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“We and the Turkish doctors are working like brothers and sisters.” Muhammed Hattab, a Syrian doctor, provides health care to refugees in Turkey thanks to a training programme organized by WHO and the Turkish Ministry of Health with financial support from ECHO. 20 June is World Refugee Day.

News

• New WHO advisory group launched in Almaty to shape the future of primary health care 20-06-2017
• World Refugee Day: WHO training enables Syrian doctors and nurses to provide health care in Turkey 19-06-2017
• European countries promote #SlowDown campaign for UN Global Road Safety Week 19-06-2017
• Day 3 of Environment and Health Conference: Commitments to advance the agenda in Europe 16-06-2017
• Day 2 of Environment and Health Conference: Addressing inequalities, good governance, rights and resilience 15-06-2017

Events

• Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health 13–15 June 2017, Ostrava, Czech Republic
• First meeting of the Primary Health Care Advisory Group 20–21 June 2017, Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Global Health Histories: Information for health – “A world that counts?” 22 June 2017, from 12:30 to 14:00 CEST
• The Fourth High-level Meeting of Small Countries: building resilient and healthy communities St.Julian's, Malta, 26–27 June 2017