The Elders say everybody is entitled to decent, affordable medical attention.
With just nine cases of the virus so far this year – in Pakistan and Afghanistan – the WHO is confident the battle against polio is nearly won.
Economic exploitation in the developing world has resulted in under-resourced and weak health systems that could not contain the spread of viruses.
Tuberculosis kills more people than HIV. Show your support for people with TB by joining the WHO’s Unmask Stigma Challenge on World TB Day.
Cape Verde, which recorded 22 suspected cases of Zika in the first week of March alone, has reported its first case of microcephaly.
The WHO has dispatched an expert team to southern Guinea after new cases of Ebola surfaced there.
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/ 22 February 2016
Health authorities say the visitor diagnosed with the mosquito-spread virus has recovered and there is minimal likelihood of a local outbreak.
Migraine hits one in 10 people, resulting not only in pain but costs the world economy billions.
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/ 26 January 2015
Following harsh criticism of its handling of the Ebola outbreak last year, the organisation says it will up its game in dealing with future crises.
This success in saving lives may be offset by the Ebola outbreak, and the UN agency warned of factors that might reverse the progress being made.
Personal accounts from Liberia and Sierra Leone bring home the devastation wrought by the virus.
This doctor returned to his home town to live, love and heal.
If the health minister has his way, vaping will soon be regulated like regular smoking because, he says, Big Tobacco is complicit in its rise.
Mali has placed a total of 577 people under observation after two people died from the deadly virus in the capital Bamako.
The World Health Organisation is concerned many people were exposed to the two-year-old girl who was Mali’s first confirmed Ebola case.
With the death rate at 70%, new strategies, resources and tough targets are being put in place.
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/ 10 October 2014
With almost 50% of homeless people suffering from mental illnesses, according to a study, we spoke to four people who live on Durban’s streets.
As healthcare systems collapse from the strain, the race is on to find a treatment that works.
The influx of people needing to be treated for Ebola has put strain on health services in West Africa, with workers having to turn patients away.
A new map has shown that more regions in Africa are at risk of animal-related Ebola infections than previously feared.
Health experts have met to discuss an end to killer virus Ebola, with two vaccines and eight experimental treatments on the table.
The DRC has confirmed its first Ebola outbreak in 2014, but claims it’s unrelated to the epidemic. It comes as the first UK case is also confirmed.
The World Health Organisation, which has been criticised for its response to Ebola, has revealed its strategy for halting the epidemic in West Africa.
The International Air Transport Association claims bans of flights out of countries suffering the spread of the disease are unnecessary.
Sierra Leone has doubled its death toll from the Ebola virus, saying it had 109 suspected cases and a further six people dead.
Air pollution is responsible for one in eight deaths worldwide, says the WHO, and is now regarded as the biggest environmental health risk.
Research shows women are more likely to have high blood pressure and experts blame the added stress of unequal gender roles.
A study has explained that a treatment, described as "radical" by researchers, has not helped cut down tuberculosis infections among SA gold miners.
Finalist: Drivers of Change Individual Award — Shona McDonald
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/ 29 October 2013
The World Health Organisation has confirmed a polio outbreak among young children in north-east Syria, adding that the risk is high for it to spread.
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/ 17 October 2013
The World Health Organisation has classified air pollution as carcinogenic to humans.
Patients in the world’s poorest countries will continue to receive access to drugs cheaply for at least another decade.