News releases 2010

• Malaria report shows rapid progress towards international targets
  14 December 2010
• WHO endorses new rapid tuberculosis test
  8 December 2010
• Revolutionary new meningitis vaccine set to wipe out deadly epidemics in Africa
  6 December 2010
• New WHO guidelines: TB prevention for people with HIV
  1 December 2010
• WHO urges all countries to strengthen health financing so more people can use services
  22 November 2010
• World governments show unity against tobacco industry and agree to new tobacco-control measures
  20 November 2010
• Caring for the carers
  19 November 2010
• WHO calls on malaria-endemic countries to strengthen monitoring of antimalarial drug efficacy
  18 November 2010
• Hidden cities: new report shows how poverty and ill-health are linked in urban areas
  17 November 2010
• WHO global forum: mayors and national leaders to address urban health, develop action plan
  15 November 2010
• Africa seizes chance against polio
  26 October 2010
• WHO: control of neglected tropical diseases is feasible
  14 October 2010
• New action plan lays the foundation for tuberculosis elimination
  13 October 2010
• WHO simplifies treatment of mental and neurological disorders
  7 October 2010
• More developing countries show universal access to HIV/AIDS services is possible
  28 September 2010
• Health sector treats almost 6 million in flood-affected Pakistan, but great challenges persist
  23 September 2010
• People with mental disabilities cannot be forgotten
  16 September 2010
• Maternal deaths worldwide drop by third
  15 September 2010
• WHO urges countries to take measures to combat antimicrobial resistance
  20 August 2010
• WHO responds to health needs in Pakistan floods
  3 August 2010
• WHO and the International Olympic Committee sign agreement to improve healthy lifestyles
  21 July 2010
• WHO announces new approaches to HIV prevention and treatment among children
  20 July 2010
• More than five million people receiving HIV treatment
  19 July 2010
• International experts limit melamine levels in food
  6 July 2010
• WHO launches Global Network of Age-friendly Cities
  29 June 2010
• New WHO guidance to improve use of medicines for children
  18 June 2010
• Global polio eradication initiative launches 2010-2012 strategic plan for interrupting polio worldwide
  17 June 2010
• World Blood Donor Day: new blood for the world
  13 June 2010
• WHO calls for protection of women and girls from tobacco
  28 May 2010
• Sixty-third World Health Assembly closes after passing multiple resolutions
  22 May 2010
• Call for action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol
  21 May 2010
• Better care for newborns crucial for Millennium Development Goal on child deaths
  10 May 2010
• WHO Director-General returns from Democratic People's Republic of Korea country visit
  30 April 2010
• Urban planning essential for public health
  7 April 2010
• R&B; star Craig David joins the fight against tuberculosis
  24 March 2010
• Drug-resistant tuberculosis now at record levels
  18 March 2010
• Access to safe drinking water improving; sanitation needs greater efforts
  15 March 2010
• WHO releases new malaria guidelines for treatment and procurement of medicines
  9 March 2010
• Africa united in fight against polio outbreak
  4 March 2010
• WHO spearheads health response to earthquake in Haiti
  13 January 2010