WHO EMRO | Remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the signing of the Regional QPT joint statement | News

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…

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WHO EMRO | Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the ACANU press briefing | News

26 May 2025 Thank you all for being here today.  It is always a pleasure to connect with ACANU—you know the issues and care deeply about the UN.  Let me…

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Statement For Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on Poliomyelitis

WHA78, Geneva, 19-27 May 2025Agenda item: 17.5Document: A78/4 Chair, Your Excellencies, Director-General, When we committed to eradicate polio in 1988, the world was different. Today, conflict, climate change, and economic…

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WHO EMRO | Statement For Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on Occupied Palestinian territory | News

WHA78, Geneva, 19-27 May 2025 Agenda item: 20 Document: A78/16 Chair, Your Excellencies, Director-General As outlined in the Director-General’s report, health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory are at crisis…

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WHO EMRO | Statement For Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on Emergencies | News

WHA78, Geneva, 19-27 May 2025 Agenda item: 17.1 Document: A78/13 Chair, Your Excellencies, Director-General, The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region shoulders one-third of the world’s humanitarian burden, and 15 per cent…

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WHO EMRO | Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the emergency press briefing | News

13 May 2025 Thank you for joining today’s WHO/EMRO press briefing. I always appreciate the opportunity to connect with our media colleagues. I will begin with an update on some…

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WHO EMRO | Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean to the launch of the Oman National Health Policy | News

08 April 2025 Excellencies, Sayyid Dr Sultan bin Yarub bin Qahtan Al-Busaidi, Advisor in the Private Office. Dr Hilal Bin Ali l-Sabti, Minister of Health Ladies and Gentlemen It gives…

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‘Withdraw Statement’: Priyanka Chaturvedi Objects To Kanhaiya Kumar’s Tahawwur Rana Remarks

Last Updated:April 11, 2025, 13:21 ISTMumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana was extradited from the US in a major diplomatic victory for India. However, politics began on the matter as Kanhaiya…

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‘1000 Hindus Still Missing’: Akhilesh Yadav Attacks PM Modi Over His Maha Kumbh’s Statement

Last Updated:March 19, 2025, 18:03 ISTSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that about 1,000 Hindu devotees who had gone to the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj were missing and said…

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WHO EMRO | Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the heath emergencies press briefing | News

18 March 2025 Colleagues, members of the press,  Good afternoon.  Thank you for joining us today.  Before I begin my briefing, I would like to mention that the Eastern Mediterranean…

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