Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate dimensions for rainfall, humidity and temperature would influence the epidemics, the outbreaks, either directly influencing the parasites or the mosquitoes that carry them.

I am personally overseeing changes that include the establishment of a global health emergency workforce.

Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit.

For the first time in history, we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real-time... Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.

The WHO is the lead agency in health in the United Nations system, and clearly we have very important functions to play.