News releases 2006

• New vaccines against cervical cancer major opportunity for developing world
  12 December 2006
• In Chad, refugees and residents face health and security crisis
  8 December 2006
• Opportunities for Africa's newborns
  22 November 2006
• WHO and UNICEF call for safe access of polio vaccinators in Afghanistan's Southern Region
  22 November 2006
• Global AIDS epidemic continues to grow
  21 November 2006
• The African Regional Health Report
  20 November 2006
• WHO and partners accelerate fight against counterfeit medicines
  15 November 2006
• Clean hands leading to safer health care for half the world’s population
  10 November 2006
• Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO's next Director-General
  9 November 2006
• Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General
  8 November 2006
• WHO Executive Board shortlists candidates for Director-General
  6 November 2006
• Pioneers in TB control from Africa and India receive awards for outstanding achievements
  1 November 2006
• Future of sexual and reproductive health at tipping point according to global study
  1 November 2006
• World Health Organization and partners unveil new coordinated approach to treat millions suffering from neglected tropical diseases
  26 October 2006
• A large, untapped global market exists for improved TB tests
  25 October 2006
• Immediate and sustained action required to sharply increase pandemic influenza vaccine supply
  23 October 2006
• World Health Organization says violence against children can and must be prevented
  16 October 2006
• UN Secretary-General’s study reveals full range and scale of violence against children
  12 October 2006
• Global polio eradication now hinges on four countries
  12 October 2006
• Sight test and glasses could dramatically improve the lives of 150 million people with poor vision
  11 October 2006
• WHO and sanofi-aventis expand programme to fight neglected tropical diseases
  10 October 2006
• World Mental Health Day 2006: 'Building Awareness - Reducing Risks: Suicide and Mental Illness'
  9 October 2006
• WHO challenges world to improve air quality
  5 October 2006
• Reducing the health risks for children from ozone layer depletion
  15 September 2006
• WHO gives indoor use of DDT a clean bill of health for controlling malaria
  15 September 2006
• Horn of Africa countries jointly bolster drive to eradicate polio
  8 September 2006
• Lebanon health facilities have suffered considerable damage
  6 September 2006
• World in danger of missing sanitation target; drinking-water target also at risk, new report shows
  5 September 2006
• Palestinian Health Ministry in financial crisis, WHO warns
  1 September 2006
• WHO Goodwill Ambassador highlights devastating impact of obstetric fistula on women and girls
  1 September 2006
• Helmet use saves lives
  25 August 2006
• Medicines, money and motivated health workers are key to universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment care and support
  18 August 2006
• Young people and HIV: the evidence is clear - act now!
  16 August 2006
• Treatment for sexually transmitted infections has a role in HIV prevention
  16 August 2006
• WHO: Intensified action needed to halt a quarter of a million TB/HIV deaths a year of people living with AIDS
  16 August 2006
• HIV treatment access reaches over 1 million in sub-Saharan Africa, WHO reports
  16 August 2006
• WHO launches new plan to confront HIV-related health worker shortages
  15 August 2006
• WHO and UNICEF tackle problem of lack of essential medicines for children
  14 August 2006
• Fuel shortages in Lebanon a grave threat to people's health
  7 August 2006
• Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts new standards to protect consumers and ease trade
  10 July 2006
• Top level push to tackle priorities in sexual and reproductive health
  20 June 2006
• Almost a quarter of all disease caused by environmental exposure
  16 June 2006
• World Blood Donor Day 2006
  12 June 2006
• New study shows female genital mutilation exposes women and babies to significant risk at childbirth
  2 June 2006
• WHO urges the right kind of medical donations to Indonesia
  1 June 2006
• New Director-General of the World Health Organization to be chosen in November, 2006
  30 May 2006
• Regulation urgently needed to control growing list of deadly tobacco products
  30 May 2006
• Earthquake survivors need medical care, safe water, vaccination
  29 May 2006
• World Health Assembly concludes; makes key decisions affecting global public health
  27 May 2006
• World Health Assembly agrees to immediate voluntary implementation of influenza-related provisions of International Health Regulations (2005)
  26 May 2006
• New global alliance seeks to address worldwide shortage of doctors, nurses and other health workers
  25 May 2006
• Reminder: funeral arrangements for Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of the World Health Organization
  24 May 2006
• World Health Assembly opens, mourns death of WHO Director-General
  22 May 2006
• The World Health Organization announces new standards for registration of all human medical research
  19 May 2006
• WHO announces pharmaceutical companies agree to stop marketing single-drug artemisinin malaria pills
  11 May 2006
• Countries provide successful model for massive tuberculosis treatment scale-up
  10 May 2006
• Investment in cleaner household energy yields major health and economic benefits
  4 May 2006
• WHO calls for "special approach" to address needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
  3 May 2006
• World Health Organization releases new Child Growth Standards
  27 April 2006
• World Health Organization report explains the health impacts of the world's worst-ever civil nuclear accident
  13 April 2006
• World Health Day 2006
  7 April 2006
• Intellectual property rights and innovation: high-level commission calls for action to ensure developing country access to existing and new medicines and vaccines
  3 April 2006
• African and international health experts step-up efforts to curb violence and injuries
  31 March 2006
• Health deteriorating in Sudan
  30 March 2006
• Global access to HIV therapy tripled in past two years, but significant challenges remain
  28 March 2006
• Improved formula for oral rehydration salts to save children’s lives
  23 March 2006
• Americas, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions on track to reach tuberculosis control targets
  22 March 2006
• WHO launches new stop TB strategy to fight the global tuberculosis epidemic
  17 March 2006
• Global measles deaths plunge by 48% over past six years
  10 March 2006
• Viet Nam eliminates maternal and neonatal tetanus
  28 February 2006
• Counterfeit medicines: the silent epidemic
  15 February 2006
• Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics and WHO collaborate to improve diagnosis of sleeping sickness with a Gates Foundation grant
  6 February 2006
• Tobacco control efforts growing worldwide as countries build on momentum of global tobacco convention
  6 February 2006
• World Cancer Day: Global action to avert 8 million cancer-related deaths by 2015
  3 February 2006
• Polio endemic countries hit all-time low of four
  1 February 2006
• North American report on children’s health and environment indicators a global first
  26 January 2006
• New HIV data show growing AIDS epidemic in China
  25 January 2006
• WHO Executive Board discusses pandemic
  23 January 2006
• WHO calls for an immediate halt to provision of single-drug artemisinin malaria pills
  19 January 2006
• Tram 13 puts on a healthy colour
  9 January 2006