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World Health Organization
We are the 🇺🇳 #UnitedNations’ health agency. We are committed to achieve better health for everyone, everywhere - #HealthForAll
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For 99% of people, every single breath contains pollutants that harm health. We call on all countries to take action to increase access to clean cooking and accelerate the transition to sustainable energy sources. Let’s work for clean air and blue skies for all! #WorldCleanAirDay
Millions of people in #Pakistan🇵🇰 are in dire need of humanitarian aid due to the drastic impact of the heavy monsoon rains.
The country was already facing health threats including #COVID19, acute watery diarrhea, typhoid, measles, leishmaniasis, HIV & polio. Now, the flooding has led to new outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, skin infections, respiratory tract infections, malaria, dengue and more.
Also, damage to health infrastructure, shortages of health workers and limited health supplies are disrupting health services, putting people's health at risk.
WHO is scaling up responses as districts in Pakistan continue to be affected by unprecedented levels of flooding.
It’s exciting #BackToSchool time for many children around the world. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains how we can keep children safe from #COVID19 in schools
People living with #MentalHealth conditions & noncommunicable disease like #cancer, heart disease, #diabetes & lung disease should be at the center of decisions that impact their lives.
6⃣ people from around the world 🌎🌍🌏 share their lived experiences.
Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut houses the National Influenza Centre for #Lebanon 🇱🇧.
➡️ Swipe to see how staff at the laboratory process and test samples collected from patients in health facilities for #influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses as part of routine surveillance.
Lebanon's National Influenza Centre is part of WHO’s Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). GISRS celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Through GISRS and public health partners, routine influenza surveillance data is shared to inform national, regional and global actions on preparing and responding to respiratory viral diseases.
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The tragic milestone of over 1⃣ million deaths from #COVID19 this year is heart-breaking.
These are people.
These are parents.
These are kids.
These are sisters.
These are friends.
Let's not become numb to these numbers - Dr Maria Van Kerkhove
Let's protect each other. 💞
There are many factors that support adolescents' #BrainHealth. Swipe 👉 to see what they are!
Good hygiene has always been critical to healthcare. Yet even today, only 50% of healthcare facilities around the world 🌏🌍🌎 lack basic hygiene services with water & soap or alcohol-based hand rub.
Without this, more than 3.8 billion people face greater risk of infection while using these facilities.
If you want to quit e-cigarette use, start easy & follow these 4️⃣ steps! #CommitToQuit e-cigarettes now for a healthier life! #NoTobacco
#Monkeypox, men who have sex with men, fighting misinformation and stigma. Let’s answer your questions! #AskWHO #MSM #gay #bisexual
Let's talk about #monkeypox : the virus, the symptoms & how it spreads