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Regional Director's statement for the presser on RC71 highlights and emergencies updates
WHO Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy concludes her first official visit to Oman
Regional expert network launched to help ensure continuity of care for chronic kidney disease patients during emergencies
International Day of Older Persons
WHO validates the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Pakistan
World Heart Day - 29 September 2024: campaigning for cardiovascular health
Sudan surpasses 100 attacks on healthcare since 2023 armed conflict began
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
100 Days of Detention: Regional Directors of UN agencies and INGOs Call for Immediate Release of Arbitrarily Detained Staff
Jordan becomes first country to receive WHO verification for eliminating leprosy
Suspect and Protect: Concussion awareness campaign
Around 560 000 children vaccinated in first round of polio campaign in Gaza
WHO analysis highlights vast unmet rehabilitation needs in Gaza
High-level mission to Sudan reaffirms WHO commitment, calls for urgent action to address and end the extreme health and humanitarian crisis
First phase of polio campaign concludes successfully in Gaza
Youth raise awareness of tobacco industry tricks
Better snakebite data needed to save lives and limbs
Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on World Humanitarian Day 2024
Together to fill the gap and support breastfeeding mothers
Statement by WHO Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy
WHO and United Arab Emirates evacuate 85 patients from Gaza
World Hepatitis Day 2024: It’s Time for Action
Launch of the National Guidelines Programme of Egypt
Fifteen children from Gaza to receive urgent medical care in Spain
Breastfeeding support to bring benefits to more babies and mums
Marking 50 years of EPI’s life-saving impact
WHO Regional Director and Japan's Ambassador to Egypt commit to strengthening partnership for health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Welcoming remarks by WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Hanan Balkhy for an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Essential Programme on Immunization (EPI)
Opening remarks by WHO Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy at media briefing, 17 July 2024
Statement by WHO Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy on visit to the occupied Palestinian territory
WHO Steps Up Cross-Regional Efforts for Sudan’s Humanitarian Emergency
Interregional meeting: Advancing Universal Health Coverage and Health Security through Private Health Sector Engagement
Regional Director's statement during the press briefing on emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
WHO concerned about escalating health crisis in West Bank
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2024: ensuring older people’s safety in emergencies
Unsafe food makes 100 million people ill each year in the Region
Better antimicrobial use data to accelerate action on antimicrobial resistance
Awards for outstanding contributions to public health to be presented at Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly
Engaging journalists on promoting IPC and hand hygiene to save lives
High-level panel discussion on health in Eastern Mediterranean Region explores ways to move from crisis to opportunity
WHO welcomes funding support from KSrelief for critical health response operations in Sudan, Syria, and Yemen
Tobacco and nicotine industry tactics addict youth for life
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: call for quality maternal health care for all
Statement on Syria by WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Hanan Balkhy
World Hypertension Day on 17 May 2024: Know your blood pressure, and control it!
Meet the heroes powering our emergency response: Dr Sahar Maklad, Regional Staff doctor, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Qatar and WHO prepare new Country Cooperation Strategy
International days for nurses and midwives 2024
On visit to Afghanistan, WHO Regional Director emphasizes support for health priorities and intercountry collaboration
WHO Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy concludes her first visit to Pakistan
Rafah incursion would substantially increase mortality and morbidity and further weaken an already broken health system
50 years of EPI’s extraordinary impact on global health
Opening statement by Director of Programme Management at the World Immunization Week press conference, 29 April 2024
Devising therapeutic patient education on diabetes to improve quality of life
WHO Regional Director visits Islamic Republic of Iran to discuss health challenges and strengthen cooperation
Be ONE VOICE against tobacco: call for video messages
Visiting Lebanon, WHO Regional Director affirms support to address multiple health system challenges
Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports
Meet the heroes powering our emergency response: Dr Ahmed Al Soofi Head of WHO suboffice in Al Hudaydah, Yemen
UN agencies launch joint programme to support Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in climate change response
World Health Day 2024 highlights the right to health
WHO commends Iraq’s world-first in polio transition
WHO mourns loss of team member killed in Syria
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Hassan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the occasion of celebrating the World Tuberculosis Day
World Tuberculosis Day 2024: many more TB cases could be prevented
Regional Director statement on visit to Al-Arish and Rafah, Egypt
Unprecedented number of Syrians in need of aid after 13 years of war
Regional Director statement on Sudan
Sudan to respond to new emergence of variant poliovirus in Red Sea State
Childhood cancer control: pushing for progress in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
WHO and Japan sign US$ 8 million agreement to support patients from Gaza Strip in Egypt
Message by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024
International Women’s Day 2024: invest in women to accelerate progress
Health financing reforms needed to advance universal health coverage
World Obesity Day 2024: Fasting and obesity prevention
World Hearing Day 2024: a global call to change mindsets
Regional Director opening remarks at EMRO press briefing
WHO and Dubai’s International Humanitarian City to send life-saving health supplies to Gaza Strip
WHO transfers critical patients out of Nasser Medical Complex, fears for safety of remaining patients
International Childhood Cancer Day 2024: reducing the survival gap
WHO, KSrelief sign new agreement to support over one million people in Gaza
WHO art competition for school students
World Cancer Day 2024
WHO advocates for solidarity to paint a healthier and safer future
Leadership roundtable event on women’s health: addressing women’s cancers in the Eastern Mediterranean
WHO and partners bring fuel to Al-Shifa, as remaining hospitals in Gaza face growing threats
Dr Hanan Balkhy is appointed WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
Young health professionals combat antimicrobial resistance
Regional Director opening remarks at WHO/EMRO press briefing
WHO teams deliver supplies to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza
WHO builds health emergency response capacities
Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza
Opening remarks, UN Palais briefing, 21 December 2023
WHO and IARC: 10 years of collaboration to control cancer
Regional Director statement for media briefing
WHO delivers health supplies to Al-Shifa Hospital, appeals for continued access to address urgent needs in north Gaza
WHO calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk mission to transfer patients, deliver health supplies
RD’s intervention for the special session on the health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem Geneva
WHO strengthens risk assessment capacities in Morocco

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