All Episodes

Preparing for Zika

Researching Zika

Ethics and Zika virus

Long-term management of congenital Zika virus syndrome

Zika epidemiology

Mental health atlas 2011

The first official World Hepatitis Day, 28th July

World Report on disability podcast

World Health Day 2011: combat drug resistance

Worldwide alcohol trends

Physical activity a key in preventing some cancers

Tracking resources for women's and children's health

World Health Report 2010: the path to universal coverage

Improving cancer control in developing countriese

Mental health Intervention guide to make care more accessible

Challenges still remain after the floods in Pakistan

World Humanitarian Day

Good health in youth sets the stage for well-being in later life

Organ donors still scarce

Improving health workforce migration

Polio: the fight till eradication

Anniversary of smallpox eradication

Harmful effects of tobacco marketing and smoke on women and girls

Appropriate antivenoms an effective treatment for snakebites

Clean hands can prevent the spread of disease

Diagnostic tests can help Count Malaria Out

How urban policies can make city living healthier and safer

Marking International Women's Day

Anti-tobacco conventions fifth anniversary

New technology strengthens Africa's health workforce

About two out of five cancers can be prevented

WHO's critical contribution in the humanitarian health response

Haiti earthquake: the emergency health response

Successes and challenges of 2009

Climate change and the implications on human health

Implementing smoke-free environments

20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda

Raising awareness about breast cancer

Providing health care in times of crisis

Progress report on the fight against HIV/AIDS

Progress in preventing violence

Suicide risk high for young people

Conflict, flooding pose health risks in the Philippines

First World Humanitarian Day celebrated

The importance of breastfeeding during emergencies

Progress to help eliminate river blindness

Health services under siege in northwest Pakistan

First report on global road safety published

Persons with disabilities particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS

Tobacco packages must display pictorial warnings

World Health Assembly meets amid concerns about flu pandemic

Episode: WHO marks World Malaria Day on 25 April

Episode: Meningitis epidemic currently sweeping through sub-Saharan Africa

Episode: Save lives: make hospitals safe in emergencies

Episode: Growing drug resistance of TB a major concern

Episode: Condoms an important form of protection from HIV

Episode: Dengue epidemic in Bolivia: how dengue can be prevented

Episode: Engage men in ending violence against women

Episode: Access to health care difficult for people with disabilities

Episode: Teenage pregnancies cause many health, social problems

Episode: Prevent cancer through healthy, active childhood

Episode: Impact of financial crisis on global health

Episode: Do lifestyle changes improve health?

Episode: New report on prevention of injuries caused to children

Episode: The spread of Cholera continues in Zimbabwe

Episode: WHO coordinates health relief to people displaced in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Episode: A new WHO study presents the state of the world's health

Episode: New programme launched to fill gap in treatment of mental disorders

Episode: World Health Report launched, calls for return to primary health care approach

Episode: Melamine in baby food

Episode: Does the electronic cigarette help smokers to quit smoking?

Episode: Progress in malaria control since 2006

Episode: Pakistan and Haiti in need of emergency health care

Episode: New vaccine to prevent meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa

Episode: Social inequities are killing people on a grand scale, says new report

Episode: Follow-up from the International Aids Conference in Mexico

Episode: Global public health and ethics

Episode: International AIDS conference opens in Mexico City; World breastfeeding week

Episode: New funding to fight tobacco use in the developing world; shifting from emergency relief to early recovery in Myanmar

Episode: WHO international staff return to work in Iraq; 2.5 billion people do not have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene

Episode: European health ministers make commitments to improve health systems

Episode: Call for action to reduce TB deaths among people living with HIV; impact of safe water on global health; ensuring baby-friendly hospitals

Episode: Polio eradication top operational priority; update on Myanmar situation; importance of volunteer blood donors

Episode: 3 million now receiving life-saving HIV drugs; what WHO is doing on health impacts of climate change; campaign asks for total ban on tobacco ads

Episode: WHO's priorities 60 years ago and now: two founding pioneers reflect

Episode: Emergency help to cyclone-affected Myanmar; UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; volunteers help deliver treatments in Africa

Episode: Experts assess progress in tackling XDR-TB; steps to further reduce maternal and child deaths

Episode: World Health Day 2008 - a focus on how climate change affects human health

Episode: Somalia is again polio-free; role of history in public health today

Episode: New report on global TB control; emergency vaccination in Iraq; new edition of medical guide for ships

Episode: Highest rates of multidrug-resistant TB recorded; yellow fever vaccines on their way to Paraguay

Episode: New report on tobacco use and control efforts; the consequences of female genital mutilation

Episode: Estimating the number of violent deaths in Iraq

Episode: Health on the climate change agenda; help for flood-hit west Africa; avian flu updates

Episode: Measles deaths plunge in Africa; investigation continues into bromide poisoning in Angola; Gates Foundation and Rotary team up to finish polio; World AIDS Day

Episode: Plan for better access to medicines; diabetes along US-Mexico border; polio outbreak in Sudan

Episode: Women and childbirth, drug-resistant tuberculosis, and peanut butter for malnourished children

Episode: Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; cholera in Iraq; and first anniversary of UNITAID

Episode: The world health report 2007 on threats to global public health security; tracking a killer virus in the mines of Uganda

Episode: Search for Marburg clues in Uganda; new guidance on mosquito nets; medicines needed in flood-affected Bangladesh

Episode: Risks to children from harmful chemical exposure; China and India join WHO clinical trial registry; World Breastfeeding Week

Episode: A special focus on HIV/AIDS and women's leadership, and success driving change at a Kenya AIDS clinic.

Episode: New study on long travel and blood clots; how to stay safe in the summer sun; interview with WHO Assistant Director-General

Episode: New International Health Regulations; health impact of environment; importance of safe blood for mothers

Episode: World Health Assembly opens, discusses avian flu vaccine; new initiative to counter yellow fever

Episode: World Health Assembly; goodwill ambassador Liya Kebede; 10th anniversary of vaccine vial monitor

Episode: Male circumcision and HIV prevention; Avian influenza

Episode: Meningitis in Africa; positive news on TB epidemic; water scarcity particularly affects women and children

Episode: The case for polio eradication; WHO commits to improving women's health

Episode: Neurological disorders; yellow fever in Togo; new management team in WHO

Episode: Update on avian influenza; health risks after floods in Indonesia

Episode: Executive Board wrap-up; neglected disease makes a comeback 40 years on

Episode: Measles deaths reduced by 60% worldwide

Episode: Flooding in the Horn of Africa

Episode: the latest on the status of HIV AIDS in the world

Episode: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General Elect speech to the World Health Assembly