

Treating cardiovascular disease in Barbados
The outwardly calm and relaxing Caribbean island of Barbados hides a pressure-cooker health crisis: more than one-third of Barbadians...


Rabies: Targeting zero human deaths by 2030
Rabies causes thousands of deaths every year in over 100 countries, mostly affecting underserved communities with limited access to...


World Health Organisation: EYE strategy - Working together for eliminating yellow fever epidemics
Changes in the way humans live and work, and the resurgence of mosquito vectors, particularly the aedes aegypti mosquito (which spreads...


Beating cardiovascular disease
“Global Hearts”, a new initiative from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched on the margins of the UN General...


Global leaders commit to act on antimicrobial resistance
World leaders today signalled an unprecedented level of attention to curb the spread of infections that are resistant to antimicrobial...


UN Commission: Investments in health workforce drive growth
The Presidents of France and South Africa today called for urgent investments globally to create new jobs in the health sector in order...


Replenishment of the Global Fund: global solidarity needed
On Sept 16–17, 2016, in Montréal, Canada hosts the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and...


Resetting the yellow fever strategy
Changes in the way humans live and work, and the resurgence of mosquito vectors, particularly the Aedes aegypti mosquito (which spreads...


Promoting health, promoting sustainable development: It’s our health, our future, our choice
How can everyone on the planet, from people living in cities to remote communities, attain the highest level of health? All-of-government...


