WHO launches new Stop TB Strategy to fight the global tuberculosis epidemic
8th Annual meeting of the Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative
Improve home ventilation to reduce radon levels, WHO warns
The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006–2015
New tuberculosis therapy offers potential shorter treatment
WHO Stop TB Director receives prestigious award
WHO launches global patient safety challenge; issues guidelines on hand hygiene in health care
Launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean Care is Safer Care
2005 UN World Summit, 14-16 September
Chernobyl: the true scale of the accident
TB emergency declaration
New Bangkok charter for health promotion adopted to address rapidly changing global health issues
Public-Private Mix for DOTS: Towards scaling up
Current GM foods can bring benefits but safety assessments must continue
WHO launches project to minimize risks of radon
Shaping the future of TB control
WHO decision on public health problems caused by harmful use of alcohol
TB cases and deaths linked to HIV now at alarming levels in Africa
TB recommendations included in "Commission for Africa" report
The World Health Organization recommends that no person under 18 should use a sunbed
Unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases, WHO reports
Radical increase in water and sanitation investment required to meet development targets
"Depression: let’s talk" says WHO, as depression tops list of causes of ill health
WHO launches global effort to halve medication-related errors in 5 years
From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio
WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients
Health care a casualty of 6 years of war in the Syrian Arab Republic
The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO
WHO stresses urgent need for R&D for drug-resistant TB alongside newly-prioritized antibiotic-resistant pathogens
WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed
Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs
Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives
UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks
WHO Director-General: invest in health to end plague in Madagascar
Mental health information at your fingertips – WHO launches the MiNDbank
WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition
Governments to agree increased focus on people with disabilities in development strategies
WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure measuring devices by 2020
WHO hand hygiene strategy feasible and sustainable for health-care settings around the world
Humanitarian emergencies, an opportunity for fresh start in providing sustainable, long-term mental health services