Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children die before age five
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )New UN report on child mortality fully assesses leading causes of under five deaths for first time
Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.
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WHO and the European Union launch collaboration to advance digitized health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) announced today a new agreement to support the digital transformation of health systems and wider adoption of WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) in sub-Saharan Africa.