As the World Humanitarian Summit and the World Health Assembly convene on the same day in different cities, The PLOS Medicine Editors support a role for health in the UN Agenda for Humanity.

CDC monitors progress on selected national human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and care objectives using surveillance data (1) and has released two HIV care continuums for 2014: a diagnosis-based continuum and a prevalence-based continuum (2,3). A diagnosis-based HIV continuum monitors key steps needed for a person living with diagnosed HIV infection to reach viral suppression, which ...

www.thelancet.com Vol 379 February 4, 2012 411 other industry, our member companies support initiatives to address the global non-communicable disease (NCD) problem and commend the UN for bringing global attention to this issue, particularly in developing countries. In 2008, IFBA made fi ve specifi c commitments to WHO regarding product composition and availability; marketing and advertising to...

World IBD Day is recognized on May 19 to raise awareness of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the two conditions that comprise it: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, both of which cause chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. World IBD Day is sponsored by the European Federation of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Associations, which includes the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.

July 28, 2015, marks the fifth annual World Hepatitis Day, established in 2010 by the World Health Organization to increase awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis. Millions of acute hepatitis infections occur each year, and approximately 400 million persons are living with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C (1). An estimated 1.4 million persons die each year from the various forms of vi...

270 HIV Infection and HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — 20 Cities, United States, 2012 276 Healthful Food Availability in Stores and Restaurants — American Samoa, 2014 279 Notes from the Field: Fatal Yellow Fever Vaccine– Associated Viscerotropic Disease — Oregon, September 2014 282 Notes from the Field: Listeriosis Associated with Stone Fruit — United States, 2014 284 A...

World Malaria Day is commemorated each year on April 25, the date in 2000 when leaders of 44 African nations met in Abuja, Nigeria, and committed their countries to reducing the number of malaria-related deaths. Approximately 90% of all malaria deaths occur in Africa (1). During the last 15 years, donors have collectively supported the procurement and distribution of billions of insecticide-tre...