Protecting the children from the environment

 WHO expert panel paves way for strong international governance on human genome editing
 Sunbeds pose a risk for all people
 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air, but more countries are taking action
 The cost of a polluted environment:
1.7 million child deaths a year
 Respire la vie - une campagne sur les dangers de la pollution de l'air - infographies
 2016 year in review: key health issues
 WHO Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database (update 2016)
 Life expectancy increased by 5 years since 2000, but health inequalities persist
 Global report on diabetes
 An estimated 12.6 million deaths each year are attributable to unhealthy environments
 Commission presents its final report, calling for high-level action to address major health challenge
 Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2015
Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division
 Violence against women
 Health and human rights
 Tuberculosis mortality nearly halved since 1990
 New report identifies four ways to reduce health risks from climate pollutants
 Climate change and health
 Vaccine hesitancy: A growing challenge for immunization programmes
 WHO calls for increase in voluntary blood donors to save millions of lives
 Ebola diaries: Detecting disease on an unprecedented scale
 Global vaccination targets ‘off-track’ warns WHO
 World Health Day 2015: From farm to plate, make food safe
 Tobacco use declining but major intensification needed in reduction and control efforts
 WHO calls on countries to reduce sugars intake among adults and children
 1.1 billion people at risk of hearing loss
 New study highlights need to scale up violence prevention efforts globally
 UN reveals major gaps in water and sanitation – especially in rural areas
 World health statistics 2014
 Improved data reveals higher global burden of tuberculosis
 Preventing suicide: A global imperative
 WHO and partners respond to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea
 Communicating the economics of social determinants of health and health inequalities
 World Hepatitis Day: Think again
 WHO targets elimination of TB in over 30 countries
 Accelerating WHO emergency response to Ebola outbreak: Contact tracing
 WHO/UNICEF highlight need to further reduce gaps in access to improved drinking water and sanitation
 WHO’s first global report on antibiotic resistance reveals serious, worldwide threat to public health
 WHO issues new guidance on how to provide contraceptive information and service
 Push for palliative care stokes debate
 HINARI: Providing access to health literature
 Building Back Better Sustainable mental health care after emergencies
 Prevention and control of NCDs: Guidelines for primary health care in low-resource settings
 Mental health action plan 2013 - 2020
 WHO issues new guidance for treating children with severe acute malnutrition
 World AIDS Day
 Ten chemicals of major public health concern
 Gains in tuberculosis control at risk due to 3 million missed patients and drug resistance
 WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure measuring devices by 2020
 Early childhood development and disability
 WHO welcomes the updating of the European Union (EU) Tobacco Products Directive
 Family planning
 MDG 1: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
 Health research is essential for progress towards universal health coverage
 Hepatitis: “It’s closer than you think”
 Dementia cases set to triple by 2050 but still largely ignored
 WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011: warning about the dangers of tobacco
 WHO maps noncommunicable disease trends in all countries
 New WHO report: deaths from noncommunicable diseases on the rise, with developing world hit hardest
 World Health Day 2011: Urgent action necessary to safeguard drug treatments
 Diabetes: the sweet irony of modern technology
 Turn off the tap of unsafe medicines
 Action needed to reduce health impact of harmful alcohol use
 2010 in review: key health issues - Photo feature
 Malaria report shows rapid progress towards international targets
 WHO urges all countries to strengthen health financing so more people can use services
 Hidden cities: new report shows how poverty and ill-health are linked in urban areas
 WHO: control of neglected tropical diseases is feasible - Renewed engagement to scale-up integrated interventions announced
 More developing countries show universal access to HIV/AIDS services is possible
 H1N1 in post-pandemic period
 WHO launches global network of age-friendly cities
 Sixty-third World Health Assembly closes after passing multiple resolutions
 Growing threat from counterfeit medicines
 World Health Day 2010 - Urbanization and health
 Access to safe drinking water improving; sanitation needs greater efforts
 Global forum addresses solutions to prevent premature deaths
 2009 in review: key health issues
 10 facts on climate change and health
 New HIV infections reduced by 17% over the past eight years
 Today women live longer, but not healthier lives
 Childhood vaccines at all-time high, but access not yet equitable
 More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-saving treatment
 Largest ever HIV vaccine trial results very encouraging
 Road accidents, suicide and maternal conditions are leading causes of death in young people
 World now at the start of 2009 influenza pandemic

