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World Diabetes Day 2023: ensuring access to diabetes care
Scaling up infection prevention and control capacities in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings
UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO Regional Directors call for immediate action to halt attacks on health care in Gaza
WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks
Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted
Attacks on health care in Gaza Strip unacceptable, says WHO
WHO Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari concludes visit to Lebanon
Healthy Cities Conference concludes with Doha Statement
WHO welcomes decision by Egypt to receive patients from Gaza Strip
Eastern Mediterranean Region Healthy Cities Conference 2023 opens, with 15 countries participating
Meet the heroes powering our emergency response
Multi-Country Funding Appeal: occupied Palestinian territory and Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan
As Gaza’s health system disintegrates, WHO calls for safe passage of fuel, supplies for health facilities
New GIS Portal for Health Emergencies goes live
WHO health supplies move towards Gaza
WHO workshop reviews project to improve monitoring capacity in humanitarian and fragile settings
WHO statement on attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital and reported large-scale casualties
WHO Regional Director’s remarks at the regional press briefing on health emergencies
WHO delivers medical supplies to Lebanon as violence in the occupied Palestinian territory intensifies
Advancing health security in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Strengthening public health intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Revitalizing M&E systems in humanitarian and fragile settings: the success story of WHO’s Response Monitoring project
Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured
Lifesaving WHO health supplies land in Egypt for people-in-need in Gaza
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip at a breaking point, warns WHO
Earthquake in Herat province
RC70 concludes with important decisions and resolutions on priority health issues
Progress update on health-related SDG targets
Meet Dr Sumaya Shaftar providing urgent mental health support to flood-affected people in Derna, Libya
Climate change, health and environment: a new regional framework for action, 2023–2029
Noncommunicable diseases in fragile and conflict-hit settings
Situation in the occupied Palestinian territory
Enhancing health security: strengthening readiness for mass gatherings
Beyond the spiritual: Saudi Arabia and WHO’s partnership to ensure safe Hajj gatherings
Building a resilient world together: the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for pandemic preparedness
New Regional Director nominated for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Health workforce in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from COVID-19 lessons to action
Member States urged to go all in to end polio during meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks
WHO works to strengthen mental health services in Libya in the aftermath of Storm Daniel
World Mental Health Day 2023: mental health is a basic human right
Final report on implementing Vision 2023
Strengthening global health security: the working group on IHR amendments
The 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean opens in Cairo
Unprecedented scale of health emergencies engulfs the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Egypt becomes the first country to achieve WHO validation on the path to elimination of hepatitis C
WHO Regional Director’s statement at the media briefing, 4 October 2023
101 health workers killed in Libya in the aftermath of Storm Daniel
WHO extends gratitude to the Government of Japan for life-saving support in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Libya: “A disaster of epic proportions”
Meet the heroes powering our emergency response
Statement by the WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the press conference on RC70
Saving lives, preventing health risks and restoring health care services in the aftermath of the Libya floods
Operations at WHO’s logistics hub in Dubai reach an unprecedented scale and impact, says new report
Faster progress on nutrition is the focus of regional meeting and new resource
WHO health supplies arrive in Libya as part of intensified response to devastating floods
World Patient Safety Day 2023
COVID-19 remains a persistent public health threat
World Suicide Prevention Day 2023
FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO join efforts to address child malnutrition affecting millions of children in the region
Call for nominations to serve on the WHO regional Youth Council
World No Tobacco Day 2023 award
Statement by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2023
Afghanistan's health system suffers critical underfunding, calls for donor support
World Humanitarian Day
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: After 4 months of war, humanitarian leaders urge action to end the tragedy in Sudan
Strengthening laboratory services in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hepatitis medicines are cheaper now. Treat to save lives.
50th country recognized by WHO for eliminating a neglected tropical disease, marking the halfway point towards the 100-country target set for 2030
Health needs heighten as Sudan conflict displaces millions of people
Three months of violence in Sudan: Health hanging in the balance
World Drowning Prevention Day 2023: Anyone can drown, no one should
WHO condemns attack on health care facility in Las Canood, Somaliland
WHO airlifts additional life-saving supplies to respond to health needs in Sudan
General health advice and guidelines for pilgrims
Statement by WHO's Regional Director on the occasion of hajj 2023
WHO welcomes the support of Member States and partners to the humanitarian response in Sudan and the Region
WHO requires US$ 145 million to respond to health emergency in Sudan and neighbouring countries
Message from Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director, on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day 2023
WHO condemns the killing of civilians and WHO staff member in a complex hotel attack in Somalia
Out of Sudan: Nadia smiles as only the brave do
“We either leave or die” a Sudanese migrant recently arrived in Egypt told WHO
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly to focus on “saving lives, driving health for all” as WHO turns 75
Regional meeting on integrated disease surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
World Family Doctors Day 2023
Quadripartite regional meeting to accelerate implementation of One Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Urgently needed emergency health supplies arrive in Port Sudan from WHO’s logistics hub in Dubai
For every 2 injuries due to the Syria earthquake, a death has occurred. WHO trauma experts explain why
WHO Regional Director's appeal following occupation of Sudan's health facilities
Launch of the Morocco–WHO cooperation strategy 2023–2027 on World Health Day and the 75th anniversary of WHO
WHO training on mass casualty management could have saved a quarter of the lives lost in Sudan to date if health care workers had access to injured civilians
Regional Director opening remarks at Regional press briefing on Sudan
Regional Director statement on attacks on health care in Sudan
WHO calls for protection of health workers and patients and unrestricted access to health care in Sudan
800 000 children to be vaccinated against measles and polio across earthquake-stricken northwest Syria
Eight years of prolonged conflict in Yemen leave over 20 million people in need of urgent health assistance
WHO and Ministry of Health collaborate to enhance Syria’s medical supply chain
WHO calls on global community to stand by Syria at Brussels donor conference
Third Scientific Conference and sixth EMARIS meeting on acute respiratory infections in the Region concludes in Muscat
Second high-level interregional meeting on the health of refugees and migrants
Syria: the time is now

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