WHO EMRO | WHO Regional Director’s address to the Policy Dialogue to Scale Up the Implementation of the Regional Director’s Flagship Initiative to Strengthen the Public Health Response to Substance Use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 28 February 2025 | News

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 28 February 2025 Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Partners, and colleagues, As this policy dialogue on strengthening the public health response to substance use draws to a…

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WHO EMRO | WHO Regional Director’s address to the Policy Dialogue to Scale Up the Implementation of the Regional Director’s Flagship Initiative to Strengthen the Public Health Response to Substance Use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region | News

26 February 2025 Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Partners, We are gathered here today to discuss an extremely grave and urgent matter. A matter that destroys individuals, tears families apart and eviscerates…

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Jat, Sikh To Purvanchali: Rekha Gupta’s Delhi Cabinet Bears BJP’s Stamp of Regional, Caste Calculations

Last Updated:February 19, 2025, 22:11 ISTGupta, along with the new cabinet ministers, will take the oath as the next Chief Minister of Delhi on February 20 (Thursday) at the Ramlila…

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WHO EMRO | Address by Dr Hanan Balkhy Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region at the inauguration of the poliovirus environmental surveillance diagnostic laboratory, Oman | News

13 February 2025 Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to join you in inaugurating the Poliovirus Environmental Surveillance Diagnostic Laboratory at the National Polio Laboratory in…

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WHO EMRO | Address by Dr Hanan Balkhy Regional Director WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to the Second Healthy Cities Conference in Kuwait | News

10 February 2025  Your Excellency Dr Ahmad Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi, Minister of Health of Kuwait, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to join you here today at Kuwait’s second…

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WHO EMRO | WHO Regional Director’s statement for the Executive Board 156: Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem | News

February 2025 Esteemed Chair, Your Excellencies, Director-General, The suffering in the Gaza Strip is beyond comprehension. Tens of thousands of people have died, and around 30 000 have life-changing injuries.…

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WHO EMRO | WHO Regional Director’s statement for the Executive Board 156: Report of the regional committees to the Executive Board | News

February 2025 Esteemed Chair, Your Excellencies, Director-General, It is my honour to brief you on the 71st session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean. As a new Regional…

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WHO EMRO | WHO Regional Director’s statement for the Executive Board 156: Poliomyelitis | News

February 2025 Esteemed Chair, Your Excellencies, Director-General, Ours is the only remaining WHO region with endemic wild poliovirus. We have an immense responsibility, which the region has accepted with confidence…

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Pacific Islands Academy of Sciences Launches to Boost Regional Research and Support Young Scientists

Scientists from across the Pacific Islands will gather in Samoa to officially launch the Pacific Islands Academy of Sciences. This initiative has been driven by the desire to give Pacific…

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