7 June 2025, Cairo, Egypt – On World Food Safety Day 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the role of scientific research and innovation in ensuring food safety.…
06 June 2025 Q: Is there an increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean Region currently? COVID-19 cases are increasing all over the world, including in the…
5 June 2025, Cairo, Egypt – World Environment Day 2025 will be observed on 5 June. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this year's campaign focuses on tackling plastic…
4 June 2025, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean launched a new strategy to reduce the burden of cholera across the Region by…
01 June 2025 Distinguished Regional Directors, Colleagues, and partners, Substance use is one of the most urgent, yet often neglected, public health challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean Region today. It…
2 June 2025 Fellow Regional Directors, Distinguished Colleagues, Partners, It is my great honour to join you today for the signing of the Regional QPT Joint Statement. The establishment of…
03 June 2025 - This week marks one year since dozens of personnel from the United Nations, non-governmental and civil society organisations, and diplomatic missions were arbitrarily detained by the…
02 June 2025 Your Excellency, Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, Distinguished officials, Representatives of the Egyptian Vaccine Manufacturers Alliance, Colleagues and Partners, On behalf…
4 June 2025, Cairo, Egypt –World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), observed each year on 14 June, serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and…
29 May 2025, Cairo, Egypt -- On 31 May the world will mark World No Tobacco Day 2025 under the banner “Bright Products. Dark Intentions”. This year's theme sheds light…