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Global cancer burden growing, amidst mounting need for services
Ahead of World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC),…
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WHO Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari concludes visit to Lebanon
As hostilities escalate on the border between Lebanon and Israel, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari…
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WHO officially recognizes noma as a neglected tropical disease
In a pivotal move towards addressing one of the world’s most underrecognized health challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) today…
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WHO advocates for solidarity to paint a healthier and safer future
To mark the World Health Organization’s 75th anniversary, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean hosted a networking and…
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WHO celebrates the role of communities in driving progress towards ending AIDS
For World AIDS Day, marked on 1 December, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining international partners to acknowledge the…
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World Diabetes Day 2023: ensuring access to diabetes care
World Diabetes Day is being marked across the globe today. As well as raise awareness of diabetes as a global…
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Eastern Mediterranean Healthy Cities Conference 2023 concludes with Doha Statement
The Doha Statement on Healthy Cities was endorsed today, concluding the Eastern Mediterranean Healthy Cities Conference 2023 jointly organized by…
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Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted
As deaths and injuries in Gaza continue to rise due to intensified hostilities, intense overcrowding and disrupted health, water, and…
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WHO introduces the Health Technology Access Pool
The World Health Organization (WHO) announces the Health Technology Access Pool (HTAP) as the successor to the COVID-19 Technology Access…
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WHO-led joint UN and Red Crescent mission evacuates 31 infants from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
A second WHO-led joint UN mission, working in collaboration with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, earlier today evacuated 31 babies…
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WHO leads very high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
Earlier today, a joint UN humanitarian assessment team, led by WHO accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to assess the…
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Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action: For the first time in history, a cancer can be eliminated!
On November 17, 2023, the world will mark three years of the global collaboration with survivors, leaders, and advocates towards…
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Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for…
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WHO staff member killed in Gaza
With heavy hearts, WHO announces the death of one of our staff in Gaza, in the occupied Palestinian territory. Dima…
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WHO unveils framework for climate resilient and low carbon health systems
Responding to the rapidly changing climate, the World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new Operational framework for building climate-resilient…
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