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Despite serious challenges, there’s been plenty of good global health news in 2019 bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho World leaders from 193 countries adopted the broadest-ever set of health commitments.
The political declaration on #HealthForAll aims to ensure that everyone, everywhere can access quality healthcare, and that no one is pushed into poverty by health costs

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho With WHO support
#Greece🇬🇷
#India🇮🇳
#Kenya🇰🇪
#Philippines🇵🇭
took decisive steps towards expanding health coverage in 2019 bit.ly/2Q3dKdk #HealthForAll #WHOImpact

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines #Egypt🇪🇬 is defying worrying global trends relating to #Hepatitis C — with 57 million people screened and 1 million treated between October 2018 and April 2019

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@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt More women and children are surviving childbirth than ever before thanks to improved access to affordable, quality health services bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt Diabetics in low and middle-income countries will soon have better and more affordable access to treatment thanks to the launch of a WHO pilot programme to prequalify insulin bit.ly/2Q3dKdk #WHOPrequalification

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt The fight against #polio has achieved a major milestone with the eradication of the second of three strains of wild poliovirus worldwide bit.ly/2Q3dKdk #EndPolio

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt Although #malaria still kills over 400,000 people each year, pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa are better protected.
#Algeria and #Argentina are officially declared malaria-free, and the world’s first malaria vaccine is being piloted in #Ghana, #Kenya & #Malawi

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt The @FAO, @OIEAnimalHealth and WHO have launched a dedicated funding vehicle to accelerate global action against #AntimicrobialResistance, the AMR Multi-Partner Trust Fund bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt @FAO @OIEAnimalHealth WHO prequalified an #Ebola vaccine in record time, and landmark advances were made in care and treatment bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

#WHOPrequalification

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt @FAO @OIEAnimalHealth @OMSRDCONGO WHO supported vaccination campaigns for children across #DRC as the country battled the world’s most severe #measles outbreak bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt @FAO @OIEAnimalHealth @OMSRDCONGO WHO investigated 440 events and responded to 51 emergencies in 40 countries and territories in 2019 — including the Rohingya crisis, cyclone Idai in #Mozambique, and conflict and disease outbreaks in #Yemen, #Syria, #Nigeria and #SouthSudan bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOPhilippines @WHOEgypt @FAO @OIEAnimalHealth @OMSRDCONGO WHO responded to floods in #Iran and an earthquake in #Albania, as well as supporting #Sudan in responding to six different outbreaks, including yellow fever. bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

The number of males using tobacco is beginning to decline 📉 worldwide for the first time.
WHO projects that there will be 5 million fewer male tobacco users globally by 2025 bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

#NoTobacco🚭

The international food and beverage industry has committed to align with the WHO target to eliminate industrially produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023 bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

#REPLACETransfat

The UN Climate Conference #COP25 marked 5 key actions to tackle the health risks of #climatechange.
More than 50 countries and 80 cities signed up to WHO’s Air Quality Guidelines through the Clean Air Initiative bit.ly/2Q3dKdk

Healthcare providers and policymakers can now refer to new WHO guidelines on adopting a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of #dementia bit.ly/2Q3dKdk