World Moves Closer to Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease JOHANNESBURG (The Associated Press): A new report says the world is moving closer to eradicating Guinea worm disease, in which a meter-long worm …
UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks 10 JANUARY 2018 | NAIROBI – UN …
Once-a-week pill for HIV shows promise in animals Human trials of a once-a-week oral pill for HIV could start, after successful tests in pigs, claim US scientists. The slow-release tablet …
Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year WHO Media centre 14 DECEMBER 2017 | GENEVA – Up to 650 000 deaths annually are …
Health is a fundamental human right (Human Rights Day 2017) Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in …
Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate road safety measures Media Centre (WHO) SEAR/PR/1672 Phuket, Thailand, 1 December 2017 – Alarmed at the increasing incidence of deaths and injuries in …
New global commitment to end tuberculosis News release: 17 NOVEMBER 2017 | MOSCOW/GENEVA – 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at …
Substantial decline in global measles deaths, but disease still kills 90 000 per year Joint news release CDC/GAVI/UNICEF/WHO 26 OCTOBER 2017 | GENEVA/NEW YORK/ATLANTA – In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people …
7,000 newborns die every day – Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2017 Over the past 25 years, the world has made significant progress in saving young children’s lives. …
WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases WHO statement 10 October 2017 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health …
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