Tedros will be the first director-general from an African country.

The WHO website put together information resources about the zika virus.

5-6 May 2016. Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro

According to the Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group, If every child was breastfed within an hour of birth, given only breast milk for their first six months of life, and continued breastfeeding up to the age of two years, about 800 000 child lives would be saved every year.

As Nepal struggles to deal with the physical aftermath of the recent earthquake, the country also has to deal with a rise in mental health disorders triggered by the disaster.

This article analyzes the work of international organizations in health and the priorities of developing countries in this field since the 1990s.

Podcast interview with Roberto Bertollini, from the World Health Organization, about their strategy to control ebola.