 World Health Assembly opens amid concerns about flu pandemic
 Swine influenza frequently asked questions - WHO
 Impact of financial crisis on health: a truly global solution is needed
 HIV-related TB deaths higher than past estimates
 Health impact of climate change needs attention
 The Financial Crisis and Global Health
 Health amid a financial crisis: a complex diagnosis
 2008 in review: key public health issues - Photo essay
 Message from Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General, for World AIDS Day

 New study presents state of the world's health
 World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach
 Progress made in malaria control, yet burden is enormous
 Executive summary "Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health"
 Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission
 WHO launches new HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access
 New rapid tests for drug-resistant TB for developing countries
 3 million now receiving life-saving HIV drugs
 World Health Assembly sets bold new action for WHO
 Noncommunicable diseases now biggest killers
 10 facts on immunization
 Climate change will erode foundations of health
 Interview: espoirs et craintes dans la lutte contre le paludisme
 Global costs of attaining the Millennium Development Goal for water supply and sanitation
 Maternal mortality ratio falling too slowly to meet goal
 Journée Internationale des Personnes Agées - 1er Octobre
 WHO stresses need to ensure the safety of children's medicines
 Health workforce challenges place increasing demands on European health systems
 New guidelines to improve psychological and social assistance in emergencies
 WHO urges more investments, services for mental health
 The world health report 2007
 International spread of disease threatens public health security
 China and India join WHO clinical trial registry platform
 Countries urged to be more vigilant about food safety
 Chan, Margaret
 Governments make progress in interpersonal violence prevention. National efforts leading to significant progress, reports WHO
 WHO proposes global agenda on transplantation
 Speech by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization at the High-level debate on international health security
 WHO reports some promising results on avian influenza vaccines
 WHO Executive Board to tackle key global health issues
 2006: A year of challenges and achievements
 New vaccines against cervical cancer major opportunity for developing world
 Progress made, but AIDS remains pressing public health challenge
 Margaret Chan to be WHO's next Director-General
 Future of sexual and reproductive health at tipping point according to global study
 UN Secretary-General’s study reveals full range and scale of violence against children
 WHO challenges world to improve air quality
 Health consequences of excessive solar UV radiation
 New global alliance seeks to address worldwide shortage of doctors, nurses and other health workers
 The World Health Organization announces new standards for registration of all human medical research
 The world health report 2006 - Working together for health
 World Health Organization report explains the health impacts of the world's worst-ever civil nuclear accident
 World Health Report outlines need for more investment in health workforce to improve working conditions, revitalize training institutions and anticipate future challenges
 Report: Public health, innovation and intellectual property rights
 Intellectual property rights and innovation: high-level commission calls for action to ensure developing country access to existing and new medicines and vaccines
 Progress on Global Access to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy
 Global access to HIV therapy tripled in past two years, but significant challenges remain
 Counterfeit medicines: the silent epidemic
 Avian influenza confirmed in birds in Nigeria
 International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza
 Was 2005 the year of natural disasters?
 Results of survey: how healthy is your world?
 Increased HIV prevention and treatment efforts needed to slow and reverse AIDS epidemic, according to new UNAIDS/WHO report
 Meeting on Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza. Closing remarks
 Global meeting to develop common approach on avian influenza and human pandemic influenza
 Health workers, clean water, blankets and shelter still in short supply in Pakistan for earthquake survivors
 1 October: International Day of Older Persons
 Immunization maintains strong performance made in last quarter century
 WHO expert to work with the UN system on avian and human influenza
 The World Health Organization warns of the rising threat of heart disease and stroke as overweight and obesity rapidly increase
 World Health Organization urges responsible use of antimalarial medicines
 Chernobyl: the true scale of the accident
 Donation of three million treatments of oseltamivir to WHO will help early response to an emerging influenza pandemic
 Health and the Millennium Development Goals
 Building stronger health systems key to reaching the health Millennium Development Goals
 New Bangkok charter for health promotion adopted to address rapidly changing global health issues
 WHO: "learning by doing" is key to achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
 Countries with moderate to high risk of hepatitis B infection (2002)
 Global prevalence of hepatitis C infection (2002)
 Access to HIV treatment continues to accelerate in developing countries, but bottlenecks persist, says WHO/UNAIDS report
 Almost 2 billion more people need access to basic sanitation by 2015 to meet millenium target
 WHO and FAO to consult consumer associations from 25 countries on how to promote their involvement in food safety
 World Health Assembly adopts new International Health Regulations
 Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly: 16–25 May 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
 TB cases and deaths linked to HIV at alarming levels in Africa
 Africa is worst hit by dual epidemic
 Global tobacco treaty enters into force with 57 countries already committed
 WHO warns up to five million people without access to basic services in Southeast Asia
 Lee, Jong-wook
 Number of women living with HIV increases in each region of the world

