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Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly to focus on “saving lives, driving health for all” as WHO turns 75
19 May 2023, Geneva – As the world faces ongoing health and humanitarian emergencies, the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly will focus on driving forward health for all. This year’s session of the World Health Assembly will determine the immediate and longer-term future of WHO, starting with the program budget for the next two years, key...
Regional meeting on integrated disease surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Cairo, 21 May 2023 – The regional meeting on integrated disease surveillance (IDS) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and workshop on the open-source District Health Information Software (DHIS2) as an electronic platform for IDS was convened by an inter-departmental Technical Working Group on IDS 14–18 May 2023 in Cairo, Egypt. The first regional...
World Family Doctors Day 2023
Family doctors: the heart of health care 17 May 2023, Cairo – On 19 May 2023, WHO joins the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) and Member States in celebrating World Family Doctor Day. Family doctors play a crucial role in promoting the health and well-being of individuals and communities. Their dedication, compassion and expertise make...
Quadripartite regional meeting to accelerate implementation of One Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
13 May 2023 – The first high-level Quadripartite regional meeting to accelerate implementation of One Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region took place on 8–11 May 2023 in Muscat, Oman. The 4-day meeting of the Quadripartite, comprising the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),...
Urgently needed emergency health supplies arrive in Port Sudan from WHO’s logistics hub in Dubai
Cairo, 05 May 2023 – Thirty metric tons of urgently needed trauma and emergency surgical supplies arrived in Port Sudan today aboard a chartered flight from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Logistics Hub in Dubai. Pending security and access clearances, the supplies will be distributed to 13 health facilities across the country to assist in...
For every 2 injuries due to the Syria earthquake, a death has occurred. WHO trauma experts explain why
Why was the number of deaths so much higher after the earthquake in Syria compared to injuries? From experience, we know that for every death there will likely be somewhere between 2 to 4 injuries. In Syria, the injury load was only twice the load of people dead, so an approximate ratio of 1:2. Other than the proximity of the earthquake center to...
WHO Regional Director's appeal following occupation of Sudan's health facilities
27 April 2023 – While the news of the ceasefire in Sudan is welcome, the attack on Sudan’s health infrastructure has escalated with the occupation of hospitals in Khartoum and Sudan’s central public health laboratory by parties to the conflict. The impact of these occupations and the violation of these vital health facilities is being felt by the...
Launch of the Morocco–WHO cooperation strategy 2023–2027 on World Health Day and the 75th anniversary of WHO
Presentation of the trophy to H.E. the Minister of Health and Social Protection by the WHO Representative25 April 2023 – Celebrated on 7 April each year, World Health Day 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of WHO, under the theme "Health for All". The celebration was above all an opportunity to look back at the public health...
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
23 April 2023 – More than 420 deaths and 3700 injuries have been reported by the Federal Ministry of Health since the escalation of violence erupted in Sudan on 15 April – but paramedics, frontline nurses and doctors are often unable to access injured civilians, because of insecurity and attacks on ambulances and health facilities. The Federal Ministry...
Regional Director opening remarks at Regional press briefing on Sudan
20 April 2023 – We are all aware of the horrific situation currently unfolding in Sudan. Since April 15th, almost 330 people have died and almost 3200 more injured as a result of fighting between government and armed opposition forces in Khartoum and a number of other states, including Darfur States. Movement in Khartoum is restricted due to the...
