South Korea's Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn declares a "de facto end" to the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Virus (Mers).

Cuba successfully eliminates mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.

Colombia announces it will stop using a controversial herbicide to destroy illegal plantations of coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of the Ebola virus, as the country has had no new cases in 42 days.

The WHO urges Ebola survivors to be even more cautious during sexual contact to ensure the virus is not passed on to their partners.

A preliminary report made public by the World Health Organisation (WHO) paints a bleak picture where 2 million people die of food-borne diseases globally.