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Title: Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerbaijan
Description: Building on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening access to quality health care through financial reforms, and highlighting life-saving vaccination as the Region marked European Immunization Week, formed just some of the issues on the agenda during a recent 2-day visit to Azerbaijan by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
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Title: Getting emergency medical supplies to where they are needed most: interview with Olexander Babanin on the logistics of WHO support to Ukraine
Description: Olexander Babanin is Logistics and Operations Officer for WHO, and is responsible for organizing the transportation of essential medical supplies and equipment from storage facilities to locations across the world. In this interview, Olexander explains how WHO decides which supplies are needed, how they are distributed and how they might be used, in the particular context of Ukraine.
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Title: New climate change country profiles show key health risks and priority areas for action in European Region
Description: Climate change affects everybody across the world, but each country may face different effects in various ways. To address this threat, national authorities need information on the specific climate hazards they are already facing, the ones that will come in the future, and the opportunities to mitigate climate change impacts.
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Title: WHO report highlights a new approach to reducing NCD risks in prisons
Description: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the biggest health threats for people living in prisons – yet there are still not enough policies to address this serious problem. The new WHO report “Addressing the NCD burden in prisons in the WHO European Region: interventions and policy options” shares new data and lays out an updated approach to reducing these risks and bringing benefits to all Member States.
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Title: Opening remarks at the Special Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
Description: 10-11 May 2022, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe
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Title: Risk communication and community engagement for health emergencies: learning lessons from COVID-19 in the Western Balkans
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown, perhaps as never before, the importance of risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) for emergency preparedness and response. Communicating the risks from the virus has proven vital to ensuring people can make informed decisions and take actions to protect themselves and others, and has thus helped reduce the pandemic’s impact on health systems and economies.