

Towards a rabies-free Thailand by 2020
WHO welcomed Professor Dr Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol of Thailand to WHO headquarters in Geneva on 28 August 2017. The...


Rapidly responding to cholera in north-eastern Nigeria
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners are moving swiftly to help health authorities contain a cholera outbreak in a camp...


WHO and partners supporting health authorities rapidly respond to Cholera outbreak in North-Eastern
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners are moving swiftly to help health authorities contain a cholera outbreak in a camp...


Enabling mothers and children to survive, thrive, and transform
Since 1990, the global mortality rate for children under five years of age has dropped by 53% – yet nearly 6 million children still die...


WHO: Global Influenza Surveillance, 65 Years of Collaboration
Influenza is always among the top of the threats of international concern and the only known will-be-a-pandemic pathogen. To handle...


Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen
The total number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen this year hit the half a million mark on Sunday, and nearly 2000 people have died...


Oman beating NCDs at the souk, the restaurant and the bakery doors
From smoke-free souks to low-salt bread, businesses and communities in the Sultanate of Oman are leading the charge against...


Environmental health policies for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Maria Neira a, Elaine Fletcher a, Marie Noel Brune-Drisse a, Michaela Pfeiffer a, Heather Adair-Rohani a & Carlos Dora a a. Department of...


WHO: Action against HIV drug resistance threat
The World Health Organization launches a new landmark report showing high levels of resistance to HIV drugs in some countries which could...


WHO and partners take on malaria: the top killer in north-eastern Nigeria
Following more than 8 years of conflict in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, some 3.7 million people are in need of humanitarian...
