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26 Feb 2026

Ministry of Public Health Thailand, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Strengthening comprehensive diabetes care with innovative approaches. Thailand’s National Diabetes Remission Programme

Thailand is facing a rising burden of type 2 diabetes (T2D), with prevalence increasing from 7.1% in 2004 to nearly 11% in 2025. Public health partners in Thailand worked together to address this challenge through new diabetes remission programmes that complement and reinforce comprehensive diabetes care nationwide.&nbsp;In Thailand, diabetes remission is characterized as achieving and maintaining...

26 Feb 2026

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WHO regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

The Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer Stakeholder Workshop in Egypt

Egypt

12 May 2025

The workshop aimed to present the WHO Global Initiative on Childhood Cancer (GICC) and the WHO CureAll technical package to national policymakers and multidisciplinary providers involved in childhood cancer care in Egypt. The workshop sought to summarize the current landscape in Egypt by highlighting recent achievements in the field of pediatric oncology, while also identifying existing gaps and o...

12 May 2025

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WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

International Childhood Cancer Day in Pakistan

Pakistan

04 Mar 2025

Dr. Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital (ANTH) and Islamabad Medical &amp; Dental College (IMDC) commemorated International Childhood Cancer Day 2025 with a special visit from WHO officials, including Ms Ellen Thom, Deputy WHO Representative in Pakistan; Dr Soofia Yunus, DG Federal Health Ministry of Pakistan; and Dr Qudsia Uzma, Technical Officer, RMNCH. The visit, hosted by the Paediatrics Department...

04 Mar 2025

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NIHR, IPCRG, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), WHO

Stakeholder dissemination workshop: Beliefs surrounding the use of inhaled asthma medication in The Gambia.

Gambia

21 Oct 2024

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), World Health Organization For people in low- and middle-income countries living with asthma, controlling their symptoms is often challenging. The lack of national asthma guidelines and diagnostic...

21 Oct 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

“When you need help, people will come”

Ukraine

27 Sep 2024

Dr Iryna Vlasenko is a Ukrainian pharmacist and Vice President of the International Diabetes Federation. She lives with type 1 diabetes.&nbsp; She remembers her reaction to being told she had diabetes, 31 years ago: “I could not accept my diagnosis. I was a student. I was a very active person in every way, dancing, doing sport. This couldn’t be happening to me, it wasn’t possible. A condi...

27 Sep 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific

Strengthening Minds: Malaysia Strengthens Efforts to Enhance the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents

Malaysia

27 Sep 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health crisis among children and adolescents has become more pronounced globally. In Malaysia, the situation is particularly dire, with the 2022 National Health Morbidity Survey revealing that one in four adolescents is battling depression, and one in ten has reported a suicidal attempt. These alarming statistics highlight the urgent need for target...

27 Sep 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Enhancing HPV vaccination

Lesotho

27 Sep 2024

Maseru&nbsp;– “It was a no-brainer,” says 34-year-old ‘Malihaelo Qhobela of her decision to allow her 13-year-old daughter, Lihaelo, to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) at Soofia International School in Lesotho’s Butha-Buthe District. HPV, a sexually transmitted disease, is the leading cause of cervical cancer, a major health issue in Lesotho. Approximately, 541 wo...

27 Sep 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Mauritius intensifies efforts to combat tobacco epidemic

Mauritius

27 Sep 2024

Port Louis –&nbsp;Sutrajeet Ghuburrun was 16 when he smoked his first cigarette. Over the next 40 years, the taxi driver from Bel Air, a village in the east of Mauritius, smoked between 15 and 20 cigarettes a day. Although he had long known about the harms of smoking, it was only in 2022, following a coronary angioplasty (a procedure to open narrowed arteries), that he finally quit. He is now mo...

27 Sep 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Ensuring primary health services for displaced people

Sudan

27 Sep 2024

Juba ‒&nbsp;Cecilia Achuwor, a 38-year-old mother of six children, is one of the hundreds of thousands of refugees and returnees who have crossed the border into South Sudan since the beginning of the conflict in neighbouring Sudan 16 months ago. “My husband remains in Khartoum,” she says. “We separated from him without any communication. He doesn’t know where we are and we also don’t...

27 Sep 2024

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World Health Organization, WHO regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Implementing the WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People living with NCDs in Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Syrian Arab Republic

26 Aug 2024

This July, the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Syrian Ministry of Health conducted a two-day national scoping workshop setting priorities for the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) and introducing the WHO Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs, Mental Health Conditions, and Neurological Conditions. The multistake...

26 Aug 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific

Closer to Home: Australian support makes dialysis accessible for thousands in Lao PDR

Lao People's Democratic Republic

10 Jun 2024

"It was difficult for patients to travel for [dialysis] treatment, especially due to the costs involved. Patients had to go to Vientiane, Khammouan province, other provinces, and even overseas,” says&nbsp;Dr. Sonephet Keoindavong, a specialist at Bolikhamxay Provincial Hospital, as he recalls the limited access to dialysis for his community. “I chose to become a doctor because I am passiona...

10 Jun 2024

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Gender-Based Violence: PAHO/WHO supports women survivors in IDP sites in Haiti <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

PAN American Health Organization (PAHO)

Gender-Based Violence: PAHO/WHO supports women survivors in IDP sites in Haiti

Haiti

03 Jun 2024

Port-au-Prince, June 3, 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - In support of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) in its emergency response to the current security crisis, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Haiti is collaborating with the TOYA Foundation to help displaced women and girls who are survivors of violence caused by armed groups. GBV on the rise "My house was burnt down,...

03 Jun 2024

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