23 January 2014 – Against the backdrop of peace talks on Syria which opened yesterday in Switzerland, senior United Nations humanitarian officials have joined international aid organizations calling for the protection of Syrian children, 11,000 of whom have been killed and 4 million forced to flee their homes over the past three years. “We...

Syrian children have the right to be vaccinated against polioDamascus,13 January 2014 – The representatives of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Syria strongly condemn the interruption of a polio immunization campaign in Al-Raqa Syrian governorate due to the intense fighting among groups. WHO and...

17 December, 2013 — The Ministries of Health of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government, together with WHO, UNICEF, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other health partners launched Iraq's national acceleration plan for maternal and child health on 17 December 2013. The 3-year acceleration plan delineates cost-effective...

6 December 2013 - The push to immunize all children against polio has been hampered by the ongoing crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic. WHO and UNICEF have appealed to all parties to cooperate, including through temporary pauses in hostilities where needed, to allow vaccination campaigns to take place and for all children to be protected. When Dr...

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was started by RoadPeace in 1993 17 November 2013 – The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was endorsed by the United Nations on 26 October 2005 as a global day to be observed every third Sunday in November each year, making it a major advocacy day for road traffic injury...

UNICEF13 November – A comprehensive outbreak response continues to roll out across the Middle East following confirmation of the polio outbreak in the Syrian Arab Republic. Seven countries and territories are holding mass polio vaccination campaigns with further extensive campaigns planned for December targeting 22 million children; in a joint...

UNICEF A week after the Middle East declared a polio emergency in the region, mass vaccination against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases under way Geneva, New York, 8 November – The largest-ever consolidated immunization response in the Middle East is under way to stop a polio outbreak, aiming to vaccinate over 20 million children in...

4 November, 2013 – A dedicated supplement of key scientific studies on the HIV epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was published today in the journal of Sexually Transmitted Infections. The studies provide critical evidence from the field on the status of the epidemic in the MENA region and showcase the progress of HIV...

Members of the WHO Regional Committee attended the opening of the 60th session in Muscat, Oman28 October 2013 - The first day of RC60 begins today, 28 October 2013, in Muscat, Oman, in the presence of Ministers of Health, their Representatives and delegates of Member States of WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, representatives of national,...

Chamber orchestra of Al Nour Wal Amal Association play at WHO’s Regional Office to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction24 October 2013 – The Kuwait Conference Hall at WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean was transformed into a concert hall as the Chamber Orchestra of Al Nour Wal Amal Association charmed the...