WHO:
:: World Health Statistics 2014
World Health Statistics 2014 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets.
This year, it also includes highlight summaries on the ongoing commitment to end preventable maternal deaths; on the need to act now to combat rising levels of childhood obesity; on recent trends.

:: Progress on the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Fact sheet N°290

:: Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations
People most at risk of HIV are not getting the health services they need
The guidelines outline steps for countries to reduce new HIV infections and increase access to HIV testing, treatment and care for these five ‘key populations’*. They include a comprehensive range of clinical recommendations but, for these to be effective, WHO also recommends countries need to remove the legal and social barriers that prevent many people from accessing services.
For the first time, WHO strongly recommends men who have sex with men consider taking antiretroviral medicines as an additional method of preventing HIV infection (pre-exposure prophylaxis)** alongside the use of condoms. Rates of HIV infection among men who have sex with men remain high almost everywhere and new prevention options are urgently needed….

:: Member States commit to reduce preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes and lung disease
11 July 2014

:: WHO targets elimination of TB in over 30 countries
3 July 2014