Twelfth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2015) regarding the international spread of poliovirus
UN Task Force on NCDs: operationalising national plans on noncommunicable diseases prevention and control in Bhutan
High-quality healthcare needed for girls and women who have experienced female genital mutilation
India’s measles-rubella vaccination campaign a big step towards reducing childhood mortality, addressing birth defects
WHO Executive Board requests resolution on a comprehensive approach to global vector control
Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs
Global Health Workforce Network kicks off with a bang at Health Systems Research Symposium in Vancouver.
WHO calls for early detection, intensified efforts to eliminate leprosy
WHO welcomes new agreement between Medicines Patent Pool and Johns Hopkins University on the development of Sutezolid for TB treatment
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Electronic Non-Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS/ENNDS)
WHO Informal Working Group on Echinococcosis, Geneva, 15–16 December 2016 – Statement
WHO Executive Board announces the names of the 3 nominees for the post of WHO Director-General
Mahmoud Fikri appointed as Regional Director for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
WHO Executive Board agrees on an initial short list of candidates to the post of WHO Director-General
Joint Statement on Syria
Ending preventable child deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea by 2025
Dracunculiasis eradication: Mali reports zero cases in 2016
Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives
Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides high protection against disease
Building resilience of health systems in Pacific Island LDCs to climate change
Special Initiative on Climate change and Health in Small Island Developing States
Strengthening the resilience of the Mozambique health system to climate change impacts
The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa
Building resilience of health systems in Asian LDCs to climate change
Launch of STDF 2020-2024 Strategy
Delivering climate-resilient water and sanitation in Africa and Asia
World birth defects day
Global Tobacco Laboratory Network Combating Tobacco Epidemic
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or electronic nicotine delivery systems
WHO to use the documentary titled “Addiction Incorporated” in its Global Fight Against Tobacco
WHO issues new guidance on tobacco product regulation towards maximum protection of public health
Mexico is free from human rabies transmitted by dogs
WHO and Mundo Sano Foundation to facilitate access to paediatric treatment of Chagas disease
Celebrated Argentine painter donates artwork to create visibility about Chagas disease
World Chagas Disease Day: raising awareness of neglected tropical diseases
Paraguay interrupts vector transmission of Chagas in the home
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of Chagas disease: from control to elimination
WHO and FIND formalize strategic collaboration to drive universal access to essential diagnostics
