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  • 06/06/2019 - Food safety is everyone’s business

    An estimated 77 million people in the Americas suffer an episode of foodborne illness each year, half of them children under 5. In some cases, foodborne illness can be fatal. Read more.

  • 05/27/2019 - REIP: The recording and presentation of the webinar - Importance of quality in plans of Interprofessional Education - are already available

    Access the recording and presentation of the webinar.

     

  • 05/23/2019 - Air pollution does more damage than previously understood, leading to chronic health impacts

    Air pollution is doing more damage than previously understood, causing a range of chronic health impacts that go even beyond the annual 7 million deaths estimated by the WHO, said panelists yesterday at a World Health Assembly (WHA) side event, Every Breath Can Do Damage: The Urgency of Air Pollution Action. Read  more.

  • 05/23/2019 - Dr Tedros Calls on member states to step up political leadership and investment for health impact

    Health is about political leadership, partnership and people, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, said in his opening address at the start of the 72nd World Health Assembly this week in Geneva, adding that these three priorities must guide discussions not only this week, but throughout the next year. Read more.

  • 05/09/2019 - State of Global Air/2019

    A new State of Global Air/2019 report estimates that average life expectancy worldwide is reduced by about a year and eight months due to exposure to current levels of global air pollution. Developing countries are hit the hardest in terms of life expectancy. The report estimates that people in many African, Eastern European, and Asian countries lose between one and 1.87 years off their life expectancy. Read the Report.

  • 05/08/2019 - RETS' Webinar: Interprofessional education in the training and work of health technicians

    The 7th RETS Webinar 'Interprofessional Education in the training and work of health technicians' will be held on June 4, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. (Brasília time), in the Auditorium of the EPSJV/Fiocruz, with live broadcast. Read more in Portuguese and in Spanish.

  • 05/07/2019 - 72nd World Health Assembly - May 20 to 28

    Follow the event, read the documents and know what will be discussed during the Assembly. More information (in Spanish and English).

  • 05/06/2019 - 05/05 - International Day of the Midwife: 5 things you should know

    Why are midwives important? What impact have they had on mothers’ and babies’ health? As the United Nations celebrates midwives across the world on Sunday, here are five things you should know about the critical role they play in communities. Read more.

  • 05/06/2019 - MOOC - UN Environment: Marine Litter

    The MOOC on marine litter strives to teach students through action oriented learning how they can apply successful and inspiring activities to their own local context, regardless of their profession or location. More information.

  • 04/29/2019 - WHO public consultation on tuberculosis

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened public consultation for the first version of the document Global Strategy on research and innovation for Tuberculosis. Contributions can be sent until May 8th and they will help to compose the next version of the document, which must be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Organization and then submitted to the World Health Assembly.

    Click here to know more.

     

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