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WHO EMRO Weekly Epidemiological Monitor: Volume 14; Issue no 20; 16 May 2021 Format Current major event COVID-19 strategic preparedness and response plan (SPRP): reinforcing collective readiness and response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in 2021 Built on the successes and lessons learned of 2020, the new regional SPRP was developed by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean to guide the COVID-19 response in the Region in 2021, and to set strategic priorities that can reinforce collective readiness and response to the pandemic. Editorial note On 30 January 2020, the COVID-1...

UN United Nations : Director-General's opening remarks at the World Health Assembly - 24 May 2021 05/24/2021 | 08:57am EDT Send by mail : Message : Your Excellency Alain Berset, Federal Counsellor of Switzerland, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues and friends, Lucy Nyambura is a health promotion officer in Mombasa City, Kenya. When COVID-19 arrived last year, a strict lockdown was introduced, but it was met with strong resistance by the local community, who refused to be tested, isolated or treated. As she made her daily rounds, providing informati...

15-04-2021 WHO WHO Regional Director for Europe and Minister of Health of Greece, Dr Vassilis Kikilias, at the opening of WHO Athens Sub-Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety WHO/Europe and the Hellenic Republic of Greece today open a new sub-office in the country focusing on quality of care and patient safety. Acting as a centre of excellence, the sub-office will work towards achieving the highest level of well-being, health and health protection in the WHO European Region, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at its opening, WHO Regional Director for Europe...

Budget © Credits The Programme budget is a critical tool for Member States to set and approve the priorities of the Organization, define the targets to be delivered, and to monitor their achievement. It sets out the resource levels required to deliver this work, and provides the tool for the Member States to control these, so as to balance the Organization’s work across the different areas for which it is accountable. The biennial Programme budgets themselves are derived from the General Programme of Work approved by the Member States, which sets out the strategic ...

Third meeting of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions Third meeting of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions 8 – 12 March 2021 10 March 2021 - second session 12 March 2021 - third session 18 March 2021 - fourth session Scope and purpose The WHO Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS), through the work of the Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions, is providing evidence-informed WHO guidance on effective policy measures to support Member States in de...