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This weeks aims to highlight the collective action needed to ensure that every person is protected from vaccine - preventable diseases. This year's theme: "Protected Together: #VaccinesWork" encourages people at every level - from donors to the public- to go further in their efforts...

On this day, WHO is calling on world leaders to leave up to the pledges they made when they agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. This, coupled with committing to concrete steps to advance #HealthForAll. This means making efforts to ensure everyone everywhere can access essential...

The World Hospital Congress, under the umbrella of the International Hospital Federation, is a unique global event that brings key health leaders together annually to share views and experiences, network and develop excellence in healthcare and hospitals leadership. In 2018 the Congress will head...

World TB Day celebrated on 24 March each year, is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and the status of TB prevention and care efforts. It is also an opportunity to mobilize political and social commitment for further progress in efforts to end TB.