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Partnerships, empowerment and action: a multisectoral response to end gender-based violence against women and girls in Asia and the Pacific
United Nations agencies convene over 100 government and civil society partners from 12 countries for a landmark meeting in Bangkok to respond to gender-based violence Bangkok, June 28, 2017 – Governments, civil society and the United Nations in Asia and the Pacific are strengthening the roll-out and implementation of a multi-sectoral response to...
WHO expresses thanks and appreciation to His Royal Highness, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, for his generous initiative to fund cholera response activities in Yemen
23 June 2017 – The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses deep thanks and appreciation to His Royal Highness, Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence for his generous initiative to fund cholera response activities in Yemen. King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre in Saudi...
King Salman Centre for Humanitarian Aid and Relief supports cholera response in Yemen
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 15 June 2017 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Centre for Humanitarian Aid and Relief have signed an agreement for almost US$ 8.3 million to support the ongoing health response to the cholera outbreak in Yemen. This support from the King Salman Centre will ensure that 7.3 million people in 13 priority...
World Blood Donor Day: Don’t wait until disaster strikes. Give blood now.
12 June 2017, Cairo – Every year, on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The event serves to thank blood donors for their life-saving gift of blood and to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations throughout the year to ensure the availability of safe blood supplies for patients in need. This year’s...
Highlights of the Regional Director's 3-day visit to Tunisia, May 2017
Regional Director meets with H.E. Minister of Health of Tunisia During his official visit to Tunisia in May 2017, Dr Mahmoud Fikri, the WHO Regional Director, visited H.E The Minister of Health of Tunisia accompanied by senior advisors. They discussed health system strengtening and WHO's technical support to national health programnes. H.E. the...
Japan's support to WHO boosts lifesaving health interventions for IDPs and refugees in Ninewa, Erbil and Duhok
Baghdad, 29 May 2017 – The Government of Japan extended its support to the World Health Organization in March this year with a donation of over US$ 1 million to implement a project to provide integrated lifesaving services in camps for internally displaced people and Syrian refugees in the hosting governorates of Ninewa, Erbil and Duhok. Through...
Regional Director meets Minister of Health of Palestine
WHO Director of Programme Management Dr Jaouad Mahjour, MInister of Health of Palestine Dr Jawad Awaad, WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Mahmoud Fikri, Director-General of the Ministry Dr Asad Al Rimlawi28 May 2017 – During the Seventieth World Health Assembly WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr...
WHO's Regional Director presents WHO's gold medal to Princess Lalla Salma for her accomplishments in the fight against cancer
28 May 2017 – During his visit to Morocco, on behalf of WHO’s Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Mahmoud Fikri presented WHO's gold medal to Princess Lalla Salma, King Mohamed VI’s wife, for her accomplishments in the fight against cancer. Dr Fikri also visited H.E the Prime Minister of...
WHA side event discusses SDGs, polio eradication and emergencies
24 May 2017 – The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean convened a meeting for delegates of countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region as a side event at the Seventieth World Health Assembly. The meeting discussed the Sustainable Development Goals, polio eradication and emergencies. Sustainable Development Goals Superseding the...
WHO’s Regional Director presents roadmap for WHO’s work in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Geneva, 23 May 2017 – The Seventieth World Health Assembly (WHA) opened yesterday in Geneva, Switzerland, and will take place until 31 May 2017. The Health Assembly is being attended by nearly 4000 delegates from WHO’s 194 Member States and partner organizations and is WHO’s highest decision-making body, setting out organizational policy and approving...
