News releases 2007

• Aggressive TB control can yield big economic gains, says new study
  12 December 2007
• Efforts on child-appropriate medicines intensify
  6 December 2007
• Measles deaths in Africa plunge by 91%
  29 November 2007
• Global HIV prevalence has levelled off
  20 November 2007
• New drive to encourage civil registration
  29 October 2007
• WHO publishes new standard for documenting the health of children and youth
  24 October 2007
• Projected supply of pandemic influenza vaccine sharply increases
  23 October 2007
• WHO calls for global action to "protect health from climate change"
  23 October 2007
• Maternal mortality ratio falling too slowly to meet goal
  12 October 2007
• Director-General announces structural changes
  9 October 2007
• New initiative to address TB drug shortage
  8 October 2007
• New guide on building age-friendly cities
  1 October 2007
• Call for more research on patient safety
  24 September 2007
• WHO stresses need to ensure the safety of children's medicines
  21 September 2007
• UNITAID celebrates major achievements in first year of existence
  20 September 2007
• Former UN Messenger of Peace to fight tuberculosis as a Stop TB Ambassador
  20 September 2007
• UN health partners launch funds appeal for displaced Iraqis
  18 September 2007
• Bloomberg Family Foundation contributes US$ 9 million to WHO to support life-saving road safety programme
  16 September 2007
• New guidelines to improve psychological and social assistance in emergencies
  14 September 2007
• New WHO pocket-charts will save lives by predicting heart attack and stroke
  12 September 2007
• WHO urges more investments, services for mental health
  4 September 2007
• International spread of disease threatens public health security
  23 August 2007
• WHO releases new guidance on insecticide-treated mosquito nets
  16 August 2007
• Agreement reached on providing health care to displaced Iraqis
  3 August 2007
• China and India join WHO clinical trial registry platform
  25 July 2007
• Countries urged to be more vigilant about food safety
  19 July 2007
• Governments make progress in interpersonal violence prevention
  16 July 2007
• New guidelines adopted on smoke-free environments
  6 July 2007
• 2.5 million people in India living with HIV, according to new estimates
  6 July 2007
• New global effort to eliminate Chagas disease
  3 July 2007
• UN food standards commission meets
  2 July 2007
• Study results released on travel and blood clots
  29 June 2007
• New strategy adopted on diseases of poverty
  22 June 2007
• New plan to contain drug-resistant TB
  22 June 2007
• International Health Regulations enter into force
  14 June 2007
• New country-by-country data show in detail the impact of environmental factors on health
  13 June 2007
• New initiative to improve mothers' access to safe blood
  12 June 2007
• Improved meningitis vaccine for Africa could signal eventual end to deadly scourge
  8 June 2007
• Innovative approach tackles malnutrition in the community
  7 June 2007
• WHO and UNAIDS issue new guidance on HIV testing and counselling in health facilities
  30 May 2007
• Stop TB Partnership delivers treatments for 10 million people in six years
  29 May 2007
• Only 100% smoke-free environments adequately protect from dangers of second-hand smoke
  29 May 2007
• World Health Assembly closes
  23 May 2007
• Global health partners mobilize to counter yellow fever
  16 May 2007
• World Health Assembly opens
  15 May 2007
• WHO launches 'Nine patient safety solutions'
  2 May 2007
• Global stockpile of H5N1 vaccine 'feasible'
  26 April 2007
• World Youth Assembly meets to tackle road safety
  23 April 2007
• Road traffic crashes leading cause of death among young people
  19 April 2007
• WHO marks turning point for 1 billion people
  19 April 2007
• Significant growth in access to HIV treatment in 2006
  17 April 2007
• Violence threatens health in Iraq
  17 April 2007
• New online database to help fight infectious diseases
  16 April 2007
• WHO uses web-based approach to revise global disease standards
  16 April 2007
• WHO proposes global agenda on transplantation
  30 March 2007
• World Health Day 2007: International Health Security
  29 March 2007
• Indonesia to resume sharing H5N1 avian influenza virus samples following a WHO meeting in Jakarta
  28 March 2007
• WHO and UNAIDS announce recommendations from expert consultation on male circumcision for HIV prevention
  28 March 2007
• Global tuberculosis epidemic levelling off: New report
  22 March 2007
• WHO-led anti-counterfeiting coalition examines technologies to prevent fake drugs
  13 March 2007
• Parliamentarians and activists from across the world gather to combat maternal and newborn deaths
  13 March 2007
• International action needed to increase health workforce
  13 March 2007
• Neurological disorders affect millions globally: WHO report
  27 February 2007
• WHO Executive Board to tackle key global health issues
  22 January 2007
• Global goal to reduce measles deaths in children surpassed
  19 January 2007
• Dr Margaret Chan takes office as Director-General of the World Health Organization
  4 January 2007