WHO news
This channel provides the five most recent WHO news articles.



WHO releases new malaria guidelines for treatment and procurement of medicines (Mar 9)
9 March 2010 -- WHO is releasing new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficient anti-malarial medicines.


Equal rights and opportunities for women and girls essential for better health (Mar 8)
8 March -- On the occasion of International Women's Day, WHO encourages joining forces to fix the failures in health systems so that girls and women may enjoy equal access to health information and services.


Africa united in fight against polio outbreak (Mar 4)
4 March 2010 -- Over 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in an example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic.


Accelerating efforts to advance the rights of adolescent girls (Mar 3)
3 March 2010 -- WHO along with five other UN agencies, have signed a joint statement enhancing the rights of adolescent girls


The UN tackles road safety (Mar 3)
3 March 2010 -- Governments around the world proclaim 2011-2020 the decade of action for road safety. WHO welcomes the UN General Assembly seeks to halt the increase of world wide traffic accidents through a decade of action.


WHO mourns passing of Professor Ihsan Dogramaci (Feb 26)
26 February -- On 25 February, WHO was saddened by the death of Professor Ihsan Dogramaci, who will be remembered for his tireless efforts and accomplishments in public health care. He was the last living signatory of the WHO Constitution, signed in New York in July 1946.


Governments celebrate five years of anti-tobacco convention (Feb 26)
26 February 2010 -- The fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was held today in the Geneva headquarters of the World Health Organization.


Global forum addresses solutions to prevent premature deaths (Feb 24)
24 February 2010 -- The first Global Forum of the Noncommunicable Disease Network (NCDnet) marks the first time WHO has convened key stakeholder groups to address the large-scale and increasing global health and development burden posed by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).


WHO hails new Gates Foundation support for decade of vaccines (Jan 29)
29 January 2010 -- WHO welcomes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge of US$ 10 billion over the next ten years to accelerate global vaccine efforts.


Statement of the World Health Organization on allegations of conflict of interest and 'fake' pandemic (Jan 22)
22 January 2010 -- Providing independent advice to Member States is a very important function of the World Health Organization (WHO). We take this work seriously and guard against the influence of any improper interests. The WHO influenza pandemic policies and response have not been improperly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.