This Sunday, we will celebrate the International Day for Mine Awareness. On this day, HI is alarmed by an exceptionally high and complex level of contamination, particularly explosive remnants of war (ERW) and improvised mines following current and recent conflicts.
This year’s World Health Day sheds light on the need to “build a fairer, healthier world”. This issue could not be more relevant, as the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the already existing health inequities.
The Meeting of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Executive Board started yesterday, and it is hosted virtually.
In the lead-up to the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, rehabilitation professionals, users, community-based rehabilitation networks and NGOs join voices to recall that rehabilitation must be part of financial protection mechanisms and made available and accessible for everyone who needs it, everywhere.
The new Case for Investing in Assistive Technology (AT) that is published by ATscale, describes the enormous gains that access to AT can have in health, for the community and the economy. HI is proud to have contributed to it.
Humanity & Inclusion (HI) shares its most urgent considerations on the Syrian crisis ahead of this year’s “IV Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”, which will take place on 29 and 30 June in a virtual form.
Today starts the 73rd Session of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly (WHA). Exceptionally and for the first time, the Assembly will be organized online and with a unique point to the agenda: the COVID-19 health response.
Without appropriate action, the coronavirus pandemic stands to decimate vulnerable groups in the poorest, conflict- or disaster-ridden countries.
On the occasion of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, Humanity & Inclusion is pleased to share the new factsheet “Accessing Rehabilitation Services: A Challenge To Overcome”, which aims at making the case for rehabilitation in the context of UHC.