Dr Abdinasir with children at the Psychosocial Department of ALIMA Field Hospital in a displacement camp in Tawila, Darfur.

Cairo, Egypt; Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; and Accra, Ghana – Maintaining food safety is a multisectoral endeavour. When contaminated food crosses borders or flooding compromises crops, ...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month takes place each year during October. This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is calling for ...

WHO Regional Offices for the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe brought together experts in Oman from 26–30 September for an ...

October 2026, Khartoum, Sudan – The Government of Italy, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, has ...

October 2026, Cairo, Egypt – As emergencies continue to affect millions across the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, demand ...

All major infectious diseases showed a downward trend in August compared to July: AWD decreased by 23.6%, ARI pneumonia by 17.4%, suspected measles by 44.5%, suspected dengue by 41.0%, CCHF by 36.8% ...

On World Malaria Day 2026, the World Health Organization joins partners to launch the campaign "Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must." This is a rallying cry to grasp the moment, protect ...

Aden, Yemen — 6 October 2026: As the conflict in Yemen escalates and needs continue to grow, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that significantly more resources are urgently needed to sustain ...

Shaping the future of digital health and health information systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: progress, partners ...

Jerusalem, 12 May 2026 - An estimated 43 000 of the 172 000 people injured in Gaza since October 2023 have sustained life-changing injuries, according to updated WHO estimates released today. Up to a ...

12 June 2026, Port Sudan, Sudan – The World Health Organization (WHO) and Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health convened a high-level event on 9 June to introduce Sudan’s National Health Sector Recovery ...