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Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 18:51:44 -0500
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Subject: How well do you know the World Health Organization?
Doing Good - Development community buzz, innovation & lifestyle | | | | | | May 24, 2016 | | WHAT TO KNOW NOW | | |  | By Jenny Lei Ravelo | |    | | | World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan urged member states to step back in time and celebrate some of global health's successes In her opening address before the 69th World Health Assembly on Monday. | | | | | | | Photo by: L. Cipriani / WHO | | | She mentioned, among other examples, the 19,000 fewer children dying from preventable diseases; the 44 percent decline in maternal mortality; and the 15 million people who now have access to antiretroviral therapy worldwide.
"Everyone in this room can be proud of these achievements," she said. "You have saved many millions of lives. Your strategic and technical innovations have left us well prepared to set our sights even higher. You deserve an applause."
Against this backdrop however are serious public health threats: yellow fever in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, potential flare ups of Ebola in West Africa and the spreading threat of Zika.
WHO is also in the phase of working out reforms in its work, including on its emergency operations. For nearly seven decades, such important discussions have been held at the World Health Assembly, where numerous resolutions on WHO's program of work and budget are approved or denied. In 2015, the assembly set the stage for WHO emergency response reforms.
Devex took a look back at some of the milestones that have taken place at the WHA throughout the years, as well as some historic moments in WHO's history. | | | | | | |
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| | | | DEVIQ | | | | | By Devex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This week, we want your thoughts on whether the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul will result in concrete commitments or operational change. Weigh in with our Twitter poll. Your answer not an option? Tweet it to us @Devex. | | | |
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| | | | SPOTLIGHT ON | | | | | By Jenny Lei Ravelo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photo by: L. Cipriani / WHO | In 2015, the World Health Organization committed to a set of reforms in response to requests for it to strengthen its emergency response. Devex takes a look at the result of those conversations: the agency's new Health Emergencies Program, to be rolled out from 2016 to 2019. | | | | |
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| | | | @WORK | | | | | By Catherine Cheney | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photo by: Exchanges Photos / CC BY-NC-ND | Despite the rapid growth of digital skills building programs across Africa, the demand for programming skills from employers and students still outpaces the supply. What more is needed to build digital skills on the continent that will be home to the largest workforce in the world by 2050? | | | | | | |
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| | | | THE WEEK AHEAD | | | | | | By Devex Editor | | | | | | | The World Humanitarian Summit wraps up today while annual meetings of the World Health Organization and the African Development Bank are underway. Check out our preview to see what else is happening this week. | | | | | | | Photo by: Eskinder Debebe / United Nations | | | Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting May 24: | | | May 23-24. Istanbul, Turkey | | | May 23-28. Geneva, Switzerland | | | May 23-27. Lusaka, Zambia | | | May 26-27. Ise-Shima, Japan | | | May 26-28. Antalya, Turkey | | | May 31-June 1. Paris, France | Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Email us at news@devex.com. | | |
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