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Highlights
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Trachoma: 85 million people treated through expanded access to medicine
July 2017 – New WHO data show a remarkable increase of 63% in the number of people treated with an antibiotic for trachoma from 2014–2016, considerably improving prospects for the global elimination of the disease. The surge is mainly due to expanded access to azithromycin.
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Measles continues to spread and take lives in Europe
July 2017 - Ongoing measles outbreaks in the Europe have caused 35 deaths in the past year. The most recent fatality was a 6-year-old boy in Italy, where over 3300 measles cases and 2 deaths have occurred since June 2016. Several other countries have also reported outbreaks, according to national public health authorities.
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Scaling up efforts to minimize spread of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
July 2017 – With increasing numbers of people in some countries of WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region affected by acute watery diarrhoea and cholera, WHO is working with partners, including UNICEF, to save lives in areas where outbreaks are active, and reduce the risk of these diseases crossing into unaffected areas and neighbouring countries.
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Protecting health from climate change
July 2017 – Climate change undermines access to safe water, adequate food, and clean air, exacerbating the approximately 12.6 million deaths each year that are caused by avoidable environmental risk factors. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress, and billions of dollars in direct damage costs to health.
What we do
Health emergencies programme
Eliminate hepatitis
Infographics
Fact sheets
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Trachoma
Updated July 2017 -
Lassa fever
Reviewed July 2017 -
Rift Valley fever
Reviewed July 2017 -
Sanitation
Updated July 2017 -
Drinking-water
Updated July 2017
Events
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High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
10-19 July 2017 -
World Hepatitis Day 2017: Eliminate hepatitis
28 July 2017 -
GREAT Summit: Global Research, Innovation, and Education in Assistive Technology
3-4 August 2017 -
WHO Global Conference on Noncommunicable diseases
18–20 October 2017
Sustainable Development Goals
Tweets from WHO
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"Discrimination runs counter to global commitments to reach universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals."
Disease outbreak news
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Cholera – Nigeria
12 July 2017 -
Acute hepatitis E – Nigeria
12 July 2017 -
Meningococcal septicaemia associated with attending a funeral – Liberia
6 July 2017 -
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
6 July 2017