Sham is a 25-year-old Syrian refugee who escaped from Syria after the war with her sister. She lives in a refugee camp where she has a panic attack and gets …
With its vast land area, Mongolia faces many challenges in delivering health services to disadvantaged and remote communities such as nomadic populations, migrants and unregistered…
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of malaria and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since…
Around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 are living with genital herpes infections – according to new estimates released today. New treatments and…
For the 16 Days of Activism, WHO’s campaign focus on humanitarian emergencies calls for urgent action to help survivors and invest in prevention.
WHO fact sheet on health and human rights with key facts, introduction, disadvantaged populations and the right to health, violations of human rights and WHO…
Health costs and illness should never push people into poverty. With support from the UHC Partnership since 2018, WHO has worked closely with Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry…
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Universal Health Coverage Day on 12 December is the annual rallying point for the growing movement for health for all. It marks the anniversary of…
WHO, UN Human Rights and UN Women have today issued a statement calling for the elimination of so-called “virginity testing”. “Virginity testing”, which is also…
WHO fact sheet on assistive technology. Assistive technology enables people to live healthy, productive, independent, and dignified lives, and to participate in education, the labour…
