WHO: Ten years in public health 2007-2017

WHO updates Essential Medicines List with new advice on use of antibiotics and adds medicines for TB.

23 May 2017 – Today the Member States of WHO elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated by the Government of Ethiopia, and will begin his five-year term on 1 July 2017. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will succeed Dr Margaret Chan, who has been WHO’s Director-General since 1 January 2007.

WHO: Healthier, fairer, safer: the global health journey 2007-2017

18 May 2017 | GENEVA - Some of the world’s largest funders of medical research and international non-governmental organizations today agreed on new standards that will require all clinical trials they fund or support to be registered and the results disclosed publicly.

Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from WHO show, highlighting improvements countries have made on collecting vital statistics and monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The World Health Organization (WHO) Programme Budget Portal is a new website providing further details of the Organization’s work, financing and implementation progress.

Access to medicines: making market forces serve the poor

The chapter highlights the successes and challenges in global efforts to combat TB since 2007.

The World Health Organization releases a 5th revision of its list of Critically Important Antimicrobials for Human Medicine.