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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.....

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18 Apr 2019
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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.....

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18 Apr 2019
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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.....

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14 Mar 2019
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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.....

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14 Mar 2019
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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.....

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13 Mar 2019
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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.....

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13 Mar 2019
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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.....

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08 Mar 2019
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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......

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05 Mar 2019
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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.....

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28 Feb 2019
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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.....

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20 Feb 2019
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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.....

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12 Feb 2019
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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,.....

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31 Jan 2019
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