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شكرًا للمملكة العربية السعودية 🇸🇦 على تعهدها بمبلغ 500 مليون دولار أمريكي خلال اجتماع World Economic Forum اليوم، والذي سوف يسهم في تطعيم 370 مليون طفل سنويًا على مدى السنوات الخمس المقبلة. هذا استثمار عظيم لصالح صحة منطقتنا.
هذه الالتزامات الإقليمية، إلى جانب الالتزامات الوطنية في البلدان…
Thank you, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, for pledging US $500 million at the World Economic Forum today. This will help vaccinate 370 million children annually over the next five years - a great investment in health for our Region.
Regional commitments such as these, along with national…
#Syria launched the first round of the Big Catch-up vaccination activity in partnership with the Ministry of Health, World Health Organization (WHO), @Unicef, @Gavi & Bryan Herta Autosport.
The activity aims to vaccinate as many children under the age of 5 as possible.
Additional rounds are scheduled for July & October.
In partnership with وزارة الصحة والسكان المصرية, الهيئة العامة للرعاية الصحية, the General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulation & the Universal Health Insurance Authority, World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a workshop on transforming Egypt's health system through the effective engagement of the private health sector.
'It is vital that polio eradication and EPI programmes – within the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region and globally – continue to collaborate to achieve another eradication goal: ending polio once and for all.'
- Dr Dr Hamid Jafari, Director, Polio Eradication, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
emro.who.int/polio-eradicat…
Pleasure to meet Vice President Thomas Östros and the European Investment Bank team to discuss important health topics and how our collaboration is critical in tackling the most challenging of diseases such as antimicrobial resistance #AMR , #EndPolio , #TB (tuberculosis) and others.
Looking forward…
Delighted to meet with HE Muhammad Sulayman Al Jasser, President of IsDB Group and the bank’s family as they celebrate the bank’s 50th anniversary. Our collaboration has benefited hundreds of thousands globally and across the Eastern Mediterranean. We look forward to jointly…
A great discussion with Kristalina Georgieva, on the sides of the IsDB Group 50th anniversary, on how World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Monetary Fund (@IMFNews) can support Member States strengthen health economics & health financing, build on our collaboration during #COVID19 , and enhance…
Thank you, Your Excellency Minister فهد الجلاجل and وزارة الصحة السعودية for your warm #Saudi welcome to the World Health Organization (WHO) delegation yesterday. We look forward to even more fruitful discussions over the next days.
A world with immunization for all? That’s #HumanlyPossible .
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the polio health workforce has lent its support to countries in their time of need, delivering #polio vaccines and other vaccines and services to communities.
EndPolioNow
Rotary International
Health equity, access and sustainable development are key to make preventive measures and treatment available, and to prevent deaths and reduce transmission.
#WorldMalariaDay
The estimated number of malaria cases in the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region reached 8.3 million in 2022, an 85% increase from 2010 due to various reasons including:
🔹insufficient funding
🔹increase of conflicts in high burden countries
🔹impact of climate change
#WorldMalariaDay