22 Oct 2021
UNICEF
New storybook to help children stay hopeful during COVID-19
Resource for parents, teachers and health professionals follows successful first edition
22 Oct 2021
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22 Oct 2021
UNICEF
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the Global Mental Health Summit
22 Oct 2021
22 Oct 2021
UNICEF
UNICEF: 75 years of engagement in and with Europe, but no time to celebrate!
During her meetings with European Union institutions this week, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Charlotte Petri Gornitza welcomed the EU’s new Strategy on the Rights of the Child - the first ever EU document positioning squarely children’s rights in EU external and internal policies and actions. UNICEF welcomes the prompt and unreserved commitment to the strategy of a big majority of EU Memb...
22 Oct 2021
12 Oct 2021
World Health Organization
WHO’s 10 calls for climate action to assure sustained recovery from COVID-19
Countries must set ambitious national climate commitments if they are to sustain a healthy and green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health, launched today, in the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, spells out the global health community’s prescription for climate action based on a growi...
12 Oct 2021
09 Oct 2021
World Health Organization
WHO report highlights global shortfall in investment in mental health
The World Health Organization’s new Mental Health Atlas paints a disappointing picture of a worldwide failure to provide people with the mental health services they need, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting a growing need for mental health support. The latest edition of the Atlas, which includes data from 171 countries, provides a clear indication that the increased attention...
09 Oct 2021
09 Oct 2021
World Health Organization
WHO prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments in new Essential Medicines Lists
WHO today published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to assist people who want to stop smoking, and new antimicrobials to treat serious bacterial and fungal infections. The listings aim to address global health prio...
09 Oct 2021
09 Oct 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...
09 Oct 2021
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. 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
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 Access for mo...
15 Sep 2021
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
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
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 – including factors related to diet, nutrition and physical activity – can influence the risk of cancer, its treatment and survival. 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