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2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation
12 July 2017 | GENEVA – Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10 people, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF. -
Health emergencies represent some of the greatest risks to the global economy and security
8 July 2017 | Dr Tedros shared his remarks during the G20 summit on health emergencies. -
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
7 July 2017 | GENEVA – Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea – a common sexually-transmitted infection – much harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat.
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High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
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World Hepatitis Day 2017: Eliminate hepatitis
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Ending discrimination in health care settings
Jim Campbell, Director, WHO Health Workforce Department
Gottfried Hirnschall, Director, WHO Department of HIV and Global Hepatitis Programme
Veronica Magar, Team leader, WHO Gender, Equity and Human Rights Mainstreaming Team -
Commitment and action – for every newborn
Anthony Costello, WHO, Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health
Stefan Swartling Peterson, UNICEF, Chief of Health -
Renewed push to strengthen vector control globally
Dr Pedro Alonso, Director, WHO Global Malaria Programme,
Dr Dirk Engels, Director, WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), and
Dr John Reeder, Director, TDR, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
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