Global Health News

The World Health Organization launched a online portal The KAP for sharing information about NCDs, interaction and inspiration. The Knowledge Action Portal (KAP) is a community-driven platform which is an …

Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 Main findings (Published in The Lancet in November 2018). GBD 2017 provides for the first time an independent estimation of population, for each of …

Bangkok Statement on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2018): 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion was held on 5-7 November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand with major theme …

25 October 2018: Countries around the world today agreed to the Declaration of Astana, vowing to strengthen their primary health care systems as an essential step toward achieving universal health …

COLLABORATION THE MESSAGE OF THE FIRST TBSCIENCE GATHERING, 24 Oct 2018 New vaccine success announced. The first ever TBScience pre-conference gave focus to the importance of collaboration to end the tuberculosis …

Declaration of Alma-Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, 6-12 September 1978 The International Conference on Primary Health Care, meeting in Alma-Ata this twelfth day of September in …

Liverpool Statement for the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Liverpool, United Kingdom 12 October 2018 The Global Symposium on Health Systems Research is organized every two years by Health Systems …

What is trachoma? Trachoma is a disease of the eye ? caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It spreads through contact with infective eye or nose discharges. Infection is particularly common …

Malaysia eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis 8 October 2018, Joint News Release, Manila, Philippines Malaysia today became the first country in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region to …