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Invest in children’s vital first years, tackling stigma in drug use, reaching the remotest population in Africa with… SPOTLIGHT World Health Organization and UNICEF released a new progress report highlights the need to step up investment in nurturing care – especially in the poorest and most fragile countries – with the first years of a child’s life providing irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and well-being. Read more Globally, nearly 500,000 deaths are linked to drug use each year.  More than 39 million people around the world suffer from drug use disorders, yet only 1 in 5 of them are in treatment. By tackling stigma, we can help people who use drugs get support, receive better healthcare, and recover fast. Prevention, harm reduction, treatment  and care must be available. Know more. Drug overdose: a story about life View media Left behind no more The nomads who wander the arid Lake Chad Basin had heard about the COVID-19 pandemic but hoped they could avoid it. Medical services are scarce in the places they go. Then clinics-on-wheels began to appear, bringing health information, vaccines rollout started and a cohort of health workers trained by the World Health Organization. Read the full story. View media Lower your risk of developing skin & eye diseases from UV radiation UPDATES Improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene can save 1.4 million lives per year, says new WHO report Multilateral development banks and WHO launch new investment platform to strengthen primary health care services WHO and Global Citizen sign partnership to promote health, fight inequity and address health-related risks of climate change 📰 Catch the latest news on the world of health. Subscribe and share.  Meer lezen