WHO EMRO | Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the Regional Health Alliance meeting on Strengthening public health action on substance use | News

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…

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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, 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 and NRC address rising substance use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region | News

26–28 February 2025, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in Abu Dhabi, 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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