29 December 2008 -- WHO calls for an immediate end to hostilities in the Gaza strip and urges Israel to ensure immediate provision of fuel and critical life-saving/trauma care supplies.

Yeni bir araştırma, fazla uykunun kalp damarlarında kalsiyum birikmesini önlediği ve bunun da kalp hastalığı riskini azalttığını ortaya koydu

Zimbabve’de yaklaşık bin kişinin ölümüne yol açan kolera salgınının yağmurların artmasıyla daha da yayılabileceği uyarısı yapılıyor

Akciğer kanseri, kalp ve solunum rahatsızlıklarına yolaçtığı bilinen sigaranın, kalınbağırsak kanseri riskini artırdığı ilk kez kanıtlanıyor

Birleşmiş Milletler, Zimbabve’deki kolera salgınında ölü sayısının 1120’yi aştığını bildirdi

Dünya Sağlık Örgütü geleneksel tıp ve ilaçların günümüz hastalıklarına karşı etkili tedavi yöntemleri sunabileceğini ve sağlık hizmetleri kapsamına alınması gerektiğini açıkladı

Amerikan Tabipler Birliği Dergisi’nde yayınlanan bulgulara göre fazladan vitamin almak, ne erkeklerde kalp hastalıklarını, ne de kadınlarda kanseri önlemeye yeterli oluyor

Uykusuzluk üzerine yapılan yeni bir araştırma az uyku ile kalp hastalığı arasında sıkı bir bağlantı olduğunu kanıtladı

10 December 2008 -- A widespread cholera outbreak, an under-resourced and under-staffed health system, and inadequate access to safe drinking water and hygiene are threatening the wellbeing of thousands of Zimbabweans.

10 December 2008 -- More than 2000 children die every day as a result of unintentional or accidental injuries, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF.

5 December 2008 -- International experts have set a tolerable level for daily intake of melamine, the chemical found recently in contaminated milk products.

4 December 2008 -- Measles deaths worldwide fell by 74% between 2000 and 2007. The Eastern Mediterranean region has achieved the UN goal to reduce measles deaths by 90% by 2010, three years early.

Araştırmacılar ilk kez bir kanser hastasının DNA haritasını baştan sona çıkarmayı başardı. Böylelikle kanseri hastanın genetik köklerine kadar izlediler

Meme kanseri genellikle kadınlara özgür bir hastalık olarak bilinir ancak çok ender de olsa erkekler de meme kanserine yakalanabiliyor.

Birleşmiş Milletler, Dünya AIDS Günü’nde, hastalığa yakalananların tedavisine önem verilmesini ve bu hastalıkla mücadele için yeterli ödenek ayrılmasını istedi

1 December 2008 -- An alarming lack of availability of essential medicines in the public sector drives patients to pay higher prices in the private sector or go without, according to a WHO study reported in today’s online edition ofThe Lancet.

1 December 2008 -- On behalf of WHO, Director-General Dr Margaret Chan has offered warmest congratulations to Michel Sidibé on his appointment as Executive Director of UNAIDS, and expressed WHO's firm commitment and full support to him in his new position.

1 December 2008 -- The 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day this year also marks a major milestone in the long struggle against this disease. More than 3 million people in low- and middle-income countries are now receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy. The response to AIDS changed the face of public health in profound ways, says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, reflecting on some of the achievements of the past 20 years.

AIDS hastalarının tedavi edilmesi durumunda HIV virüsünün 10 yıl içinde yok edilebileceği açıklandı

26 November 2008 -- Universal voluntary testing followed by immediate antiretroviral therapy treatment can reduce new HIV cases by 95% within 10 years, according to new findings based on a mathematical model developed by HIV specialists in WHO. The computer model raises substantial issues which will be the focus of a meeting next year.

Bir grup Avrupalı doktor, bir kadına kendi kök hücrelerini kullanarak nefes borusu nakli ameliyatı yaptı. Bir doktor bunu, ameliyatlarda yeni bir çağın başlangıcı olarak niteledi

Amerika Gıda ve İlaç DAiresi tarafından atanan bağımsız bir bilim kurulu dairenin biberonlarda kullanılan bisfenol-A maddesinin sağlık riskini görmezden geldiğini açıkladı

İsveç’te bir grup araştırmacı sonbaharda saatlerin bir saat geri alınmasıyla, bir saat daha fazla uyunmasının kalp krizi oranını yüzde 5 düşürdüğü sonucuna vardı

14 November 2008 -- A massive logistic effort is under way to ensure continuous supply of life-saving medicines to hundreds of thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Almanya’da doktorlar lösemi tedavisi gören bir Amerikalı hastanın rastlantı sonucu AIDS hastalığını iyileştirdi

14 November 2008 -- Political, research, industry and civil society leaders will meet in Bamako, Mali from Monday, 17 November in an attempt to direct research to better meet the health needs of poor countries.

