The dedication of #Gaza 's health workers is remarkable.

Despite challenges, efforts to restore health services are underway in some facilities in the north.

With sustained access and support, health care in Gaza can be restored.

#ceasefire

Al-Shifa Hospital ­– once the largest and most important referral hospital in #Gaza - is now in ruins.

Restoring it is vitally important  - here is how ⬇️

The construction of the new IPD-SAM ward at the Khair Khana 102-bed hospital, with the support of World Health Organization (WHO), has been completed. This ward features complete facilities and essential supplies such as medicines, renewable kits, milk preparation and equipment kits.

در پايان اولين سفر منطقه اى ام به جمهورى اسلامی ایران، مایلم از پذیرایی گرم میزبانان صمیمانه سپاسگزاری کنم.

در بازدید از مراکز دانشگاهی، علمی تحقيقاتی، و نیز در ملاقات با مسئولین بلند پایه در تهران و‌ اصفهان فرصتی پدید آمد تا از نزدیک با دستاوردهای ایران در حوزه های بهداشت،…

“The health system is in peril. Just 63% of hospitals and 52% of primary healthcare centres across Syria are fully operational. 228 health facilities were destroyed or damaged in the February earthquake last year”.

-🇸🇾WHO Representative a.i., Dr ImanShankiti in #Brussels .

Nasser Medical Complex, the largest facility in south #Gaza , once bustling with patients and health workers, now lies in ruins.
The devastation is palpable: an abandoned building and a burning warehouse amidst an eerie silence.

دعوة للأطفال من سن 8 –17 عامًا في إقليم شرق المتوسط للانضمام إلى المسابقة الفنية التي ينظمها WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. موضوع هذا العام «حماية الأطفال من تدخُّل دوائر صناعة التبغ».

الموعد النهائي بعد التمديد: 30 نيسان/ أبريل 2024

للمشاركة في المسابقة ولمزيد من المعلومات: emro.who.int/ar/media/news/…

📢Call for children aged 8–17 years in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to join WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean art competition. The theme this year is 'Protecting children from tobacco industry interference'.

The extended deadline: 30 April 2024

To find out more and take part
emro.who.int/media/news/who…

في اجتماع مع سعادة الدكتور بهرام عین ‌اللهي، وزير الصحة والتعليم الطبي في جمهورية إيران الإسلامية، اتضح لي جليًا اهتمام البلد بتعزيز:

🔵شبكة الرعاية الصحية الأولية وبرنامج صحة الأسرة
🔵الوقاية والوعي الصحي
🔵إنتاج أكثر من ٩٠٪؜ من الأدوية الأساسية محليًّا.

وأشار الدكتور عين…

Met with Stefan Priesner, United Nations Iran Resident Coordinator, along with representatives of other @UN agencies in the country. We discussed:
🔹 the critical role of multisectoral collaboration in improving health
🔹 the long-term socioeconomic benefits of preventive health measures…

In meeting with HE Dr Bahram Eynollahi, Minister of Health and Medical Education of IR Iran, I learned how the country is dedicated to:

🔵reinforce its primary health care network and family health programme
🔵strengthen prevention and health promotion
🔵 locally produce more

One year into the war in #Sudan , thousands of lives have been lost, millions of people displaced, and more than half of the population lacks access to health care.

WHO welcomes the recent commitment made in Paris by the international community of US$ 2 billion for the…