Dr El Ziq, WHO Representative to Saudi Arabia (right) addresses a meeting on the successful conclusion of this year's hajj3 September 2017 –The World Health Organization would like to congratulate Saudi Arabia for successfully hosting the hajj this year without any public health events or disease outbreaks being reported among pilgrims...

Mogadishu, 14 August 2017 – An event attended by the President of Somalia, parliamentarians, delegates from the Somali Ministry of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF, was held in Mogadishu to mark a milestone occasion: 3 years since the detection of the last case of wild poliovirus in the country.  Speaking at the event, WHO’s Regional...

HE Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General at King Salman’s Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action, and Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean6 August 2017 – In the fight against the cholera outbreak in Yemen and to help alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people, HRH Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman and Dr...

30 July 2017 – Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, met His Excellency Mr Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti during a mission to Djibouti by a high-level delegation composed of WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WFP Executive Director Mr David Beasley and UNICEF Executive Director Mr...

Cairo, 27 July 2017 - The World Health Organization and its partners will commemorate tomorrow World Hepatitis Day to add momentum to efforts aimed at implementing WHO's global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis for 2016–2021 and to help Member States achieve the final goal: Eliminating Hepatitis. For this occasion an event will be held at Serena...

KHARTOUM, 25 July 2017 - To help stop antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from killing millions and costing the global economy trillions of dollars, partners from the health and agriculture sectors are coming together in Khartoum, Sudan from 24-27 July to draft a national action plan. By the year 2050, resistance to life-saving antimicrobial drugs such...

Dr Fikri receiving the award from the Arab Hospital Federation President, Dr Mohamad Abdallah and the Federation General Secretary Prof. Tawfik Khoja20 July 2017 The WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Mahmoud Fikri, received the Arab Award for the Promotion of Public Health during his participation in the Health Economic...

Dr Tedros Adhamon Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, and Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean18 July 2017 – The WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Mahmoud Fikri, is attending the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, being held at the United Nations headquarters in New York...

10 July 2017 – With increasing numbers of people in some countries of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Region affected by acute watery diarrhoea and cholera, WHO in the Region is working with partners, including UNICEF, to save lives in areas where outbreaks are active, and reduce the risk of these diseases crossing into...

6 July 2017 – Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, paid a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, during which he met with H.E. Dr Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Minister of Health and Medical Education and high-level officials. During the 3-day visit, Dr Fikri also participated in a consultative meeting on...