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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

10th Global Conference on Health Promotion: Health Promotion for Well-being, Equity and Sustainable Development

On 13-15 December 2021 WHO will hold the 10th Global Conference on Health Promotion with the support of Finland, the United Arab Emirates, UN agencies and partners.&nbsp; The conference will be organized to address how health promotion can advance well-being. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Health promotion is about crea...

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

WHO Rehabilitation Programme Stakeholder Webinar

22 &amp; 24 November 2021 Background Globally, an estimated 2.4 billion people live with conditions that benefit from rehabilitation, and this figure is growing by the day. Despite the huge need, rehabilitation services are scarce in many parts of the world. To address this, in 2017, WHO, Member States, development partners and civil society launched the Rehabilitation 2030 initiative. The i...

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Decade of Healthy Ageing: introduction to the WHO Baseline report

In 2020, the number of people aged 60 and above rose to 1 billion, almost 15% of the world’s population. And this proportion is growing, as people live longer. &nbsp; In the same week that the United Nations General Assembly declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing, WHO released the Baseline report for the Decade of Healthy Ageing, which provides a snapshot of where we are in 2020 and w...

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

WHO global health estimates: 2000-2019

The global health estimates by the World Health Organization present comprehensive, comparable and transparent time-series data for population health, including life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, mortality and morbidity, and burden of disease at global, regional and country levels disaggregated by age, sex and cause. Latest data is for 2000-2019. &nbsp; This short video highlights trends...

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Eliminating cervical cancer

Cervical cancer could be the first cancer ever in the world to be eliminated if , by 2030: 90% of girls are vaccinated &nbsp; 70% of women are screened &nbsp; 90% of women with cervical disease receive treatment&nbsp; Together, we can create a cervical cancer-free world.&nbsp; &nbsp;

19 Nov 2021

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Live Q&A on World Cancer Day. <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Live Q&A on World Cancer Day.

19 Nov 2021

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Commit to quit tobacco <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Commit to quit tobacco

Quitting tobacco and related products is hard, but with the right support and tools you can do it! You are losing a lot more than you think by using tobacco - your health, the health of your family and loved ones, the money your spending, your looks, and so much more. Quitters are truly winners.

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

LIVE: Global Diabetes Summit - Segment 2

The global segment for operationalizing meaningful engagement of people living with diabetes (PLWDs) includes discussions led by individuals with lived experience on how PLWDs may be better included in the Global Diabetes Compact through governance, collaborations and partnerships, country implementation, advocacy and education.&nbsp; The segment builds on the WHO Informal Consultation on Peopl...

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Global Diabetes Summit

The Global Diabetes Summit, took&nbsp;place on 14 April 2021, aimed&nbsp;to raise awareness of diabetes as a global challenge and address the need to scale-up prevention and treatment as part of primary health care and universal health coverage. The event was&nbsp;co-hosted by the World Health Organization and the Government of Canada, with the support of the University of Toronto. During the even...

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Scaling up innovations in health: Learn about the World Health Organization’s approach

The WHO Innovation in health approach is our commitment to work in new ways with our Member States, workforce and partners and leverage our respective strengths to find the most impactful innovative solutions and bring them to the people that need them the most. Learn about WHO’s approach to innovation in health – linking the health needs and demand in countries with mature innovative solution...

19 Nov 2021

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Tobacco: The Quitter Diaries Series - Episode 1 (full version) <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Tobacco: The Quitter Diaries Series - Episode 1 (full version)

Follow the real-life journey of six people from around the globe as they try to quit tobacco for good. This first episode focuses on the motivation to quit tobacco by Krishna from India, Ratib from Jordan, Sun Qi from China, Giorgi from Georgia, Cecilia from Uruguay and Donna from South Africa.&nbsp; For more, click below.

19 Nov 2021

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19 Nov 2021

World Health Organization

Persons with disabilities share their experiences of accessing health information

Persons with disabilities have the right to the highest attainable standard of health. However, persisting barriers prevent them from accessing the health services they need. To ensure the voices of persons with disabilities are heard, we asked 12 persons with disabilities from India, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia to share their experiences of accessing health information and sexual and reproductive h...

19 Nov 2021

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