World Health Organization names UNC lead partner in global effort to save millions of lives

Posted Oct 14, 2015
The United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) has named the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as its academic partner to help coordinate research needed for implementation of a bold new strategy aimed at saving the lives of millions of women, children and adolescents across the world within the next 15 years. (UNC.edu)

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