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Cairo, 9 May, 2013 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is gravely concerned about the deteriorating situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and its adverse impact on the provision of health...
Cairo, 1 May, 2013 - On the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day on 5 May 2013, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is calling on all countries...
Starting 6 May, the second Global Road Safety Week aims to emphasize the urgent need to improve the safety of pedestrians, generate action on required measures to do so and...
Dr Ala Alwan was appointed Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean by the WHO Executive Board in January 2012. Prior to assuming his position as Regional Director, Dr Alwan was Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health at WHO headquarters in Geneva, where he led the work by WHO that resulted in the adoption of the Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2011.
