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19 September 2015
Departmental update

WHO TB Director addresses Young European Scientist (YES) Meeting in Portugal

17 September 2015
News release

WHO/UNICEF report: Malaria MDG target achieved amid sharp drop in cases and mortality, but 3 billion people remain at risk

15 September 2015
Departmental update

In memoriam – Dr. Engebert Mbunda’

11 September 2015
Departmental update

Asia-Pacific nations at the heart of action to end TB

11 September 2015
Country mission

UN Task Force on NCDs: joint UN action to respond to the epidemic of premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Mongolia

9 September 2015
News release

Child mortality rates plunge by more than half since 1990 but global MDG target missed by wide margin

4 September 2015
Departmental update

Ebola in Liberia: misery and despair tempered by some good reasons for hope

4 September 2015
Departmental update

Ground zero in Guinea: the Ebola outbreak smoulders – undetected – for more than 3 months

3 September 2015
Statement

WHO statement on the tenth meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding MERS

3 September 2015
Statement

Ebola transmission in Liberia over. Nation enters 90-day intensive surveillance period

2 September 2015
News release

World Hepatitis Summit harnesses global momentum to eliminate viral hepatitis

1 September 2015
Departmental update

How the 4 biggest outbreaks since the start of this century shattered some long-standing myths

1 September 2015
Departmental update

Ebola in Nigeria and Senegal: stable – for the moment

1 September 2015
Departmental update

Ebola in West Africa: heading for catastrophe?

1 September 2015
Departmental update

A fast-moving Ebola epidemic full of tragic surprises

1 September 2015
Departmental update

Sierra Leone: a traditional healer and a funeral

1 September 2015
Departmental update

What this – the largest Ebola outbreak in history – tells the world

1 September 2015
Departmental update

Democratic Republic of Congo: "classic" Ebola in a country experiencing its seventh outbreak

31 August 2015
News release

Guinea ring vaccination trial extended to Sierra Leone to vaccinate contacts of new Ebola case

28 August 2015
Departmental update

WHO issues operational guidance and an eTool to help roll-out systematic screening for active TB

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5 June 2019
News release

23 million people falling ill from unsafe food each year in Europe is just the tip of the iceberg

19 December 2019
News release

Drop in cholera cases worldwide, as key endemic countries report gains in cholera control

19 December 2019
News release

WHO launches new report on global tobacco use trends

18 December 2019
News release

WHO prequalifies first biosimilar medicine to increase worldwide access to life-saving breast cancer treatment

19 July 2016
Departmental update

UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) discussed at High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York

16 September 2016
Departmental update

Decade of Action on Nutrition at the UN General Assembly (71st session)

14 January 2008
Departmental update

The Lancet series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition

9 October 2013
Departmental update

WHO is launching the Global nutrition policy review and the Essential Nutrition Actions publications

19 May 2016
Departmental update

Guidance on ending the inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children

1 April 2016
Departmental update

General Assembly proclaims the Decade of Action on Nutrition

22 May 2017
Departmental update

Brazil first country to make specific commitments in UN Decade of Action on Nutrition

25 May 2017
Departmental update

Ecuador announces ambitious commitments to UN Decade of Action on Nutrition

2 December 2016
Departmental update

FAO/WHO conference stresses need for transformation of food systems across all sectors

6 June 2017
Departmental update

Norway announces the establishment of a sustainable fisheries action network

12 October 2014
Departmental update

Preparatory process reaches a breakthrough milestone on ICN2

15 December 2019
Departmental update

Consultation on Maximising Impacts of Lifelong Learning

13 December 2019
Departmental update

UNAIDS Board puts special focus on children and youth

16 December 2019
Departmental update

Side event on clean cooking at the COP25 meeting, 12 December 2019, Madrid

16 December 2019
News release

More than one in three low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition

9 December 2019
Departmental update

WHO participates in the Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

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5 June 2019
News release

23 million people falling ill from unsafe food each year in Europe is just the tip of the iceberg

19 December 2019
News release

Drop in cholera cases worldwide, as key endemic countries report gains in cholera control

19 December 2019
News release

WHO launches new report on global tobacco use trends

18 December 2019
News release

WHO prequalifies first biosimilar medicine to increase worldwide access to life-saving breast cancer treatment

19 July 2016
Departmental update

UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) discussed at High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York

16 September 2016
Departmental update

Decade of Action on Nutrition at the UN General Assembly (71st session)

14 January 2008
Departmental update

The Lancet series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition

9 October 2013
Departmental update

WHO is launching the Global nutrition policy review and the Essential Nutrition Actions publications

19 May 2016
Departmental update

Guidance on ending the inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children

1 April 2016
Departmental update

General Assembly proclaims the Decade of Action on Nutrition

22 May 2017
Departmental update

Brazil first country to make specific commitments in UN Decade of Action on Nutrition

25 May 2017
Departmental update

Ecuador announces ambitious commitments to UN Decade of Action on Nutrition

2 December 2016
Departmental update

FAO/WHO conference stresses need for transformation of food systems across all sectors

6 June 2017
Departmental update

Norway announces the establishment of a sustainable fisheries action network

12 October 2014
Departmental update

Preparatory process reaches a breakthrough milestone on ICN2

15 December 2019
Departmental update

Consultation on Maximising Impacts of Lifelong Learning

13 December 2019
Departmental update

UNAIDS Board puts special focus on children and youth

16 December 2019
Departmental update

Side event on clean cooking at the COP25 meeting, 12 December 2019, Madrid

16 December 2019
News release

More than one in three low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition

9 December 2019
Departmental update

WHO participates in the Pledging Conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

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