How the UN is Getting Life-Saving Aid to South Sudan
“You see the sense of hope despite the hunger and the horrors,” said James Elder, who has been on the …
“You see the sense of hope despite the hunger and the horrors,” said James Elder, who has been on the …
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Elizabeth Hoff, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Syria. WHO leads …
Around the world, 222 million women want to delay or avoid pregnancy, but aren’t using modern contraception. Family Planning 2020 …
On March 27th, the World Health Organization (WHO) will certify the South-East Asia Region as polio-free, a major milestone in …
March 24 marks World Tuberculosis Day, a day to raise awareness of this terrible disease and to push for global …
Last fall, we highlighted six reasons why you should care about measles. Eliminating measles remains as urgent as ever: Last …
On March 8, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day. Here are five women who are driving progress and inspiring change for girls and women around the world.
A lit birthday candle means a lot to me, since I’m so old I remember when we invented fire. Good times.
I still make a wish when I blow out my candles. Sometimes they even come true. But not everyone is that lucky.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is generally the first place the world turns for information on potential international health emergencies. In addition to WHO’s roster of health experts and its decades of experience with health threats, it also plays a central role in carrying out the International Health Regulations (IHR), a global framework adopted in 2005 to help improve global public health security.
At the end of January, we were taught a lesson in the power of social media in global health as a striking interactive map of vaccine preventable outbreaks since 2008 went, well, viral on Twitter.