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Addressing plastic pollution: a call to action on World Environment Day
WHO launches Cholera Preparedness and Response Strategy for Eastern Mediterranean Region
World Food Safety Day 2025: the vital role of science in ensuring safe food
One Year in Detention: Heads of United Nations Agencies and INGOs renew demand for release of staff detained in northern Yemen
Speech by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director on the occasion marking Egypt achieving regional target of Hepatitis B control
Remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the signing of the Regional QPT joint statement
World Blood Donor Day 2025: ‘Give blood, give hope – together we save lives’
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the Regional Health Alliance meeting on Strengthening public health action on substance use
World No Tobacco Day 2025: unmasking the appeal of tobacco products
Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the ACANU press briefing
Message from Dr Hanan Balkhy WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day
Statement For Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on Occupied Palestinian territory
Statement For Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on Emergencies
Statement For Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on Poliomyelitis
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the 62nd Arab Health Council WHA side event by the League of Arab State
World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics
WHO Foundation Launches First GCC Partnership with Tawuniya to Drive Health Innovation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
WHO launches AI-powered all-hazards toolkit to accelerate health emergency response
Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the emergency press briefing
People in Gaza starving, sick and dying as aid blockade continues
WHO Regional Director’s first official visit to Morocco
State of the World’s Nursing 2025 report launch
8th UN Global Road Safety Week: #MakeWalkingSafe #MakeCyclingSafe
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean for the Arab Forum for the Development of Pharmaceutical and Vaccine Industry
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the International Nurses Day webinar
EMHJ publishes two special issues on medical risks and public health implications of the war in Gaza
World Hand Hygiene Day 2025: ‘It might be gloves. It's always hand hygiene’
WHO Regional Director concludes a successful visit to Tunisia
Closing remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the symposium on ensuring access to assistive technology and rehabilitation services in humanitarian crises
Message from Dr Hanan Balkhy Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region for World Malaria Day
‘Malaria Ends with Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite’
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the workshop with the WHO Collaborating Centres in Saudi Arabia
World Immunization Week 2025: ‘Immunization for All is Humanly Possible’
Speech by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the Strategic Partnership Event hosted by the King Khaled Foundation in Riyadh
Speech by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director Tackling the region’s #1 killer: WHO’s fight against heart disease TCT Plus Middle East 2025 in Riyadh
After 2 years of conflict Sudan’s health system faces collapse as rainy season nears
Dr Hanan Balkhy concludes a 1-day visit to Oman
Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the launch of the Oman National Health Policy
Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures – On World Health Day WHO calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
World Health Day 2025: ‘Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures’
Strengthening health collaboration with Qatar
Message from Dr Hanan Balkhy Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on the occasion of the World Tuberculosis Day
Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the Health emergencies press briefing
Eighty percent of WHO-supported facilities in Afghanistan risk shutdown by June
On International Women’s Day WHO calls for accelerated action on gender equality
Cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a 10-year IARC-WHO collaboration
Obesity Day 2025: addressing the growing burden of obesity
World Hearing Day 2025
WHO Regional Director’s address to the Policy Dialogue to Scale Up the Implementation of the Regional Director’s Flagship Initiative to Strengthen the Public Health Response to Substance Use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 28 February 2025
Humanitarian access improves quality of polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip
WHO and NRC address rising substance use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
WHO Regional Director’s address to the Policy Dialogue to Scale Up the Implementation of the Regional Director’s Flagship Initiative to Strengthen the Public Health Response to Substance Use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
WHO and King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre expand life-saving health interventions with new agreements at Riyadh Humanitarian Forum
First ever WHO treaty marks 20 years of saving millions of lives worldwide
Substance use disorders: policy dialogue
Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
Dr Hanan Balkhy’s visit to Kuwait
Address by Dr Hanan Balkhy Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region at the inauguration of the poliovirus environmental surveillance diagnostic laboratory, Oman
World Epilepsy Day 2025 – a call for improved access to care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
International Childhood Cancer Day
Address by Dr Hanan Balkhy Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the Second Healthy Cities Conference in Kuwait
WHO Regional Director’s statement for the Executive Board 156: Report of the regional committees to the Executive Board
WHO Regional Director’s statement for the Executive Board 156: Poliomyelitis
WHO Regional Director’s statement for the Executive Board 156: Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem
UN partners unite for a healthier Eastern Mediterranean
Regional Director opening remarks at the emergencies press briefing
WHO calls for global action on World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate.
Presidential Initiative on Women’s Health hosts high-level dialogue to advance equity and innovation in women’s cancer care in collaboration with WHO
The ceasefire in Gaza brings hope, but immense challenges lie ahead to restore the health system
Regional Health Alliance strategic dialogue: towards a unified regional WHO–UN health agenda in 2025
Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service following a raid yesterday and repeated attacks since October
Yemen reports the highest burden of cholera globally
Lebanon: soaring needs for trauma treatment and rehabilitation
WHO’s Region of the Americas and Eastern Mediterranean Region sign an agreement to enhance access to medicines
International Migrants Day 2024: building a healthier future for all
Universal Health Coverage Day 2024: WHO urges governments to prioritize financial protection for health
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal special edition: How taxes on tobacco, nicotine and sugar sweetened beverages help save lives
Regional press briefing on health emergencies
WHO report highlights major returns on investment in protecting women against cancers
Message from Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean on the occasion of World AIDS Day
WHO Regional Director concludes second visit to Afghanistan, reinforcing support for polio eradication and enhanced action against substance abuse and preventable diseases
Message from WHO’s Regional Director for the eastern Mediterranean to mark
World AMR Awareness Week 2024
Lebanon: a conflict particularly destructive to health care
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2024
World Diabetes Day 2024
Qatar Foundation’s WISH Summit 2024 addresses global health challenges in partnership with WHO
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the Regional press briefing on emergencies
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region Dr Hanan Balkhy’s statement on her visit to Somalia
Second round of polio campaign in Gaza completed amid ongoing conflict and attacks: UNICEF and WHO
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region visits Djibouti
Pink October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza force the postponement of polio vaccination campaign
Patients transferred, critical supplies denied as high-risk, on WHO-led joint mission in northern Gaza amid intense hostilities
Egypt is certified malaria-free by WHO
WHO secures an additional US$ 18 million in partner funding
RC71 concludes in Doha
The Statement of the Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy for the post RC 71 press conference
Regional Director’s special event on the Investment Round, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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