Dr. Tedros, WHO Director-General, joined the Foreign Ministers of Japan, Thailand and Georgia to host a Ministerial Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the High-level Meeting on UHC and promote the release of the UN Secretary-General’s Policy Brief on COVID-19 and UHC. Ministers of Foreign Affairs and […]
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As our climate changes, health systems and health care facilities come under mounting pressure, making it harder for health professionals to keep people healthy from increasingly severe climate impacts. New WHO guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities provides health professionals and health care facility managers with […]
Women in sub-Saharan Africa affected by genital schistosomiasis suppress their health-seeking behaviour and are reluctant to speak about their condition, fearing matrimonial and societal consequences. Children as young as 12 years with swollen legs from lymphatic filariasis are booed at school. People with leprosy resist health-seeking behaviour for fear of […]
The page or file you are trying to access cannot be found. This is because the web address is incorrect or the file has been moved or deleted. Please try the following: Return to the WHO home page. Check that the web address is correct. If you still encounter […]
The page or file you are trying to access cannot be found. This is because the web address is incorrect or the file has been moved or deleted. Please try the following: Return to the WHO home page. Check that the web address is correct. If you still encounter […]
On 5 October 2020, WHO and Denmark signed a multiyear agreement in which Denmark increased its flexible support to WHO. As part of the agreement, Denmark’s funding to WHO will exceed 140 million Danish kroner (over US$ 20 million) of flexible and thematic contributions for the 2020-2023 period. Denmark’s voluntary […]
Dr. Tedros, WHO Director-General, joined the Foreign Ministers of Japan, Thailand and Georgia to host a Ministerial Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the High-level Meeting on UHC and promote the release of the UN Secretary-General’s Policy Brief on COVID-19 and UHC. Ministers of Foreign Affairs and […]
As our climate changes, health systems and health care facilities come under mounting pressure, making it harder for health professionals to keep people healthy from increasingly severe climate impacts. New WHO guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities provides health professionals and health care facility managers with […]
Women in sub-Saharan Africa affected by genital schistosomiasis suppress their health-seeking behaviour and are reluctant to speak about their condition, fearing matrimonial and societal consequences. Children as young as 12 years with swollen legs from lymphatic filariasis are booed at school. People with leprosy resist health-seeking behaviour for fear of […]
The page or file you are trying to access cannot be found. This is because the web address is incorrect or the file has been moved or deleted. Please try the following: Return to the WHO home page. Check that the web address is correct. If you still encounter […]