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Title: WHO and UN promote the use of digital technologies to improve immunization services in North Macedonia
Description: Since the beginning of the pandemic national health authorities in North Macedonia have made efforts to unlock the full potential of available technologies to improve how services are provided and how the health system is managed. WHO and the United Nations (UN) in North Macedonia have supported these efforts as part of the joint programme “Safe and Innovative Health Services in Times of COVID-19” implemented by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), WHO and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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Title: 5 recommendations to reduce salt intake to live longer and healthier lives
Description: During Salt Awareness Week, WHO is highlighting 5 simple recommendations that can help lower salt intake and blood pressure, significantly reducing the risk of stroke and heart disease. High salt intake is one of the leading causes of death in the WHO European Region.
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Title: WHO is working day and night to keep medical supply chains open and preserve Ukraine’s health system
Description: Since Russia’s military offensive began in Ukraine on 24 February, WHO has worked around the clock to ensure a constant flow of health supplies so that neighbouring countries have the infrastructure and expertise to meet urgent needs of refugees, and to support Ukraine’s health system to meet the immediate health needs of people within Ukraine’s borders.
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Title: A life-saving journey – critical WHO supplies arrive in Ukraine
Description: This is not an ordinary cargo, it carries life-saving medical supplies destined for Ukraine. On Saturday 5 March, just over a week following the escalation of military operations in Ukraine, 3 large lorries carrying 36 tonnes of vital WHO medical supplies crossed the Polish border into Lviv, where they were stored and then distributed to health facilities across Ukraine, including to the capital Kyiv.
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Title: Two years of COVID-19 pandemic: new report highlights the 100 weeks of WHO/Europe’s efforts to protect lives and livelihoods
Description: A new WHO/Europe report titled “One hundred weeks of emergency response, one hundred million COVID-19 cases: working towards better COVID-19 outcomes in the WHO European Region” has been published. The report showcases the achievements of WHO/Europe’s COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team (IMST) – the mechanism activated to deal with emergency situations – from its establishment in early 2020, as the first cases of COVID-19 were being detected in the European Region, to 2022. It also includes insights into the work of the operational teams during this time as they supported some of the Region’s Member States in dealing with the challenges of a global pandemic.
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Title: Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus confirmed in Israel
Description: On Monday, 7 March 2022, a case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) was confirmed in an unvaccinated girl aged 3 years and 9 months in Israel. The girl had developed acute flaccid paralysis and, upon testing of her stool, poliovirus was confirmed.