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Democratic Republic Of Congo

DRC reports first urban case of Ebola

Newly developed Ebola vaccines arrive in Kinshasa as fears grow that the deadly virus has spread to the city of Mbandaka

17/05/2018

World News

9 out of 10 people worldwide breathing polluted air

The majority of cities in European countries saw levels of fine particulate air pollution decline between 2010 and 2016.

02/05/2018

World News

WHO's 20th World Asthma Day paints bleak picture for UK

The last five years have seen a 20% jump in the death rate in Britain, where experts say poor diagnosis and a failure to take asthma seriously is leading to preventable fatalities.

01/05/2018

Venezuela

Malaria finds sanctuary in crisis-hit Venezuela

World Health Organisation reports massive rise in mosquito borne disease as Venezuela's anti-malaria campaigns fail.

25/04/2018

World News

Low flu vaccine uptake puts Europe at risk

Half of European countries are vaccinating less than one in three older people against flu.

07/02/2018

Zimbabwe

Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill ambassador

22/10/2017

Zimbabwe

WHO chief 'rethinks' naming Mugabe goodwill ambassador

It follows a global outcry over the appointment

21/10/2017

World News

The famous faces helping to de-stigmatise mental health

How some of the most well-known faces on the planet are using their status in tackling mental health

10/10/2017

Yemen

Yemen fights back against cholera epidemic

Authorities in Yemen begin clean-up operation in Sanaa to combat deadly cholera outbreak

17/07/2017

World News

Euroviews. View: Being bold in the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The car manufacturer Volvo made the bold move of stopping production of fossil-fuel vehicles by 2019. Why we need more grit like that in the existential fight against microbial resistance.

12/07/2017

Yemen

Urgent need for aid to stem Yemen cholera epidemic - WHO

The World Health Organisation has called for urgent medical supplies to control the cholera outbreak in the war-ravaged country.

29/05/2017

World News

Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom is first African to lead World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) appointed the first African to lead the institution on Tuesday.

24/05/2017

World News

Which European countries are the most polluted?

New data from the World Health Organization shows Eastern European and Balkan countries suffer the highest rate of European air pollution.

18/05/2017

World News

Suicide rate is highest in Europe: UN health agency report

The highest suicide rate is in the WHO's European region. The lowest rate in its Eastern Mediterranean region.

18/05/2017

World News

New malaria vaccine pilots in Africa

The World Health Organisation has announced live trials of Mosquirix in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

25/04/2017

Portugal

Death of Portuguese girl proves measles is still a killer

The death of a young Portuguese girl at the hands of measles has highlighted the danger to those who are not vaccinated against the disease, as it continues to spread across many parts of…

21/04/2017

World News

Talk about depression on World Health Day

The World Health Organisation invites us to use World Health Day on 7 April to talk about depression, the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide.

06/04/2017

World News

Romania and Italy told to take urgent action on measles outbreak

Romania and Italy have been urged to take urgent action to address a spike in measles cases.

03/04/2017

France

Melanie provides Downs Syndrome sufferers with a heroine

Have you ever heard of Melanie Segard? Well if you suffer from Downs Syndrome, this young French girl has just made history by presenting the weather programme on French TV.

20/03/2017

World News

How EU's vaccine doubts are harming global measles fight

Measles is on the rise in parts of Europe amid a trend of high scepticism towards vaccines in some rich countries, research shows.

09/02/2017