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Greece and the WHO Regional Office for Europe commit to strengthening their collaboration on quality of care and patient safety
WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, and the Minister of Health of the Hellenic Republic, Dr Vasileios Kikilias, signed a joint statement on strengthening collaboration on quality of care and patient safety. Joint statement by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe and Dr Vasileios Kikilias, Minister of Health of…
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World Food Safety Day: From planting to your plate, everyone has a role to play
Eating contaminated food has caused an estimated 600 million people in the world, or almost one-in-ten individuals, to fall ill – 420,000 of whom die every year, two UN specialized agencies highlighted on Sunday, World Food Safety Day. Joining forces, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) flagged that “food…
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WHO joins forces with 17 central European countries to step up tailored COVID-19 response
A joint task force has been established by WHO/Europe and the Central European Initiative (CEI) to respond to COVID-19 and step up regional coordination to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. by WHO Europe Comprising key health officials from the 17 CEI member states, the task force will serve as a strategic platform for updating…