News releases

• Worldwide action needed to address hidden crisis of violence against women and girls
  21 November 2014
• Countries vow to combat malnutrition through firm policies and actions
  19 November 2014
• UN reveals major gaps in water and sanitation – especially in rural areas
  19 November 2014
• WHO highlights devastating global impact of drowning
  17 November 2014
• WHO warns that progress towards eliminating measles has stalled
  13 November 2014
• WHO sets benchmarks to reduce health damage from indoor air pollution
  12 November 2014
• “Ageing well” must be a global priority
  6 November 2014
• WHO updates personal protective equipment guidelines for Ebola response
  31 October 2014
• WHO convenes industry leaders and key partners to discuss trials and production of Ebola vaccine
  24 October 2014
• WHO tobacco treaty makes significant progress despite mounting pressure from tobacco industry
  18 October 2014
• WHO and partners agree on a common approach to strengthen Ebola preparedness in unaffected countries
  10 October 2014
• Study warns swift action needed to curb exponential climb in Ebola outbreak
  22 September 2014
• WHO welcomes decision to establish United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response
  19 September 2014
• New data show child mortality rates falling faster than ever
  16 September 2014
• First WHO report on suicide prevention
  4 September 2014
• UN senior leaders outline needs for global Ebola response
  3 September 2014
• WHO calls for stronger action on climate-related health risks
  27 August 2014
• World Humanitarian Day: WHO calls for protection of health workers in conflicts, disasters
  18 August 2014
• WHO Director-General, west African presidents to launch intensified Ebola outbreak response plan
  31 July 2014
• WHO welcomes global momentum on viral hepatitis
  23 July 2014
• WHO: People most at risk of HIV are not getting the health services they need
  11 July 2014
• Member States commit to reduce preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes and lung disease
  11 July 2014
• WHO targets elimination of TB in over 30 countries
  3 July 2014
• World Blood Donor Day 2014: Safe blood needed to save mothers
  10 June 2014
• Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns
  3 June 2014
• WHO calls for higher tobacco taxes to save more lives
  27 May 2014
• World Health Assembly closes
  24 May 2014
• World Health Assembly progress on noncommunicable diseases and traditional medicine
  23 May 2014
• World Health Assembly approves resolution on hepatitis and mechanism to coordinate noncommunicable disease response
  22 May 2014
• World Health Assembly approves monitoring framework for maternal and child nutrition
  21 May 2014
• World Health Assembly guest speakers focus on gender-based violence and newborn health
  20 May 2014
• Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly opens in Geneva
  19 May 2014
• Director-General announces new initiative to end childhood obesity
  19 May 2014
• World Health Statistics 2014
  15 May 2014
• WHO calls for stronger focus on adolescent health
  14 May 2014
• WHO calls on governments to do more to prevent alcohol-related deaths and diseases
  12 May 2014
• Air quality deteriorating in many of the world’s cities
  7 May 2014
• United Nations agencies report steady progress in saving mothers’ lives
  6 May 2014
• Good hand hygiene by health workers protects patients from drug resistant infections
  2 May 2014
• WHO’s first global report on antibiotic resistance reveals serious, worldwide threat to public health
  30 April 2014
• WHO issues its first hepatitis C treatment guidelines
  9 April 2014
• World Health Day 2014: Preventing vector-borne diseases
  2 April 2014
• 7 million premature deaths annually linked to air pollution
  25 March 2014
• Progress in diagnosing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
  20 March 2014
• WHO issues new guidance on how to provide contraceptive information and service
  6 March 2014
• 140 000 people to get cholera vaccine in South Sudan
  22 February 2014
• First ever global atlas identifies unmet need for palliative care
  28 January 2014
• WHO delivers more than 125 tons of medical supplies in Aleppo
  7 January 2014