The World Health Organization's top official in China says unhealthy lifestyles and a deteriorating health care system are cutting into the Chinese people's life expectancy. The official was responding to a Chinese academic report last week that said the population would be living an average of 13 years longer by 2050.

The head of the World Health Organization says more must be done to cure "neglected" diseases that afflict 1 billion people in developing countries.

Bird flu is back. In recent weeks, there have been reported cases in South Korea, Japan, and Indonesia. Now a 14-year-old Azerbaijani boy, who was treated for suspected bird flu, has died in the capital, Baku.

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the GAVI Alliance, a groundbreaking global initiative to increase access to children's vaccines, has brought immunisation rates to record highs in poor countries.

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the GAVI Alliance, a groundbreaking global initiative to increase access to children's vaccines, has brought immunisation rates to record highs in poor countries.

GAVI Immunization Programmes in 2006 Prevented 600,000 Future Deaths. GAVI to Devote US$ 500 million to Strengthen Health Systems in Developing Countries

A World Health Organization (WHO) plan to track transmitted resistance to HIV drugs in Botswana could fail because the threshold the organization has set is too high, according to new UCLA research.

Rising numbers of human bird flu deaths in Indonesia and avian flu outbreaks among poultry in several Asian countries have put the region on alert. The World Health Organization says Asia, Africa, even Europe, need to be prepared for the worse. Claudia Blume reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong.

In December, avian influenza broke out in three southern Vietnamese provinces. Although Vietnam has a record of acting quickly to halt outbreaks of the virus, this time, farmers were reluctant to inform the government, slowing containment efforts. Matt Steinglass has more from Hanoi.

Impact on health of women and people in Africa to be measure of success for World Health Organization (WHO) and for Dr. Chan.

Dr Margaret Chan of China today took office as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) following her election in November. She pledged that her term of office and the effectiveness of the Organization would be judged by the impact they have on two specific populations.

An Egyptian woman has died of bird flu, says the regional officer of the World Health Organization.

A new study by the World Health Organization has found drug-resistant tuberculosis in virtually all of the 79 countries the organization surveyed around the world, with particularly high levels in countries of the former Soviet Union and some Chinese provinces. VOA's Jessica Berman reports.