The climate crisis is having an impact on everyone’s lives. Each year, we are witnessing more and more extreme weather events resulting in natural disasters and the increased need for humanitarian assistance. The impact of environmental degradation is evidenced by the movement and displacement of communities, loss of livelihood, family and social networks. Rising sea […]
The call for WHO’s #HealthForAll Film Festival 2023 is now open. Unleash your creativity. Send us your short films. Join the #Film4health global movement. Deadline: 31st January 2023 Application: http://bit.ly/HAFF2023 The World Health Organization invites independent film-makers, production companies, public health institutions, NGOs, communities, students, and film schools from around the world to submit their […]
This past year has been one of progress and innovation in which the Inclusive Eye Health and Neglected Tropic .Diseases Initiative has been working in some of the most challenging regions of the world.We have recently been gathering some statistics: Between 2017 and 2021 we have supported the administration of 269,434,477 drug treatments, which is […]
This companion document to Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030 (“the road map”) aims to support a range of stakeholders – including countries in which neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are endemic, international organizations and non-State actors – to achieve the road map targets through […]
We warmly ivite you to join us in Antigua & Barbuda in October for the 2022 5th Continental CBR/CBID Congress of the Americas as we work towards the ful lment of the rights of persons with disabilities in the Americas region. The conference is a hybrid format, so you can choose to either attend online or […]
The World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day (WSBHD) has been established and designated by the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus’ (IF) General Meeting in Guatemala in 2011 with the aim of raising awareness and understanding about Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SBH). It also serves as a means to advocate and promote the rights […]
Register for WHO’s Training in Assistive Products MOOC Sign up for the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Training in Assistive Products (TAP) starting on November 10! For two weeks you will have the opportunity to join other learners around the world in taking the first TAP module “Introduction to Assistive Products” What is a MOOC? It is […]
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“Towards Rehabilitation at Your Door-Step” – the Third Webinar in “Poverty, Hunger and Disability: the Missing Link” series Sept. 20, 2022 “It is utmost urgent that community based rehabilitation is not forgotten, and people with disabilities living in poverty are not forgotten”. Poverty and hunger have been missing and made invisible in the disability discourse […]
Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the uptake, user characteristics, and performance of the free WHO smartphone hearing screening test (hearWHO) as a global hearing health promotion initiative. Method: We retrospectively examined the data of 242 626 tests conducted by adults (> 18 years) on the hearWHO app between February 2019 and […]
