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WHO receives first-ever donation of insulin

World Health Organization

WHO receives first-ever donation of insulin

Fifty low- and middle-income countries are soon to receive insulin for people with diabetes, thanks to a donation by global health-care company, No..

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24 May 2020
Historic health assembly ends with global commitment to COVID-19 response

World Health Organization

Historic health assembly ends with global commitment to COVID-19 response

At the 73rd World Health Assembly —its first-ever to be held virtually—delegates adopted a landmark resolution to bring the world together to f..

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20 May 2020
Webinar: NCD hard talks: making systems deliver

World Health Organization

Webinar: NCD hard talks: making systems deliver

Country experiences have shed light on effective solutions, critical bottlenecks, and practical lessons for strengthening health systems for Noncom..

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18 May 2020
Seventy-third World Health Assembly

World Health Organization

Seventy-third World Health Assembly

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the 73rd World Health Assembly will be virtual. The agenda has been reduced to fit into two days, starting on..

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18 May 2020
Walk the Talk 2020- 3rd edition of the Health for All Challenge

World Health Organization

Walk the Talk 2020- 3rd edition of the Health for All Challenge

WHO is taking the third Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge virtual this year. In light of COVID-19, Walk the Talk will offer an even more ..

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18 May 2020
WHO and International Olympic Committee team up to improve health through sport

World Health Organization

WHO and International Olympic Committee team up to improve health through sport

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today signed an agreement to work together to promote health thro..

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18 May 2020
UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19

World Health Organization

UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19

Decades of neglect and underinvestment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thur..

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15 May 2020
Substantial investment needed to avert mental health crisis

World Health Organization

Substantial investment needed to avert mental health crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need to urgently increase investment in services for mental health or risk a massive increase in mental h..

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15 May 2020
How Union for International Cancer Control Members are responding to the coronavirus pandemic

Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

How Union for International Cancer Control Members are responding to the coronavirus pandemic

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30 Apr 2020
People at the Centre: Obesity, COVID-19, and the Patient Perspective

World Obesity Federation

People at the Centre: Obesity, COVID-19, and the Patient Perspective

In response to the ..

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30 Apr 2020
WFP Chief warns of hunger pandemic as COVID-19 spreads (Statement to UN Security Council)

World Food Programme

WFP Chief warns of hunger pandemic as COVID-19 spreads (Statement to UN Security Council)

Transcript as delivered of remarks by David Beasley, UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director to today’s virtual session of the UN Securi..

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22 Apr 2020
ITU-WHO Joint Statement: Unleashing information technology to defeat COVID-19

World Health Organization

ITU-WHO Joint Statement: Unleashing information technology to defeat COVID-19

The World Health Organization, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with support from UNICEF are set to work with telecommunication comp..

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22 Apr 2020
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