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World AMR Awareness Week 2024

World AMR Awareness Week 2024

Qatar Foundation’s WISH Summit 2024 addresses global health challenges in partnership with WHO

Qatar Foundation’s WISH Summit 2024 addresses global health challenges in partnership with WHO

Polio vaccination campaign to resume in northern Gaza

Polio vaccination campaign to resume in northern Gaza

Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza force the postponement of polio vaccination campaign

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

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

Egypt is certified malaria-free by WHO

RC71 concludes in Doha

RC71 concludes in Doha

WHO secures an additional US$ 18 million in partner funding

WHO secures an additional US$ 18 million in partner funding

The Statement of the Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy for the post RC 71 press conference

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

Regional Director’s special event on the Investment Round, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

Strengthening health information systems: a new regional strategy

Strengthening health information systems: a new regional strategy

Accelerating the response to antimicrobial resistance across the Region

Accelerating the response to antimicrobial resistance across the Region

Mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies

Mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies

Addressing the increasing burden of trauma in humanitarian settings

Addressing the increasing burden of trauma in humanitarian settings

Introduction of the annual report and the Regional Director’s vision

Introduction of the annual report and the Regional Director’s vision

Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy during the launch of the Sport for Health report

Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy during the launch of the Sport for Health report “Changing the game: strengthening health and well-being through sport events"

Member States redouble commitments for a lasting polio-free world at RC71

Member States redouble commitments for a lasting polio-free world at RC71

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Left to right: Dr Husam Abob Alward, Dr Naser El Yousef and Dr Fares Al Shadidy, who work at the Bab al Salama Surgical Hospital. Photo credit: WHO/Mrinalini Santhanam

How healthcare workers in northwest Syria are battling antimicrobial resistance against the odds

19 November 2024

Syrian health professionals call for urgent action ahead of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

17 November 2024

His Excellency Federal Minister of Health Dr Heitham Mohamed Ibrahim Awadallah, Director General of Gedaref State Ministry of Health / Acting Gedaref State Governer Dr Ahmed Elamin Adam, and WHO Representative in Sudan Dr Shible Sahbani hold six-month old Aden Khalil, the first child to receive the malaria vaccine in Sudan, during a vaccine roll-out event in Gedaref on 04 November 2024

Sudan rolls out first malaria vaccines

4 November 2024

WHO and the UK sign an agreement to support patients from Gaza in Egypt

28 October 2024

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occupied Palestinian territory health crisis 2023

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EMHJ volume 30, issue 10, October 2024

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Volume 30, issue 10, October 2024


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