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At a meeting on 25 April, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's Parliament) adopted in first reading bill No.10256, which establishes a registration system for people whose lives and health have been affected as a result of the Russian Federation's armed aggression.

​​Since the earliest references to what are now termed Neglected Tropical Diseases, the human suffering and social exclusion associated with them has been noted. However, formal research is needed to underpin an evidence base for the WHO Roadmap on NTDs that asserts the importance of a holistic, person-centred approach to prevention, care and support for people affected by NTDs.

First to Gaza, where WHO continues to face extreme challenges in supporting the health system and health workers. As of today, over 100,000 Gazans are either dead, injured or missing and presumed dead. WHO has faced great difficulty even to reach hospitals in southern Gaza. Heavy fighting has been reported near hospitals in Khan Younis,

The Global Appeal 2024 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy will be launched at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 31, 2024. The ceremony will be led by the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative and hosted by WHO.

Recognizing exemplary leadership in the field of addiction and mental health recovery DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Persons Affected…

There are 17 chipped concrete steps leading to the New Grant home of single mother Carmen and her developmentally disabled son, James.The mother and son know these steps well.It is

The Fifty-Second (52nd) Pacific Islands Forum was held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 6 – 10 November 2023, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and Territories of Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledon...

Dallas County received millions of dollars from its first distribution of a national settlement to treat and prevent opioid addiction.

Families applying for the benefit of Kalaignar Mahalir Urimai Thittam should satisfy the following economic criteria.

NAIROBI, Jun 19 (IPS) - In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital he had funded. He saw leprosy patients inside the hospital still and expressionless. The smell of leprosy filled the air, the smell of pus from open sores.