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...

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...