| Feb 3 | WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV from WHO news 3 February 2012 -- Current WHO guidelines call on health service providers to remind patients, that neither hormonal contraceptives nor intrauterine devices known as IUDs offer protection against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. Protecti.. |
| Jan 18 | Dr Margaret Chan nominated for a second term to be WHO Director-Genera.. from WHO news 18 January 2012 -- Dr Margaret Chan was nominated today by the WHOs Executive Board for a second term as Director-General of the Organization. If confirmed by the World Health Assembly, Dr Chan\'s new term will begin on 1 July 2012 and continue until .. |
| Jan 17 | Executive Board appoints the Regional Director for the WHO Eastern Med.. from WHO news 17 January 2012 -- Dr Ala Alwan will take up his appointment as the Regional Director of WHO\'s Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMRO) for a five-year term starting on 1 February 2012. |
| Jan 12 | India records one year without polio cases from WHO news 12 January 2012 -- India appears to have completed one year without polio since its last case on 13 January 2011. This is a momentous achievement because India was once recognized as the world’s epicentre of polio. However, there remains no room for .. |
| Jan 6 | WHO recognizes progress of Gulf States for adopting regional strategy .. from WHO news 6 January 2012 -- Six Gulf States detail how they plan to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during the coming years. The regional strategy by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates lays out details on setting targets an.. |
| Dec 30 | WHO concerned that new H5N1 influenza research could undermine the 201.. from WHO news 30 December 2011 -- WHO takes note that studies undertaken by several institutions on whether changes in the H5N1 influenza virus can make it more transmissible between humans have raised concern about the possible risks and misuses associated with t.. |
| Dec 15 | Three-year study identifies key interventions to reduce maternal, newb.. from WHO news 15 December 2011 -- About 358 000 women still die each year during pregnancy and childbirth; 7.6 million children die before the age of 5 annually. A new global consensus has agreed on the key evidence-based interventions that will sharply reduce the.. |
| Dec 13 | Malaria deaths are down but progress remains fragile from WHO news 13 December 2011 -- Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000 according to the World malaria report 2011 , issued today. This is the result of a significant scaling-up of malaria prevention and control measures in the l.. |
| Nov 30 | Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment .. from WHO news 30 November 2011 -- The Report on the global HIV/AIDS response shows that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22% decline in AIDS-related deaths in the last five years. While there.. |
| Nov 21 | Election of the WHO Director-General from WHO news 21 November 2011 -- Only one candidate has been proposed for the election of WHO Director-General. The candidate is Dr Margaret Chan, the current Director-General, whose name has been submitted by China. |