The global rate of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is at the highest level ever recorded, according to a recent report that also found a link between HIV and drug-resistant TB.

Speaking out against female genital mutilation, 10 United Nations agencies pledged in late February to encourage governments, communities and women and girls to abandon the practice within a generation, with a major reduction by 2015.

Responding to the shocking fact that the number of reported cases of children being raped in Zimbabwe has increased by more than 40 percent in the last few years, the national government and child health agencies have launched the “Stand Up and Speak Out” campaign against child abuse.

The global fight for tobacco control has made recent progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done to prevent tens of millions of tobacco-related deaths worldwide, according to global health officials.