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Seventy-first World Health Assembly opens
Delegations from WHO’s 194 Member States, many of them led by health ministers, have gathered once again in Geneva, Switzerland, for the Seventy-first World Health Assembly on 21–26 May 2018. Its outcome will determine WHO’s direction for the coming 5 years, as countries consider whether to adopt the proposed 13th General Programme of Work 2019–2023 (GPW13).
News
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Events
- World No Tobacco Day 2018: Tobacco and heart disease
- Health Systems for Prosperity and Solidarity: leaving no one behind
- Workshop to strengthen intersectoral working on the prevention of child maltreatment in the Nordic–Baltic subregion
- 5th high-level meeting of small countries: working together for better health and well-being for all
- Observatory Venice Summer School 2018
Regional Director
Turkey and WHO/Europe sign new biennial collaborative agreement
Regional Director's site
Emergencies and outbreaks
- Photo Story - WHO supports Turkey in bringing health services to Syrians in improvised settlements
27-04-2018
- Health response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
- Syria crisis: health response from Turkey
High level regional meeting
Health Systems for Prosperity and Solidarity: leaving no one behind
13-14 June 2018, Tallinn, Estonia
European Centre for Environment and Health
Located in Bonn, Germany, the Centre provides Member States with state-of-the-art evidence on the nature and magnitude of existing and emerging environmental health risks, and assists them in identifying and implementing policies to address these risks.
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