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27 May 2019

World Health Organization

The Secretariat of the WHO FCTC and WHO applaud the Brazilian government’s action to seek compensation from tobacco companies

On 21 May, the Office of the Attorney-General of Brazil filed a lawsuit at the Federal Court of Rio Grande do Sul against the largest tobacco corporations in Brazil and their parent companies abroad, to seek recovery of healthcare costs related to the treatment of tobacco-induced diseases. The claim covers costs generated in the Brazilian healthcare system for the treatment of patients suffering f...

27 May 2019

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World Health Organization

Afghanistan’s successful deployment of the NCD emergency kit shows the importance of integrating NCD services into primary health care to save lives

Afghanistan

20 Mar 2019

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are currently causing an estimated 109 000 deaths every year in Afghanistan. In order to address this burden, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners deployed the NCD emergency kit in four primary health care centers in different provinces with declared emergencies. The Kit supports treatment for...

20 Mar 2019

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World Health Organization

Svetlana Gogoleva: connecting with cancer patients in distant locations

Russian Federation

06 Mar 2019

Providing patients with the best possible quality of care sometimes requires finding new and innovative ways to meet their needs. Nurses are often at the forefront of designing and implementing these new approaches, leading the way for other health workers involved in care. Svetlana Gogoleva, Chief Nurse at the Republican Oncology Dispensary in Yakutia Republic, Russian Federation, has played a...

06 Mar 2019

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World Diabetes Foundation

Improving foot care for refugees

Jordan

19 Feb 2019

WDF has worked with the UN Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) since 2002 to improve diabetes prevention and care in the agency’s health centres across the region.&nbsp; WDF’s 2019 fundraiser project, Prevention and Management of Diabetic Foot for Refugees with Diabetes, will build on the learnings from this long-term partnership, with a special focus on prev...

19 Feb 2019

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UNESCO

Expanding girls' access to quality education in Pakistan

Pakistan

21 Nov 2018

UNESCO and the Government of Pakistan launched the Malala Funds-in-Trust for Girls’ Right to Education Programme to increase access to and improve the quality of girls’ primary education in most marginalized districts in Pakistan. Since 2015 and by 2019, over 40,000 out of primary school girls are to be reached through capacity-building and targeted interventions at both institutional and comm...

21 Nov 2018

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FAO

Growing a sustainable future - Turkey

Turkey

21 Nov 2018

Hundreds of refugees from war-torn Syria receive agricultural training organized by a partnership of FAO, UNHCR and the Turkish government, helping them find the em-ployment needed to build futures in Turkey.

21 Nov 2018

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World Health Organization

In the words of Tanya Gilly Khailany: “When it comes to women’s rights, there’s no room for diplomacy”

Iraq

19 Oct 2018

Tanya Gilly Khailany, from Iraqi-Kurdistan, is a former member of the Iraqi Parliament (2006 – 2010) and a co-founder of the SEED Foundation, an organization that works with survivors of violence and trafficking in Iraq. An outspoken women’s rights activist, side on the margins of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on 26 September in New York. In this interview, Ms. Gilly-Khailany tal...

19 Oct 2018

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UN Women

Sport paves the way for skills and jobs for young mothers in Brazil

Brazil

08 Oct 2018

After empowering hundreds of girls and young mothers in poor communities across Rio de Janeiro, the joint programme by UN Women and International Olympic Committee enters its second phase. &nbsp; &nbsp;

08 Oct 2018

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World Health Organization

WHO sending NCDs medicines and materials kits to humanitarian crises

Syrian Arab Republic

20 Oct 2017

To respond to the continuing need during humanitarian crises to treat people for noncommunicable diseases, WHO has developed and started delivering its first dedicated kits of medicines and equipment for caring for people living with diabetes, hypertension and related conditions. This video follows the assembly of the kits in the Netherlands and their delivery to southern Turkey, where WHO dispatc...

20 Oct 2017

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