320,000 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN 2019
Approximately every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was newly infected with HIV last year, bringing the total number of children living…
EVERY MOVE COUNTS TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH – SAYS WHO
Up to 5 million deaths a year could be averted if the global population was more active. At a time when many people are home bound due to COVID-19, new…
WORLD LEADERS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT THE ACCELERATING CRISIS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched the new…
WORLD DIABETES DAY
Globally, an estimated 422 million adults were living with diabetes in 2014, compared to 108 million in 1980. The global prevalence of diabetes has nearly doubled since 1980, rising from…
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 leading economists and health experts, to put “Health for All” at the centre of…
EMERGENCY ACTION REQUIRED TO AVERT MAJOR MEASLES AND POLIO EPIDEMICS
UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunisation services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at…
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH IN ISLAND STATES
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among the most vulnerable nations to climate change in the world. Yet, many island states are also leading in the global response to climate…
SRI LANKA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE: SAVING LIVES TODAY, PREPARING FOR TOMORROW
The Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project is supporting the government’s ‘test, track, isolate and treat’ strategy to control the pandemic by providing a steady supply…
TANZANIA BOOST FOR COVID-19 FIGHT
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a loan of UA 36 million ($50.7 million) to Tanzania, to finance the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
UNICEF LAUNCHES GLOBAL #REIMAGINE CAMPAIGN
An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF have claimed.…
THE GAMBIA TO STRENGTHEN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN THE FACE OF COVID-19
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a $30 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve the quality and utilization of essential health services in The Gambia. The Essential…
Pavithra Wanniarachchi – Minister of Health, Sri Lanka
DELIVERING UHC TO THE PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA “Each year, the national health sector serves seven million inpatients and over 35 million outpatients.” Sri Lanka embarked on a universal health…
The Hon Greg Hunt MP – Minister for Health, Australia
AUSTRALIA’S AMBITIOUS HEALTH REFORMS: PRIORITISING MENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH “We are implementing the first ever Long Term National Health Plan to promote sustainability of the health system, support healthcare…
UNICEF AND WHO RECOMMIT TO ACCELERATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AT ALL AGES
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have signed a new collaborative framework which will accelerate joint public health efforts that put the most marginalized and vulnerable populations first. The new Strategic Collaboration Framework…
WHO’S THREE MESSAGES FOR UN75
As the world comes together at an unprecedented virtual session of the 75th UN General Assembly (UNGA), the World Health Organization has three messages to share. The first is about…