of the sick and wounded from conflict areas

29 September 2016
News release

Discrimination and negative attitudes about ageing are bad for your health

28 September 2016
News release

WHO and US EPA sign new Memorandum of Understanding on environmental health cooperation

27 September 2016
Departmental update

WHO and Gilead Sciences extend collaboration against visceral leishmaniasis

27 September 2016
News release

WHO releases country estimates on air pollution exposure and health impact

23 September 2016
Departmental update

WHO calls for robust global efforts to end transmission of leprosy infection

23 September 2016
News release

Election process for the new WHO Director-General

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17 September 2012
Departmental update

Lymphatic filariasis: 538 million people treated in 2011 alone

5 October 2015
Departmental update

WHO welcomes Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 for discoveries of drugs against tropical diseases

28 January 2020
News release

WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak

5 February 2016
Departmental update

Improved availability of new test to enhance global lymphatic filariasis elimination

5 March 2016
Departmental update

In memoriamDr Vasanthapuram Kumaraswami, 1950–2016

11 October 2016
Departmental update

WHO congratulates 4 countries for eliminating lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

30 March 2017
Departmental update

Marshall Islanders triumph against lymphatic filariasis

28 January 2020
Medical product alert

Medical Product Alert N°5/2019: Falsified Meningitis vaccines

8 April 2017
Departmental update

Togo: first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

21 March 2019
Medical product alert

Medical Product Alert N°4/2019: Falsified oral cholera vaccines

31 July 2017
Departmental update

Tonga eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

12 March 2018
Departmental update

Egypt: first country in Eastern Mediterranean region to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

14 June 2018
Departmental update

Disease-specific alliances could unite to better support elimination of all NTDs

28 January 2019
News release

Getting ready for health emergencies in Africa

22 August 2018
Departmental update

Online learning resources for Ebola virus disease

26 January 2020
Departmental update

Piloting the PHEEPR Network (Public Health Emergency Ethics Preparedness and Response)

8 October 2018
Departmental update

WHO validates 3 more countries for eliminating lymphatic filariasis

16 November 2018
Departmental update

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence meets to review cannabis and other substances

3 April 2019
Departmental update

WHO endorses decisions of Expert Committee on cannabis and other substances

12 April 2019
Departmental update

Ebola vaccine candidates reviewed

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