It takes 10 years for a cigarette to decompose allowing further chemical damage to leach into our eco-system. There is only one earth 🌎🌍🌏 - let us protect it by saying No Tobacco 🚭

.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the IsDB Group panel on #COVID19 lessons:
- lack of investment in public health, especially primary health care, incl. in high-income countries
- lack of equity: “the COVID-19 has shown how ‘ugly’ we are in terms of inequity”
- politisation of the virus and the…

Do join World Health Organization (WHO) #EPIWIN webinar 'Cholera: treatment strategies to decrease deaths', Thu 2 May 2024 12.00 CEST. Though preventable & treatable, there's been a surge in cholera outbreaks. This discusses practical lessons learned in the last 2 years. Register: shorturl.at/sQV17

“We can’t build a future for our grandchildren with a system for our grandparents.”

– António Guterres

The Summit of the Future will chart a path for more effective international cooperation to solve today’s challenges and safeguard #OurCommonFuture .
bit.ly/SotF2024

I look forward to the Paris Paralympic Games, which personify hope over adversity.
 
Athletes, like Andrea Lanfri, a #meningitis survivor himself, prove that, as he says, “the limits are just in our mind.”
 
Through sports, we raise awareness and foster the belief that everyone,…

LIVE from the #DefeatMeningitis High-Level Meeting with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This #WorldImmunizationWeek we're celebrating a remarkable milestone. New data from World Health Organization (WHO) & The Lancet shows that vaccines have saved 154M lives over the last 50 years thanks to the efforts of countries, partners, and health workers to deliver them worldwide.

Avian influenza A ( #H5N1 ) first emerged in 1996 but since 2020, we have seen an exponential growth in the number of outbreaks in birds. In addition to birds, an increasing number of mammals have been affected, e.g. minks, seals, sea lions and foxes.

Recently, multiple herds of…

Plastic pollution isn't just an environmental issue, health is impacted.
From production to disposal, the risks are pervasive.

It's time for a comprehensive life-cycle approach.
Let's prioritize health in the new treaty on plastic pollution currently being developed.

#EarthDay

Neighbourhood parks are important for physical activity at all ages. Also proven to have mental health benefits. With increasing obesity & #NCDs in the developing world, this is a must for urban areas. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Smart Cities Mission Ministry of Health World Health Organization South-East Asia @WHO NCD Alliance

Do join our next World Health Organization (WHO) #EPIWIN webinar on ' A systematic, community-centred approach to operational readiness for public health emergencies', on 18 April 2024, 13.00 - 14.15 hr CEST
Register here: who.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Is LiFE ( Lifestyle for Environment) the way to save our future? My father’s article. ⁦Ashok Malik⁩ . LiFE—the lifeline, Hospitality News, ET HospitalityWorld …pitality.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/speaking-…

Happy 76th birthday to World Health Organization (WHO)! It is truly a privilege to work for WHO and serve humanity. #HumanityFirst #ProudToBeWHO

Welcome to Geneva, India at UN, Geneva Ambassador Arindam Bagchi. I look forward to working closely with you to advance #India 's role in global health.

Thank you for a constructive discussion on the World Health Organization (WHO) Traditional Medicine Centre, the ongoing #PandemicAccord negotiations, and your…

Very worrying! In Antarctica, , the temperature jumped 38.5 degrees C above average!

Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports

A WHO-led multi-agency mission accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in north #Gaza on 5 April to conduct a preliminary assessment of the extent of destruction and identify needs to guide future efforts to restore the…

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners managed to reach Al-Shifa — once the backbone of the health system in #Gaza , which is now an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege. The team witnessed at least five dead bodies during the mission.

Most of the buildings in the hospital complex…

Heads up: World Health Organization (WHO) press conference on global health issues tomorrow (Wednesday, April 3) at 15h CEST, hosted by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as usual, with WHO expert colleagues. Tune in via World Health Organization (WHO)'s digital/social channels.

Kangaroo Mother Care combines continuous skin-to-skin contact and exclusive breastfeeding to improve the survival chances of low-birthweight or preterm babies 🤱🏾.

These vital cuddles:
💕💕 improve survival
💕 reduce infections
💕 provide warmth, comfort, and love

Sudan, Tigray. It’s called RACE. Geopolitics of race and color.