Review the biggest health stories from WHO in 2017. Relive some of WHO's major achievements in the past year. See the timeline here
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Review the biggest health stories from WHO in 2017. Relive some of WHO's major achievements in the past year. See the timeline here
Comunicado de prensa conjunto CCNUCC/OMS 12 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2017 | BONN (ALEMANIA) - Hoy, en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, la Organización Mundial de la Salud, en...
12 NOVEMBRE 2017 | BONN, ALLEMAGNE - Aujourd’hui, à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (COP23), l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé a lancé, en collaboration avec le...
Joint news release UNFCCC/WHO 12 NOVEMBER 2017 | BONN, GERMANY - Today, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), WHO, in collaboration with the UN Climate Change secretariat and in...
Climate change has far-reaching impacts on human health and well-being. Changing temperature and rainfall patterns impact crop yield, food and water security, and nutrition. The increased frequency...
Male, Maldives, 7 September 2017: In recognition of the immense and increasing public health risks caused by climate change, Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region today unanimously endorsed...
The theme for this year’s World Environment Day – “Connecting people to nature” – implores citizens of the world to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and importance, and to...
Global defences against universal transboundary threats to health, like climate change, air pollution and antimicrobial resistance, depend on WHO’s role as a guardian of public health. This role...
6 DE MARZO DE 2017 | GINEBRA - De acuerdo con dos nuevos informes de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), más de una cuarta parte de las defunciones de niños menores de cinco años son...
Introduction In 2015, 5.9 million children under age five died (1). The major causes of child deaths globally are pneumonia, prematurity, intrapartum-related complications, neonatal sepsis,...
The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO 6 March 2017 | Geneva – More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years are attributable to unhealthy environments...
6 mars 2017 |Genève – Selon deux nouveaux rapports de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), plus d’un quart des décès d’enfants de moins de cinq ans est attribuable à la pollution de...
Overview The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate change. Working in collaboration with...