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09 Oct 2021

World Health Organization

New storybook to help children stay hopeful during COVID-19

A new book published today aims to help children stay hopeful and positive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The story is a sequel to ‘My Hero is You: how kids can fight COVID-19!’, published in April 2020.&nbsp; Both books have been released by a collaboration of 60 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the United Nations High Commis...

09 Oct 2021

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15 Sep 2021

World Health Organization

New World Food Safety Day Report highlights a year-round effort to promote and ensure safe food for all

On 7 September 2021 WHO and FAO jointly released the annual World Food Safety Day report highlighting around 300 different events organized around the world on the occasion of World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021). Celebrations were held in 90 countries by international organizations, governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, academics and individuals. Click&nbsp;Access&nbsp;for mo...

15 Sep 2021

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15 Sep 2021

World Health Organization

World failing to address dementia challenge

Only a quarter of countries worldwide have a national policy, strategy or plan for supporting people with dementia and their families, according to the WHO’s ‘Global status report on the public health response to dementia’, released today. Half of these countries are in WHO’s European Region, with the remainder split between the other Regions. Yet even in Europe, many plans are expiring or...

15 Sep 2021

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15 Sep 2021

World Health Organization

WHO releases new compendium of innovative health technologies for COVID-19 and other priority diseases: Innovative technologies key to saving lives

To ensure that all countries benefit from health innovation, WHO has compiled a compendium of 24 new technologies that can be used in low-resource settings. The compendium’s main objective was to select and assess technologies that can have an immediate and future impact on COVID-19 preparedness and response, potentially improve health outcomes and quality of life, and/or offer a solution to...

15 Sep 2021

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15 Aug 2021

Union for International Cancer Control

Nutrition and cancer: fostering a global community

Over the last thirty years, there has been increasing recognition of the need to better understand how lifestyle –&nbsp;including factors related to diet, nutrition and physical activity – can influence the risk of cancer, its treatment and survival.&nbsp; Although there has been more and more research in this area, those in the cancer world are not necessarily familiar with the role of nut...

15 Aug 2021

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20 Jul 2021

Humanitarian Studies

A recipe for disaster: COVID-19 and chronic diseases amid humanitarian crises

We know that the combination of COVID-19, chronic diseases and poverty present a global health emergency: a ‘perfect storm’. But what does this mean in places with even greater fragility, conflict and uncertainty, especially now that funding for the humanitarian sector is at risk? Even before COVID-19 turned the world upside down, it was predicted that 168 million people worldwide would nee...

20 Jul 2021

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13 Jul 2021

World Health Organization

Putting people first in managing their health: new WHO guideline on self-care interventions

The World Health Organization (WHO) has today released new guidance which recognize how people can actively &nbsp;take decisions for their own health and the health of their loved ones. The new WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health provides evidence-based recommendations on specific self-care interventions that can help to ensure quality health and well-being, and to pro...

13 Jul 2021

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07 Jul 2021

World Health Organization

WHO Country Presence Portal

We are pleased to inform you that the WHO Country Presence Portal is officially LIVE! The Portal is a comprehensive “one-stop shop” that provides information about WHO’s work at country level. What’s in the Portal?&nbsp; The Portal contains information about WHO’s work in 152 countries, territories, and areas where WHO has physical presence, including: 1. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;...

07 Jul 2021

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05 Jul 2021

World Health Organization

Target 3.A of the SDGs - WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Key to Recovery from COVID-19 and Building Back Better

Curious to learn why tobacco is a burden to development and how tobacco control will contribute to recovery from COVID-19 and building back better?. Join our virtual high-level side event at the 2021 High Level Political Forum, under the auspices of ECOSOC.&nbsp; Tuesday 6 July 2021 from 19:00 to 20:30, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna, 13:00&nbsp;to 14.30 EST (New York time) The s...

05 Jul 2021

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28 Jun 2021

World Health Organization

Building best in class chatbots during COVID-19: Lessons learned during the pandemic

The World Health Organization is inviting you to the webinar “Building best in class chatbots during COVID-19” being held on 30 June 2021 at 15:00 CEST. WHO, governments, NGOs, academia and the private sector, will come together to discuss and share lessons learned during the pandemic. Chatbots are software programmes that interact with people over voice or text. Even before COVID-19, th...

28 Jun 2021

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02 Jun 2021

World Health Organization

World Health Assembly approves extension of the Global Coordination Mechanism for Noncommunicable Diseases

The World Health Assembly has approved the extension of the Global Coordination Mechanism (GCM) for Noncommunicable Diseases until 2030 and recommended a number of measures to improve its effectiveness. For more info, click&nbsp;Access

02 Jun 2021

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29 Apr 2021

World Health Organization

The new Global Dementia Observatory (GDO) Knowledge Exchange Platform

On behalf of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, we are pleased to invite you to the launch of the Global Dementia Observatory Knowledge Exchange (GDO KE) Platform.&nbsp; The launch event will take place on Wednesday, 5 May 2021 between 1pm and 2pm CET via Zoom. You can find the connection details below: Zoom link: here Password: GDOKEP#21 We will welcome distinguished s...

29 Apr 2021

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