News releases: 2017
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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation
12 July 2017 -
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
7 July 2017 -
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros will lead WHO delegation at the G20 Summit in Hamburg
4 July 2017 -
Dr Tedros takes office as WHO Director-General
1 July 2017 -
Abuse of older people on the rise – 1 in 6 affected
14 June 2017 -
WHO Director-General elect welcomes new funding for polio eradication
13 June 2017 -
WHO DG-elect on high-level US tour to advance new vision for WHO
12 June 2017 -
Number of suspected cholera cases reaches 100 000 in Yemen
8 June 2017 -
WHO updates Essential Medicines List with new advice on use of antibiotics, and adds medicines for hepatitis C, HIV, tuberculosis and cancer
6 June 2017 -
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 30 May 2017
30 May 2017 -
World No Tobacco Day 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, the environment and national development
30 May 2017 -
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 29 May 2017
29 May 2017 -
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 26 May 2017
26 May 2017 -
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 25 May
25 May 2017 -
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 24 May
24 May 2017 -
World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General
23 May 2017 -
Seventieth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva
22 May 2017 -
WHO travel to support programme work
21 May 2017 -
Major research funders and international NGOs to implement WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results
18 May 2017 -
Almost half of all deaths now have a recorded cause, WHO data show
17 May 2017 -
More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all preventable
16 May 2017 -
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti travels to Kinshasa to discuss Ebola outbreak response
13 May 2017 -
WHO calls for immediate action to save lives in Somalia
11 May 2017 -
Speed management key to saving lives, making cities more liveable
5 May 2017 -
WHO to begin pilot prequalification of biosimilars for cancer treatment
4 May 2017 -
Prevent malaria - save lives: WHO push for prevention on World Malaria Day, 25th April
24 April 2017 -
New hepatitis data highlight need for urgent global response
21 April 2017 -
Unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases, WHO reports
19 April 2017 -
Radical increase in water and sanitation investment required to meet development targets
13 April 2017 -
"Depression: let’s talk" says WHO, as depression tops list of causes of ill health
30 March 2017 -
WHO launches global effort to halve medication-related errors in 5 years
29 March 2017 -
From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio
23 March 2017 -
WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients
22 March 2017 -
Health care a casualty of 6 years of war in the Syrian Arab Republic
15 March 2017 -
The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO
6 March 2017 -
WHO stresses urgent need for R&D; for drug-resistant TB alongside newly-prioritized antibiotic-resistant pathogens
28 February 2017 -
WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed
27 February 2017 -
Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs
3 February 2017 -
Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives
10 January 2017