13 November 2008 -- WHO and health partners have launched an intensive operation to prevent and control the increase in the number of cholera cases, which have tripled in some areas to 150 a week, amid the recent escalation of violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ABD'de yeni açıklanan bir araştırmaya göre vücutta yağ üretimiyle ilgili bir hormonu düzenleyen gen aynı zamanda kalın bağırsak kanserine yakalanma riskini de düşürüyor

Her bebek doğduğunda ileride yaşayabileceği sağlık sorunlarına karşı hayatını kurtarabilecek bir kaynakla dünyaya geliyor. Bu kaynak ana rahminde anneden bebeğe gıda taşıyan göbek bağından başka bir şey değil

12 November 2008 -- WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan has called on all governments and political leaders to maintain their efforts to strengthen and improve the performance of their health systems and to protect the health of their peoples.

Kosova’da Türklerin de karıştığı yasadışı organ nakli olayıyla ilgili olarak iki doktor tutuklandı

6 November 2008 -- WHO welcomes the consensus decision of the United Nations General Assembly to ban smoking and tobacco sales at UN headquarters in New York.

4 November 2008 -- Increasing quantities of medical supplies are being provided by foreign governments to save lives in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, but WHO is calling for more support to meet urgent health needs.

4 November 2008 -- Increasing quantities of medical supplies are being provided by foreign governments to save lives in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, but WHO is calling for more support to meet urgent health needs.

4 November 2008 -- Increasing quantities of medical supplies are being provided by foreign governments to save lives in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, but WHO is calling for more support to meet urgent health needs.

31 October 2008 -- WHO and Italy are sending 10 tonnes of medical supplies to help the tens of thousands of people affected by the ongoing insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Intensive efforts are needed to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among the fleeing population and to treat the physical trauma caused by the violence.

31 October 2008 -- WHO and Italy are sending 10 tonnes of medical supplies to help the tens of thousands of people affected by the ongoing insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Intensive efforts are needed to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among the fleeing population and to treat the physical trauma caused by the violence.

31 October 2008 -- WHO and Italy are sending 10 tonnes of medical supplies to help the tens of thousands of people affected by the ongoing insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Intensive efforts are needed to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among the fleeing population and to treat the physical trauma caused by the violence.

29 October 2008 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is responding to eastern Yemen's devastating floods by sending medicines and other urgent supplies to treat over 50 000 patients for a range of conditions, including illnesses linked to contaminated water and insect-borne diseases such as malaria.

27 October 2008 -- WHO today published a new assessment of the global burden of disease, a study that provides with a comprehensive picture of the global and regional state of health.

İngiliz bilim adamları lösemiyi tedavide kullanılan bir ilacın, kısaca MS olarak bilinen multiple sclerosis hastalığının etkilerini azalttığını açıkladı

Hayatın ayrılmaz bir parçası olan cep telefonlarının olası zararlarına karşı önlem almakta fayda var. Uzmanlar özellikle çocukların cep telefonlarından uzak tutulmasını öneriyor

Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tüm dünya hükümetlerinden vatandaşlarının temel sağlık ihtiyaçlarını karşılamalarını istedi

14 October 2008 -- There are striking inequities within and between countries in health outcomes, in access to care, and in what people have to pay for care, says the World Health Report 2008 launched today. To steer health systems towards better performance and greater equity, the report calls for a revival of the primary health care approach launched 30 years ago.

9 October 2008 -- More than 75% of people suffering from mental disorders in the developing world receive no treatment or care. A new WHO programme launched today, on World Mental Health Day 2008 highlights the huge treatment gap for a number of mental, neurological and substance use disorders.

9 October 2008 -- More than 75% of people suffering from mental disorders in the developing world receive no treatment or care. A new WHO programme launched today, on World Mental Health Day 2008 highlights the huge treatment gap for a number of mental, neurological and substance use disorders.

8 October 2008 – A meeting of experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Madrid agreed today to a research agenda to develop an evidence-based framework for action on the human health implications of climate change.

Bir Alman ve iki Fransız bilimadamı rahim ağzı kanseri ve AIDS'e yol açan virüsleri belirledikleri çalışmalarıyla ödül aldı

2 October 2008 -- WHO invites all parties with an interest in reducing the harmful use of alcohol to share their views in a web-based public hearing being organized between 3 and 31 October.

26 September 2008 – WHO and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization are urging affected countries to ensure safe feeding of millions of infants following the ongoing melamine-contaminated milk crisis in China.