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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health to be presented at Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly
30 May 2024, Geneva, Switzerland/Cairo, Egypt – Eight awards are to be presented at the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly to people and institutions from around the world for their outstanding contributions to public health in their countries and globally. Four of the awardees are from the Eastern Mediterranean Region. A special awards...
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid 25 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The conflict in Yemen enters its 10th year today, with over half of the country’s population in desperate need of aid and an estimated 17.8 million people requiring health assistance, 50% of them children. “It’s almost as if ongoing...
“We either leave or die” a Sudanese migrant recently arrived in Egypt told WHO
“We either leave or die” a Sudanese migrant recently arrived in Egypt told WHO Cairo, 24 May 2023 – Over 248 000 people have crossed the border from Sudan into neighbouring Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan, to flee the insecurity resulting from the fighting in the country and lack of access to health services due to repeated armed attacks on...
