News releases 2005

• New tuberculosis therapy offers potential shorter treatment
  16 December 2005
• Pakistan health crisis worsens as winter hits
  12 December 2005
• With an additional US $1 billion per year immunization could save ten million more lives in a decade
  9 December 2005
• Human health under threat from ecosystem degradation
  9 December 2005
• End human rights violations against people with mental health disorders
  7 December 2005
• Medical costs push millions of people into poverty across the globe
  5 December 2005
• No bird flu risk for consumers from properly cooked poultry and eggs
  5 December 2005
• Lesotho launches groundbreaking HIV campaign on World AIDS Day
  30 November 2005
• WHO welcomes key United Kingdom support for global patient safety
  28 November 2005
• Landmark study on domestic violence
  24 November 2005
• HIV infection rates decreasing in several countries but global number of people living with HIV continues to rise
  21 November 2005
• Massive international effort stops polio epidemic across 10 West and Central African countries
  11 November 2005
• The safety of immunization delivery improves over last five years, but challenges remain
  11 November 2005
• World Diabetes Day: too many people are losing lower limbs unnecessarily to diabetes
  11 November 2005
• Global influenza meeting sets key action steps, agrees on urgent need for financing
  9 November 2005
• WHO and Novartis deliver free leprosy treatment for all patients worldwide
  7 November 2005
• Global meeting to develop common approach on avian influenza and human pandemic influenza
  4 November 2005
• Measles cases and deaths fall by 60% in Africa since 1999
  2 November 2005
• WHO calls for more funds for health to avoid 2nd wave of deaths from Pakistan earthquake
  28 October 2005
• Global efforts to prevent violence: World Health Organization reports significant progress
  19 October 2005
• Third forum of the African AIDS Vaccine Programme
  17 October 2005
• Safe water saves lives. A call for urgent action
  16 October 2005
• WHO launches global patient safety challenge; issues guidelines on hand hygiene in health care
  13 October 2005
• New tools move polio eradication drive into final stage
  12 October 2005
• Health workers, clean water, blankets and shelter still in short supply in Pakistan for earthquake survivors
  12 October 2005
• World Health Organization appeals for $21.7 million as part of United Nations response to the South Asia earthquake
  11 October 2005
• South Asia massive and urgent health needs: thousands of injured people require immediate help
  10 October 2005
• World Health Organization sends aid to help victims of South Asia earthquake
  9 October 2005
• United against malaria - roll back malaria partnership welcomes Youssou N'Dour & world musicians to the European stage
  6 October 2005
• Immunization maintains strong performance made in last quarter century
  4 October 2005
• Africans meet to improve food safety on the continent
  3 October 2005
• World Health Organization: "Stop the global epidemic of chronic disease"
  3 October 2005
• WHO expert to work with the UN system on avian and human influenza
  29 September 2005
• The World Health Organization warns of the rising threat of heart disease and stroke as overweight and obesity rapidly increase
  22 September 2005
• World Health Organization takes emergency measures against malaria in Niger
  20 September 2005
• New emergency immunization plan launched to protect horn of Africa, as polio is confirmed in Somalia
  13 September 2005
• New global partnership will take immediate action to help women and children survive
  12 September 2005
• World Health Organization urges responsible use of antimalarial medicines
  6 September 2005
• Chernobyl: the true scale of the accident
  5 September 2005
• Indonesia launches country's largest-ever immunization campaign to tackle expanding polio epidemic
  29 August 2005
• WHO declares TB an emergency in Africa
  26 August 2005
• Donation of three million treatments of oseltamivir to WHO will help early response to an emerging influenza pandemic
  24 August 2005
• Building stronger health systems key to reaching the health Millennium Development Goals
  22 August 2005
• New Bangkok charter for health promotion adopted to address rapidly changing global health issues
  11 August 2005
• World Health Organization appeals for US$ 1.3 million to help meet Niger's health needs
  8 August 2005
• UNAIDS statement on South African trial findings regarding male circumcision and HIV
  26 July 2005
• UN food safety and quality standards commission meets
  4 July 2005
• Access to HIV treatment continues to accelerate in developing countries, but bottlenecks persist, says WHO/UNAIDS report
  29 June 2005
• Tsunami recovery process focuses on long-term health capacity development
  24 June 2005
• Current GM foods can bring benefits but safety assessments must continue
  23 June 2005
• Global health organizations recognize Rotary International’s unprecedented role in the fight to end polio worldwide
  21 June 2005
• Somalia launches emergency polio immunization campaign
  17 June 2005
• Sixth Global Vaccine Research Forum: many new life-saving vaccines in pipeline, but challenges persist
  15 June 2005
• WHO and the Kobe Group agree to a further 10-Year mandate for the WHO Centre for Health Development
  15 June 2005
• 14 June: World Blood Donor Day — anyone can save a life
  14 June 2005
• New initiative to speed development and introduction of vaccines to protect against cervical cancer
  13 June 2005
• World Health Organization drives efforts to boost antimalarial drug supply
  6 June 2005
• Almost 2 billion more people need access to basic sanitation by 2015 to meet millenium target
  3 June 2005
• The World Health Organization announces first-ever international forum on community mental health services
  31 May 2005
• WHO urges health professionals to engage in tobacco control
  30 May 2005
• World Health Assembly concludes: adopts key resolutions affecting global public health
  25 May 2005
• World Health Assembly commits to strengthen rehabilitation services for people with disabilities
  25 May 2005
• Governments welcome new WHO/UNICEF global immunization strategy that aims to avert millions of deaths
  25 May 2005
• The 58th World Health Assembly adopts resolution on cancer prevention and control
  25 May 2005
• World Health Assembly adopts new International Health Regulations
  23 May 2005
• New global partnership will focus on strengthening health information systems to better address health needs worldwide
  17 May 2005
• World Health Assembly opens with appeals for more ambitious approach to health problems
  16 May 2005
• World Health Organization appoints Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as Goodwill Ambassador
  16 May 2005
• First global report on efforts to roll back malaria highlights progress and challenges
  3 May 2005
• Polio outbreak spreads across Yemen
  29 April 2005
• Number of work-related accidents and illnesses continues to increase
  28 April 2005
• WHO report calls for new approach to save lives of mothers and children
  7 April 2005
• Damage to ecosystems poses growing threat to human health
  30 March 2005
• TB cases and deaths linked to HIV at alarming levels in Africa
  24 March 2005
• The President of Chile and the WHO Director-General launch global Commission to tackle the "causes behind the causes of ill-health"
  18 March 2005
• WHO Director-General appoints Liya Kebede as Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
  7 March 2005
• Measles deaths worldwide drop by nearly 40% over five years
  4 March 2005
• Coast-to-coast polio drive to counter epidemic in Africa
  25 February 2005
• Global tobacco treaty enters into force with 57 countries already committed
  24 February 2005
• South Asia slashes polio cases by nearly half
  4 February 2005
• WHO warns of increased risk of vector-borne diseases in tsunami-affected areas
  27 January 2005
• 700 000 people living with AIDS in developing countries now receiving treatment
  26 January 2005
• WHO highlights health in the 2015 development blueprint
  18 January 2005
• WHO Executive Board meets for 115th session
  17 January 2005
• African health leaders vow to meet polio eradication goal
  13 January 2005
• World Health Organization Director-General tours affected areas, pledges support, as Sri Lanka vows to rebuild in the wake of the tsunami
  8 January 2005
• World Health Organization Director-General praises response to tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia
  6 January 2005
• WHO appeals for US$ 66 million to prevent disease outbreaks in tsunami-affected Southeast Asia
  5 January 2005