WHO launches new global strategy seeking accelerated efforts to end leprosy

20 Apr 2016

WHO says polio could be wiped out in a year

13 Apr 2016

India among 5 countries working on Zika vaccine: WHO

23 Mar 2016

More than 30 companies in five countries, including India, the US, France, Brazil and Austria, are working on the development of a new vaccine to fight the zica virus that is currently circulating in 38 countries

Zika in Europe: pregnant Spanish woman infected

05 Feb 2016

With dozens of cases emerging in Europe and North America from travellers returning from affected areas, WHO has stressed the potential link between Zika and microcephaly — which causes children to be born with abnormally small heads   

WHO declares global emergency as Zika virus spreads

02 Feb 2016

The decision was taken after an emergency meeting of of independent experts in Geneva to assess the severity of the health threat associated with the spread of Zika virus disease

Merck gets a $5-mn Ebola vaccine shot from Vaccine Alliance

22 Jan 2016

UN agencies seek over $20 billion in funding, the largest humanitarian appeal in history

08 Dec 2015

Half a million people die of foodborne illness each year: WHO report

07 Dec 2015

TB Alliance, WHO launch child-friendly TB drugs

04 Dec 2015

Harvard panel slams WHO over slow response to Ebola outbreak in West Africa

23 Nov 2015

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