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 Pool of experts for Middle East respiratory syndrome established  23 October 2018   

 Contribution of United Arab Emirates acknowledged on World Polio Day 23 October 2018   

 HH Pope Francis and WHO Director-General: Health is a right and not a privilege 23 October 2018   

 Health system strengthening boosts immunization in Somalia 22 October 2018      All news     Emergencies    

  

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  First WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, 30 October–1 November 2018         Regional Director    

  

 Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari

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 Sixty-fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, Khartoum, Sudan, 15–18 October 2018

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 Recently published Vision 2023: Health for all by all – a call for solidarity and action

 The work of WHO in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Annual report of the Regional Director 1 January–31 December 2017

       

  

 Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal The Regional Office’s flagship peer-reviewed public health journal.

 Volume 24, issue 8, August 2018

       

  

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