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Women's access to the digital world
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 08/03/2023
» On International Women's Day, which falls today, WHO is calling for intensified action in the South-East Asia Region and across the world to ensure that every woman and girl, everywhere has timely and equitable access to digital innovations and technologies that can protect, promote and support health and well-being, and accelerate gender equality.
Fighting cancer in Southeast Asia
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 07/02/2023
» On World Cancer Day, which is concurrent on Feb 4 annually, the WHO is calling for intensified action across the Southeast Asian region to strengthen health systems to prevent and detect cancers early, to provide prompt treatment referral, to enhance access to palliative care, and to close the gap in access to quality cancer services -- the theme of this year's commemoration.
Food safety: we must all do our bit
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Published on 09/06/2021
» World Food Safety Day was on Monday and to mark it the World Health Organization South-East Asia region is calling for intensified whole-of-society efforts to prevent, detect and manage the risk of foodborne disease (FBD). Globally, nearly 600 million people fall sick and 420 000 people die every year due to consumption of unsafe food. SE Asia contributes a quarter of the global burden of FBD morbidity and nearly 42% of FBD mortality. Safe food is critical to promoting health and ending hunger, two of the 17 goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The use of antimicrobials in farm animals is a major contributor to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a health and development threat and one of the region's eight flagship priorities. The theme of this year's celebration, "Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow", highlights the benefits of safe food production and consumption for people, the planet and economies. We must all do our part.
Tackle entrenched inequalities to end epidemics
News, Winnie Byanyima, Published on 07/07/2020
» Like the HIV epidemic before it, Covid-19 is exploiting the extreme inequalities between countries and within them among disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. I am proud that decades of experience in responding to HIV are being used in the fight against the coronavirus and that activists all over the world are working hard to make sure that the disruption to HIV services is minimised.