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WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY 2024 | Get It Right, Make It Safe!
This year the theme is “Improving diagnosis for patient safety” with the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”, highlighting the critical value of correct and timely diagnosis in ensuring…
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BREAKING NEWS | TIF’s Collaboration with WHO Extended to 2027
Our enduring collaboration was newly endorsed by WHO’s Executive Board at its 154th session in January 2024, demonstrating our significant and ongoing contribution to WHO’s strategic health objectives. This extension…
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NEW WAVE OF LEADERSHIP | WHO Appoints Regional Directors for Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia, and Western Pacific Regions
These influential professionals were selected by Regional Committees and confirmed by the Executive Board. Beginning their roles on 1st February 2024, Dr. Hanan Hassan Balkhy will take charge as Regional…
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NEWS | WHO Updates Essential Medicines List, Adds New Medicines for Thalassaemia
Until recently, the WHO EML recommended only deferoxamine for iron chelation, limiting patients’ access to other crucial pharmacological alternatives for the effective management of their condition. Since 2019, the Thalassaemia…
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SICKLE CELL DISEASE | African Health Ministers Launch Drive to Curb SCD’s Toll
This effort, backed by the African Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to curb SCD΄s toll in a region that has historically been hit hard by this…
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A HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH | UNICEF Signs First-Ever Malaria Vaccine Supply Contract With GSK
The contract will enable UNICEF to deliver more than 18 million doses of the RTS,S vaccine – also known under the commercial name Mosquirix – in order to reduce the…
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NEW WHO REPORT | Effective TB, HIV, Viral Hepatitis Services For Refugees And Migrants Across The WHO European Region
International recommendations on effective services to treat tuberculosis (TB), HIV and viral hepatitis for refugees and migrants lack implementation across the WHO European Region, says a 2022 WHO report. Refugees…
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1st Global Forum On Access To Safe Blood Products | 5 November 2021
Expected Outcomes An understanding of the strategic vision and goals for blood safety and the protection of the blood supply, especially in low-income settings; A better understanding of the key…
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COMING UP: 1st Global Forum On Access To Safe Blood Products For Patients In Need Of Regular Transfusion – 5 November 2021
Expected Outcomes An understanding of the strategic vision and goals for blood safety and the protection of the blood supply, especially in low-income settings; A better understanding of the key…
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