 Landmark report could influence the future of medicines in Europe and the world
 New WHO report calls for a new and innovative approach to health systems research
 Food safety : Five simple measures could significantly reduce the global incidence of foodborne disease
 Suicide huge but preventable public health problem, says WHO
 A globally effective HIV vaccine requires greater participation of women and adolescents in clinical trials
 WHO publishes new guidelines on preventing mother to child transmission of HIV
 Strong foundations built to increase access to AIDS treatment
 Codex urged to speed up work and increase participation by developing countries
 Polio experts warn of largest epidemic in recent years, as polio hits Darfur
 The environment: where's the risk, and where are children safe?
 Study on environmental burden of disease in children: Key findings
 Unprecedented opportunity to fight HIV/AIDS and change the course of history
 More than 600 million people urgently need effective malaria treatment to prevent unacceptably high death rates
 World Health Day 2004 offers an historic opportunity to increase investment in road safety
 World Health Day: Road safety is no accident!
 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control now signed by 100 countries
 World Health Organization to host influenza pandemic preparedness meeting
 World Health Organization and scientific journal editors vow to help galvanize mental health research in developing countries
 AIDS threat growing throughout Europe
 Unprecedented spread of avian influenza requires broad collaboration
 Many countries not on target to reach health-related Millennium Development Goals
 Urgent work needed to rebuild health care systems
 New book demonstrates how climate change impacts on health
 WHO and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005
 Mass immunization campaign launched to protect 15 million children from polio, as outbreak in Nigeria spreads across West Africa
 World Health Organization says failure to deliver AIDS medicines is a global health emergency
 Health crisis in Liberia - the long road to recovery
 
Coronavirus never before seen in humans is the cause of SARS
 WHO/FAO release independent Expert Report on diet and chronic disease
 Agreement reached on global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
 l’OMS et la FIA unissent leurs efforts pour améliorer la sécurité routière
 WHO launches annual Move for Health day as global initiative to promote benefits of physical activity
 Countries meet to finalize landmark agreement on International Tobacco Control
 Outbreaks in Africa underscore the urgency for increased global influenza surveillance and pandemic planning
 Eight questions consumers should ask on the threat of mad cow disease
 Forty new countries given low cost access to health journals
 Symposium aims to expand 5 a day initiative to boost fruit and vegetable consumption
 Water for health enshrined as a human right
 Impact of AIDS worsens African famine
 Intensification de l'action dans les pays: Rencontre des hauts responsables de la santé et des finances avec les partenaires pour améliorer la santé des pauvres
 Intensification de l'action dans les pays: Rencontre des hauts responsables de la santé et des finances avec les partenaires pour améliorer la santé des pauvres