World Health Organization trains over 500 Afghan healthcare workers


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www.khaama.com— The World Health Organization has announced that over 500 physicians and health workers, including 204 women, have been trained in basic emergency care. The World Health Organization’s office on Sunday, April 21st, broadcasted a training video on social media platform X to increase the capacity of health workers in emergency care and reduce premature mortality. […]

International Trade Union Confederation—Joint Statement from the Commonwealth Trade Union Group (CTUG), Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to mark International Workers' Memorial Day and the International Labour Organization's World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024.. This year's theme ‘The impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health' seeks a drastic shift in political priorities, policy coherence and agenda setting to address climate change, occupational safety and health hazards and risks to workers. With occupational climate-related health risks expected to increase because of climate change, achieving a collective approach to deal with this global health crisis is not a quick fix. We come together to remember those who have sadly lost ()

Zero Hedge—The World Health Organization’s Pandemic Treaty Ignores Covid Policy Mistakes. The World Health Organization’s Pandemic Treaty Ignores Covid Policy Mistakes Authroed by Kevin Bardosh & Jay Bhattarcharya via RealClearPolicy, The World Health Organization is urging the U.S. and 193 other governments to commit next month to a new global treaty to prevent and manage future pandemics. Current estimates suggest over $31 billion per year will be needed to fund its obligations, a cost most lower income countries cannot afford. But that isn’t the only reason to oppose...

NL Times—Healthcare workers protest fatal stabbing in mental health clinic with 2-minute strike. Healthcare workers will stop working for two minutes at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday to protest against violence. In these two minutes of silence, they will commemorate an employee of a mental health institution in Heerlen who was stabbed to death at work last month.