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10 global health issues to track in 2021

10 global health issues to track in 2021

The year 2020 was a devastating year for global health. The pandemic threatens to set back hard-won global health…

December 29, 2020
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness- 27 December

International Day of Epidemic Preparedness- 27 December

Background 27 December 2020, today is the first ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness! 27 December 2020. The…

December 27, 2020
Gandaki Youth Declaration to END TB

Gandaki Youth Declaration to #EndTB

The first-ever Provincial Youth Summit to End Tuberculosis (TB) Gandaki, was organized virtually on 23 and 24 December…

December 26, 2020
Stop Smoking

WHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco

WHO today launches a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit.”  The…

December 8, 2020
HIV AIDS

UNAIDS calls on countries to step up global action and proposes bold new HIV targets for 2025

As COVID-19 pushes the AIDS response even further off track and the 2020 targets are missed, UNAIDS is…

November 26, 2020
WHO recommends against the use of remdesivir in COVID-19 patients

WHO recommends against the use of remdesivir in COVID-19 patients

Update: 20 November 2020 WHO has issued a conditional recommendation against the use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients,…

November 21, 2020
Health Economics

WHO establishes Council on the Economics of Health for All

The World Health Organization has announced a new Council on the Economics of Health for All, staffed by…

November 14, 2020
Emergency Call to Action for Measles and Polio Outbreak Prevention and Response

Emergency Call to Action for Measles and Polio Outbreak Prevention and Response

UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio…

November 6, 2020
COVID19 Pandemic

Statement on the fifth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

The fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005)…

October 31, 2020
World Polio Day: One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio!

World Polio Day: One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio!

World Polio Day is observed every year on 24 October. It was established by Rotary International. World Polio…

October 23, 2020