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5 February 2015
Statement

WHO statement on the Eighth Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding MERS-CoV

28 January 2015
Departmental update

Leprosy needs renewed efforts, greater push

27 January 2015
Note for Media

WHO Executive Board appoints Dr Matshidiso Moeti as new Regional Director for Africa

27 January 2015
Note for Media

Zsuzsanna Jakab elected for a second term as WHO Regional Director for Europe

21 January 2015
Departmental update

More than 2.5 million people reached in emergency response campaign with anti-malarial medicines in Sierra Leone

21 January 2015
Departmental update

WHO Global TB Programme welcomes appointment of UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis Dr Eric P. Goosby

21 January 2015
Statement

Statement on the 4th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa

21 January 2015
Statement

WHO welcomes appointment of UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis Dr Eric P. Goosby

19 January 2015
News release

Noncommunicable diseases prematurely take 16 million lives annually, WHO urges more action

18 January 2015
Statement

Government of Mali and WHO announce the end of the Ebola outbreak in Mali

16 January 2015
Departmental update

WHO certifies Ghana free of dracunculiasis

16 January 2015
Departmental update

Call on WHO to lead a network aimed at the control of leishmaniasis

15 January 2015
Departmental update

Interactive website improves access to WHO recommendations on providing safe abortion care

6 January 2015
News release

No Ebola cases detected in Iraq

6 January 2015
News release

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

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22 December 2009
Departmental update

WHO certifies seven more countries as free of guinea-worm disease

11 March 2011
Departmental update

Dracunculiasis: WHO upbeat about eradicating dracunculiasis

23 May 2012
Departmental update

South Sudan to scale up interventions to interrupt dracunculiasis transmission by 2013

15 March 2013
Departmental update

In a historical first, WHO records zero cases of dracunculiasis in January

23 May 2013
Departmental update

South Sudan vows to interrupt dracunculiasis transmission amid continued decline

17 June 2013
Departmental update

High-level mission reiterates need for enhanced dracunculiasis surveillance and case-containment in Ethiopia’s Gambela region

9 August 2013
Departmental update

South Sudan dracunculiasis eradication campaign goes full-steam ahead, despite challenges

9 September 2013
Departmental update

Disease surveillance detects first case of dracunculiasis in post-2011 Sudan

4 December 2013
Departmental update

Cases of dracunculiasis continue to drop in South Sudan

6 December 2013
Departmental update

WHO certifies five more countries as free from dracunculiasis

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

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