GENEVA -- WHO is appealing to countries to increase their support for mental health services. The appeal is part of a series of six reviews on global mental health which is being published today in the journal The Lancet. WHO has worked closely with the journal to generate the evidence and formulate the call for action.

GENEVA/NAIROBI -- The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new global guidance for the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to protect people from malaria. For the first time, WHO recommends that insecticidal nets be long-lasting, and distributed either free or highly subsidized and used by all community members.

New Delhi - The World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) is urging countries in the South-East Asia Region to take prompt action to prevent and contain outbreaks of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral illness.

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Countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) account for about 80% of gross expenditure in research and development globally, but their collective health research output has not led to new medicines for many of the infectious diseases that afflict developing countries; human african trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, Chagas disease, lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis.  Development and delivery of medicines for such diseases face significant challenges, including cost, safety, stability, formulation and resistance.

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