"HEALTH PROGRAMMES"

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told health ministers on that although reported COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly, it is not time yet for any country to lower its guard. WHO

The Head of the World Health Programme (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the WHO has issued an updated appeal for almost 150 million US dollars for Ukraine and refugee-hosting countries, but noted the Organization still faces a funding gap of 100 million US dollars. WHO

Security Council delegates call for closing vaccine equity gaps in conflict zones as experts stress need to protect hospitals, medical personnel from hostilities.

The General Assembly resumes its informal thematic consultation on the Secretary-General’s "Our Common Agenda" report.

Briefing by Dr. César Núñez, Director of the UNAIDS New York Office, on World AIDS Day, 1 December on the theme: End Inequalities. End AIDS. End pandemics.

UNHCR expressed concern over the difficult living conditions of indigenous Warao families from Venezuela who are settled in remote locations across Guyana. UNHCR

The World Health Organization (WHO) Special Report on Climate Change and Health, launched today, in the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, spells out the global health community’s prescription for climate action based on a growing body of research that establishes the many and inseparable links between climate and health. WHO

This event takes stock of the socio-economic and development impact of COVID-19 in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) and identify opportunities to accelerate progress toward resilient recovery in the most fragile settings.

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said Lebanon risks losing the health gains it made over the last decade and stressed that unless urgent action is taken, “Afghanistan faces an imminent humanitarian catastrophe.” WHO

UNICEF Representative Herve Ludovic de Lys, chief of Health Programme, Dick Chamla, and Health Specialist, Mohammad Nafi Kakar, visited malnutrition and pre-term wards at the Ataturk children’s hospital in Kabul on Sunday. UNICEF