WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health

30 October 2018 to 1 November 2018
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The conference is being held in collaboration with UN Environment, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) and the United Nations Economic...

St. Olav’s Hospital, a success story in the patient centricity principle

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St Olav’s Hospital in Norway continues to receive international acclaim and win several awards for its innovative architecture that focused on collaboration between the architects, patients and employees resulting in a new design that benefits all. The success of this hospital, continues to...

Patients called upon to support a commitment for action on air quality

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On 30th October, WHO will host the First WHO Conference on Air Pollution and Health in Geneva .The conference is in response to a World Health Assembly mandate to combat one of the world’s most significant causes of premature death-air pollution. This conference will look at how air pollution...

Patient Solidarity Day 2018: Whats ahead

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Every year since 2011, patient advocates globally have marked the start of December with Patient Solidarity Day and this year is no different. The campaign, whose theme is 'Safe Medication and Healthcare for All' will be marked on 7th December 2018. Prominent organizations across the world will...

3rd International Conference on Patient Safety

1 November 2018 to 4 November 2018
Events
"The mission of this conference is to provide safe & quality health services to all patients in Pakistan." To initiate and support this journey of patient safety in Pakistan, top leaders in patient safety from across the world and relevant local stakeholders will come together to share &...

5th APEC Blood Safety Policy Forum

10 December 2018 to 12 December 2018
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The 5th APEC Blood Safety Policy Forum will be held in Taipei, Chinese Taipei. The theme for this year’s Policy Forum is “ Raising and Converging Standards through Centers of Excellence ”. Access to a safe and sufficient supply of blood and related products and services, including blood transfusion...

4th Global Ministerial Patient Safety Summit

2 March 2019 to 3 March 2019
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The 4th Global Ministerial Patient Summit will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2-3, 2019 under the theme: Universal Health Coverage & Patient Safety. The global event will bring together health ministers from more than 50 countries, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (...

Sixty-eighth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa

27 August 2018 to 31 August 2018
The Sixty-eighth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa will take place in Dakar, capital of the Republic of Senegal, land of the Teranga, from 27 to 31 August 2018 at the King Fahd Hotel. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from the 47 countries in the Region, is the...

World Population Day

11 July 2018
Events
World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11...

World Hepatitis Day

28 July 2018
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World Hepatitis Day takes places every year on 28 July bringing the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. Worldwide, 300 million people are living with viral hepatitis unaware. Without finding the undiagnosed and...

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