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18 Apr 2019

World Health Organization

WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions

WHO today released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services. “Harnessing the power of digital technologies is essential for achieving universal health coverage,” says WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Ultimately, digital techno...

18 Apr 2019

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18 Apr 2019

World Health Organization

WHO to continue to facilitate countries’ information-sharing to improve transparency on prices

At a global forum on fair pricing and access to medicines, delegates from governments and civil society organizations called for greater transparency around the cost of research and development as well as&nbsp;production of medicines, to allow buyers to negotiate more affordable prices.&nbsp; The forum, co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of South Africa, aimed t...

18 Apr 2019

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14 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

WHO unveils sweeping reforms in drive towards “triple billion” targets

WHO today announced the most wide-ranging reforms in the Organization’s history to modernize and strengthen the institution to play its role more effectively and efficiently as the world’s leading authority on public health. &nbsp;The changes are designed to support countries in achieving the ambitious “triple billion” targets that are at the heart of WHO’s strategic plan for the next fi...

14 Mar 2019

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14 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

Women and emergency telecommunications: Building gender equality into the global response

Women and children account for more than 75 per cent of the refugees and displaced persons at risk from war, famine, persecution and natural disasters, according to the United Nations Population Fund. But access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) has a major impact on people’s ability to prepare for, survive and recover from disasters. &nbsp; Data from the International Fede...

14 Mar 2019

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13 Mar 2019

United Nations Population Fund

Ramping up cervical cancer prevention efforts in the Republic of Moldova

CHISINAU, Moldova –&nbsp;Irina Starciac, 46, was certain she was healthy. "I never had any symptoms that would get me worried,” she said. She was lucky, then, that her family doctor decided to screen her for cervical cancer last September.

13 Mar 2019

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13 Mar 2019

World Diabetes Foundation

WDF and UNICEF join forces to prevent NCDs in children

On 5 March, the Chairman of UNICEF Denmark and the Chairman of the World Diabetes Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate collaboration between the two organisations in an area of common interest: preventing diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).&nbsp; Read more here.

13 Mar 2019

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08 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

WHO launches the hearWHO app for mobile devices to help detect hearing loss

1 March 2018: GENEVA - Ahead of the annual World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched "hearWHO", a free application for mobile devices which allows people to check their hearing regularly and intervene early in case of hearing loss. The app is targeted at those who are at risk of hearing loss or who already experience some of the symptoms related to hearing loss....

08 Mar 2019

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05 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

Community on Women and NCDs Launch

A seminar titled&nbsp;‘Why Focus on Women and NCDs?’ marked the launch of the Community on Women and NCDs. This is a new Community facilitated by The George Institute for Global Health and will be hosted on the Knowledge Action Portal. &nbsp; &nbsp; The Community will promote gender equity and address the burden of disease facing women and girls through a life-course approach, which reco...

05 Mar 2019

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28 Feb 2019

UNICEF

UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness

GENEVA, 14 February 2019&nbsp;- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Agency, are calling on States and regional organisations to take urgent action to ensure no child is born, or remains, stateless in Europe.&nbsp; Read more here.

28 Feb 2019

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20 Feb 2019

World Health Organization

Countries are spending more on health, but people are still paying too much out of their own pockets

Spending on health is growing faster than the rest of the global economy, accounting for 10% of global gross domestic product (GDP). A new report on global health expenditure from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals a swift upward trajectory of global health spending, which is particularly noticeable in low- and middle-income countries where health spending is growing on average 6% annuall...

20 Feb 2019

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12 Feb 2019

World Health Organization

New WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people

Nearly 50% of people aged 12-35 years – or 1.1 billion young people – are at risk of hearing loss due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud sounds, including music they listen to through personal audio devices. Ahead of World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have issued a new international standard for the manu...

12 Feb 2019

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31 Jan 2019

World Health Organization

Ten threats to global health in 2019

The world is facing multiple health challenges. These range from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesity and physical inactivity to the&nbsp; health impacts of environmental pollution and climate change and multiple humanitarian crises. Read more here.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

31 Jan 2019

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