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International Migrants Day 2024: building a healthier future for all

International Migrants Day 2024: building a healthier future for all

Wednesday, 18 December 2024 – The theme of this year’s International Migrants Day – Honouring the Contributions of Migrants and Respecting Their Rights – helps remind us of the positive contributions migrants make to the societies and countries that host them, the challenges they face in achieving their full potential and capabilities, and the...

Universal Health Coverage Day 2024: WHO urges governments to prioritize financial protection for health

Universal Health Coverage Day 2024: WHO urges governments to prioritize financial protection for health

12 December 2024, Cairo, Egypt — Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day is celebrated annually on 12 December. This year’s theme, “Health: It’s on the government”, underscores the role governments play in ensuring that no one is forced to choose between health care and necessities such as food. To mark UHC Day 2024, the World Health Organization...

Regional press briefing on health emergencies

Regional press briefing on health emergencies

4 December 2024 Good afternoon, everyone, and greetings from Cairo. As we hold our final press briefing of the year, I am reflecting on the steadily increasing health needs of our Region, and the road that lies ahead. This has been a profoundly difficult year, marked by tremendous grief and loss for the people of our Region. The path ahead is...

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal special edition: How taxes on tobacco, nicotine and sugar sweetened beverages help save lives

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal special edition: How taxes on tobacco, nicotine and sugar sweetened beverages help save lives

5 December 2024 – The Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (EMJH) has published a special edition examining the role of taxation in addressing the public health challenges posed by the consumption of tobacco and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Consumption of SSBs and tobacco and nicotine products increases the...

WHO report highlights major returns on investment in protecting women against cancers

WHO report highlights major returns on investment in protecting women against cancers

2 December 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report that highlights how, if left unaddressed, breast and cervical cancers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region could result in the loss of millions of lives and billions of dollars over the next 2 decades. Women’s cancers represent a major public health...

Message from Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean on the occasion of World AIDS Day

Message from Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean on the occasion of World AIDS Day

This World AIDS Day, I want to emphasize the importance of knowing one’s HIV status. There are an estimated 530 000 people living with HIV in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, but just 38% of them know that they are HIV positive. Only those who know their [HIV] status can access treatment, live healthy lives and prevent transmission to others. Providing...

WHO Regional Director concludes second visit to Afghanistan, reinforcing support for polio eradication and enhanced action against substance abuse and preventable diseases

WHO Regional Director concludes second visit to Afghanistan, reinforcing support for polio eradication and enhanced action against substance abuse and preventable diseases

26 November 2024, Cairo/Kabul – WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Hanan Balkhy recently concluded a 3-day visit to Afghanistan where she met with the country’s de facto authorities, health officials and humanitarian partners to discuss critical health priorities. Central to the discussions were Afghanistan’s efforts to...

Message from WHO’s Regional Director for the eastern Mediterranean to mark

Message from WHO’s Regional Director for the eastern Mediterranean to mark

16 days of activism to end violence against women The 16 Days of Activism campaign is an annual call for action to End Violence Against Women. In February 2000, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We have made some progress since then, but sadly we...

World AMR Awareness Week 2024

World AMR Awareness Week 2024

24 November 2024, Cairo, Egypt – Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to public health, economic growth and development in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Misuse and overuse of antibiotics is a key driver of AMR. At almost 25% higher than the global average, the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region has the...

Lebanon: a conflict particularly destructive to health care

Lebanon: a conflict particularly destructive to health care

More health workers and patients have been killed proportionally in Lebanon than in Ukraine and Gaza 22 November 2024, Beirut, Lebanon – Since 7 October 2023, 47% of attacks on health care – 65 out of 137 – have proven fatal to at least one health worker or patient in Lebanon, as of 21 November 2024. This is a higher percentage than in any active...

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