Statement from the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
West Africa launches final assault on polio - 60 million African children to be vaccinated
10 million Euros needed now to prepare for deadly new strain of Meningitis in Africa
Years of healthy life can be increased 5-10 years, WHO says
Cardiovascular Death and Disability can be reduced more than 50 percent
WHO Atlas maps Global Tobacco epidemic
More Global commitment needed to monitor Safety and Quality of medicines
Countries meet in Geneva to craft tobacco treaty
Dr Brundtland to launch a strategy to address crisis in nursing and midwifery services
World Sight Day: 10 October
Public Health Services need urgent help to combat humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa, World Health Organization tells donors
Need to boost funding for TB control in worst affected countries
First ever Global Report on Violence and Health released
Decoding of malaria genomes opens new era public health
Timor-Leste joins WHO
Active ageing: Moving Hearts for Health
Urgent call for action on meningitis in Africa
WHO urges an increase in influenza vaccination
WHO prepares to tackle emerging crisis in African meningitis area
WHO releases first global reference guide on safe and effective use of essential medicines
Zika virus and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016
Statement on attacks on medical facilities and personnel in the Syrian Arab Republic
New positive case of Ebola virus disease confirmed in Liberia
Statement on the 9th meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
WHO Director-General briefs media on outcome of Ebola Emergency Committee
WHO Director-General briefs the media on the Zika situation
WHO calls on countries and partners to "Unite to End Tuberculosis"
Joint statement on Syria by UN and WHO
WHO statement on end of Ebola flare-up in Sierra Leone
WHO Director-General addresses media after Zika Emergency Committee
WHO statement on the 2nd meeting of IHR Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
UN Secretary-General appoints High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth
Statement on the 8th IHR Emergency Committee meeting regarding the international spread of poliovirus
WHO statement on the first meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee regarding clusters of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome
WHO to convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
WHO, WFP and UNICEF: Yemen’s families cannot withstand another day of war, let alone another 1000
New Ebola case in Sierra Leone. WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups
The Director-General of the World Health Organization welcomes the appointment of Henrietta H Fore as Executive Director of UNICEF
United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports