A broad range of preventive measures tailored to local needs have resulted in major progress against malaria – but declining resources...

In Zambia, spreadsheets, paper registries and phone calls were once the only way for staff in the Ministry of Health, based in the...

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) announced today that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a...

Thanks to a highly effective National Immunization Programme, most Brazilian parents can feel confident that their children will get the...

World Immunization Week, celebrated 24–30 April 2017, promotes the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease....

New WHO data reveal that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus...

Approximately 52 million pregnant women living in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of exposure to malaria each year. A key preventive...

Hundreds of thousands of people die each year because they are forced to drink water contaminated with faecal matter, the World Health...

WHO reports remarkable achievements in tackling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) since 2007. An estimated 1 billion people received...

Countries are not increasing spending fast enough to meet the water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals...