Margaret Chan
22 results

Superbugs poised to become humanity’s greatest killer
- Science
- October 16, 2018, 01:00
Antimicrobial resistance – the ability of bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites to resist the effects of a medicine that could previously treat t(...)

Pollution responsible for a quarter of deaths of children, says WHO
- World
- March 6, 2017, 15:51
Pollution is responsible for one in four deaths among all children under five, according to new World Health Organisation reports, with toxic air, uns(...)

World Health Organization declares end of Zika emergency
- Health
- November 18, 2016, 21:11
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday that the Zika virus and related neurological complications no longer constitute an internationa(...)

WHO Zika emergency committee to carry out further Rio assessment
- Other Sports
- June 3, 2016, 22:45
The director-general of the World Health Organisation has said its Zika emergency committee will carry out a new risk assessment on whether the Olympi(...)

WHO rejects call to move Olympics due to Zika virus
- World
- May 28, 2016
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rejected calls from 150 leading scientists to move or postpone the Rio Olympics because of the ongoing Zika vi(...)

WHO holds emergency meeting to advise on Zika virus response
- World
- February 1, 2016, 01:00
An emergency World Health Organisation (WHO) committee will meet on Monday to advise on the international response to the Zika virus, as the number o(...)

Zika virus Q&A: what we know, what you need to know
- Health
- January 29, 2016, 13:35
The World Health Organisation has warned that the Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas and that as many as four million people could (...)

Zika virus spreading ‘explosively’, says World Health Organisation
- World
- January 29, 2016, 01:00
The World Health Organisation has convened an emergency committee to discuss the “explosive” spread of the Zika virus, which is linked to thousands of(...)

Zika virus could affect four million people, says WHO
- World
- January 28, 2016, 13:10
The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the Zika virus, which is spreading through the Americas, to affect between three million and four million (...)

Zika virus outbreak to spread through Americas, WHO warns
- World
- January 25, 2016, 12:36
The mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is suspected of causing brain damage to babies in Brazil, is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas e(...)