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24 May 2017

World Health Assembly: Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus elected as new WHO Director-General

Dr Adhanom succeeds China's Dr Margaret Chan, who has been WHO’s Director-General since 1 January 2007.

World Health Organisation

23 May 2017

70th World Health Assembly kicks off in Geneva: WHO head Dr Margaret Chan gives her last address to member states

As representatives of 194 member states gather at its annual meeting in Geneva, China's Dr Margaret Chan gave her last address as Director-General of the WHO, with her tenure coming to an end.

25 Apr 2017

World Malaria Day 2017: WHO calls for accelerated scale-up of efforts to prevent malaria, save lives

Insecticide-treated nets have had the greatest impact, accounting for an estimated 69% of cases prevented through control tools.

31 Mar 2017

What happens when you take wrong medication

As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), medication errors cause at least one death every day and injure approximately 1.3 million people annually in the United States of America alone.

06 Apr 2016

Diabetes affects one in 11 people globally: WHO

The numbers would continue to increase unless "drastic action" was taken, officials said.

30 Mar 2016

Ebola no longer poses global health risk: WHO

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

08 Mar 2016

Zika virus: Sexual transmission more common than thought, says WHO

Reports and investigations in several countries strongly suggest that sexual transmission of the virus is more common than previously assumed.

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