News releases from previous years
2017
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Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year
14 December 2017 -
World Bank and WHO: Half the world lacks access to essential health services, 100 million still pushed into extreme poverty because of health expenses
13 December 2017 -
Uganda ends Marburg virus disease outbreak
8 December 2017 -
Dementia: number of people affected to triple in next 30 years
7 December 2017 -
Diphtheria is spreading fast in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
6 December 2017 -
1.4 million vaccines from global stockpile support yellow fever control in Nigeria
1 December 2017 -
Global response to malaria at crossroads
29 November 2017 -
1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified
28 November 2017 -
WHO delivers medicines as diphtheria spreads in Yemen
27 November 2017 -
Madagascar’s plague epidemic is slowing, but we must sustain the response
27 November 2017 -
New global commitment to end tuberculosis
17 November 2017 -
Launch of special initiative to address climate change impact on health in Small Island Developing States
12 November 2017 -
Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance
7 November 2017 -
Close to 3 million people access hepatitis C cure
31 October 2017 -
WHO report signals urgent need for greater political commitment to end tuberculosis
30 October 2017 -
Substantial decline in global measles deaths, but disease still kills 90 000 per year
26 October 2017 -
WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border
20 October 2017 -
7 000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says
19 October 2017 -
Governments commit to reduce suffering and deaths from noncommunicable diseases
18 October 2017 -
Suspected cases from Seychelles test negative for plague
18 October 2017 -
WHO supports the immunization of 874 000 people against yellow fever in Nigeria
16 October 2017 -
Attack on vaccines sets back immunization efforts in eastern Syrian Arab Republic
13 October 2017 -
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros appoints Cook Islands’ Elizabeth Iro as WHO’s Chief Nursing Officer
12 October 2017 -
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades: new study by Imperial College London and WHO
11 October 2017 -
WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar
6 October 2017 -
Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030
3 October 2017 -
WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar
1 October 2017 -
Health services must stop leaving older people behind
29 September 2017 -
WHO recommends large-scale deworming to improve children’s health and nutrition
29 September 2017 -
Worldwide, an estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occur each year
28 September 2017 -
The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms
19 September 2017 -
WHO launches new NCDs Progress Monitor
18 September 2017 -
World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
15 September 2017 -
Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
5 September 2017 -
New vision and strengthened partnership for WHO and China
21 August 2017 -
Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen
14 August 2017 -
Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding
1 August 2017 -
Eliminate hepatitis: WHO
27 July 2017 -
WHO urges action against HIV drug resistance threat
20 July 2017 -
WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade
19 July 2017 -
WHO estimates cost of reaching global health targets by 2030
17 July 2017 -
1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016
17 July 2017 -
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