WHO is improving transparency and accountability with the launch of a redesigned Programme Budget Web Portal that makes budget and...

WHO is concerned by the chronic shortage of funding for life-saving work in Somalia in response to the ongoing drought that has plunged...

Nearly 2 billion people have no access to basic medicines, causing a cascade of preventable misery and suffering. Since the landmark...

More than 11 000 people in Guinea participated in a WHO-led trial to develop the world’s first vaccine against Ebola virus disease. The...

Being admitted to hospital in Chile during the 1980s could be a risky affair. In some hospitals, there was a 1 in 5 chance a patient...

Managing speed, a new report from WHO, suggests that excessive or inappropriate speed contributes to 1 in 3 road traffic fatalities...

When Bandana Das, a midwife in India, washes her hands it is not simply routine, it is a critical step in reducing infection and saving...

This year WHO will launch a pilot project for prequalifying biosimilar medicines, a step towards making some of the most expensive...

In the decade since the United Nations declared HIV an unprecedented human catastrophe, the AIDS response has underscored the ethical...

Looking back at the ten years that she has served as the Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan emphasizes the complex challenge that...