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Girls sit inside the Life Line Trust orphanage in Salem in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on June 20, 2013. Credit: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters

Decent Toilets for Women and Girls Vital for Gender Equality

Tim Wainwright 19/11/2017

Being denied access to safe, private toilets is particularly...

An estimated 1.7 million people died from TB in 2016. Credit: PTI

India Has Highest Number of New TB Cases Reported in 2016, Says WHO

India was followed by Indonesia, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria...

A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet is seen at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts February 26, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder

Global Measles Deaths Fall, But Still a Long Way to Go on Elimination Goals

Reuters 27/10/2017

Annual deaths from measles dropped below 100,000 worldwide last...

Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection Li Ganjie attends a news conference during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China October 23, 2017. Credit: Reuters

China Aims to Meet Air Quality Standards by 2035, Says Minister

Muyu Xu and David Stanway 24/10/2017

China has been cracking down on big industrial polluters...

Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez meets his Zimbabwe counterpart Robert Mugabe at Uruguayan presidential building in Montevideo, October 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Removed as WHO Goodwill Envoy

Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland 23/10/2017

Mugabe, 93, is blamed in the West for destroying...

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A New Administration Settles in at the WHO

Priti Patnaik 04/10/2017

A new team and a new programme of work...

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India’s Soumya Swaminathan Is Now Second in Command at WHO

The Wire Staff 03/10/2017

Apart from holding the post of director general of...