As leaders head to #COP30, experts are calling to: 🩺 Put health at the centre of climate ambition 💡 Take stronger action for healt…
🩺 Put health at the centre of climate ambition
💡 Take stronger action for healthier futures
Stay tuned for more on health action at COP30 https://lnkd.in/edzTXnws
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Chad: Psychosocial support heals the invisible wounds carried by Sudanese refugees
Since 2024, the ICRC has been working with the Red Cross of Chad to put in place a psychosocial support programme in transit centres in the provinces of Ouaddaï, Sila and Wadi Fira.
Full article at source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Saving lives amid armed conflict: Iranian Red Crescent Society responded swiftly to humanitarian needs during recent hostilities
They also toured the local IRCS branch in Hamedan, where Cassard remarked: “I commend the courage and dedication of the IRCS staff who, from the earliest hours of the escalation, were at the forefront – rescuing the injured and trapped, providing life-saving care, assisting the civilian population to cope with the humanitarian impact of the hostilities, and ultimately putting their own lives at risk in these trying conditions.
Full article at source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
ICRC president: World leaders must act to end the indiscriminate killing in Sudan
The appalling abuses of the rules of war we are witnessing in Sudan are indefensible. No patient should be killed in a hospital, and no civilian shot while trying to flee their home.
Full article at source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), like heart disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers are some of the world’s si…
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 27 – 30 October 2025
New safety information for healthcare professionals
Injectable tranexamic acid: serious adverse reactions when inadvertently given intrathecally
PRAC agreed on a direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC) to remind healthcare professionals that extreme caution should be taken when handling and giving injectable tranexamic acid to ensure it is only given intravenously (into a vein).
Full article at source: European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Today is #WorldCitiesDay. WHO’s new Guide for Decision Makers helps leaders transform cities into engines of: ✅ Health ✅ Equity ✅…
WHO’s new Guide for Decision Makers helps leaders transform cities into engines of:
✅ Health
✅ Equity
✅ Sustainability
Learn how to build fairer, healthier futures: bit.ly/4oanNMy
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO calls for a new era of strategic urban health action with global guide to unlock healthy, prosperous and resilient societies
On World Cities Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on national and city leaders to transform urban areas into engines of health, equity and sustainability.
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Have you heard about a worm that can cause #epilepsy? Meet Taenia solium — the pig tapeworm that travels from gut to brain, causin…
Meet Taenia solium — the pig tapeworm that travels from gut to brain, causing seizures and preventable epilepsy in millions.
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Sudan: ICRC Statement on the Situation in Darfur
Pursuant to its protection mandate, the ICRC wishes to remind all parties to the conflict that civilians and all those who no longer take part in the hostilities must be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL).
Full article at source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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