The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) today announced that strengthened HPV vaccination campaigns…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that urgent action is needed to protect funding…
New HIV diagnoses in Greece fell by 4% in 2024, according to EODY, but health experts warn that late detection and treatment delays—especially among vulnerable groups—remain major challenges. With over half of new cases diagnosed at an advanced stage, Greece continues to work toward the WHO’s 95-95-95 targets to eliminate HIV as a public health threat.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, killing at least 144 people and injuring 732, with fears of thousands more casualties. Centered near Mandalay, the quake caused widespread destruction, including a skyscraper collapse in Bangkok. Myanmar’s junta and the international community, including the WHO, are mobilizing aid as the nation grapples with a mounting humanitarian crisis.
Greece has successfully completed a humanitarian medical evacuation of ten sick and injured children from Gaza, coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The operation was carried out with the support of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, WHO, and Egyptian authorities. The children, who received initial treatment in Cairo, were transported to Athens on a special AEGEAN flight. They will now receive medical care in Greek hospitals, while their guardians will be accommodated by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.
Greece proposes a 30 km/h speed limit in urban areas to improve road safety, reduce noise and air pollution, mirroring successful initiatives in other European cities. While challenges remain regarding enforcement and driver behavior, the initiative is supported by the UN and WHO and aims to significantly reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities.
Greece faces a public health and tourism crisis due to the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in its hospitals. High antibiotic consumption and a cultural tendency to overuse these drugs have fueled the problem, raising concerns about potential travel advisories and the need for sustained government action.
The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency due to a surge in cases, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new strain’s rapid spread raises significant concerns for international health, prompting calls for a coordinated global response. So far this year, over 14,000 cases and 524 deaths have been reported in the DRC.
WHO/Europe, in collaboration with the Greek Patients Association, is hosting the first-ever Athens Patients’ Forum on September 20, 2024. The forum aims to enhance the quality of care and patient safety in Greece by fostering a multidisciplinary dialogue among health-care providers, policy-makers, patient advocacy groups, and international experts.
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for H5N1 bird flu after traveling to India and required…
The inaugural health technology assessment (HTA) in Greece took place at the Health Ministry yesterday,…
The Association of Alcoholic Beverage Companies (ENEAP) in Greece is raising concerns about the high…
An informal meeting is scheduled today at the Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) to…
Following an outbreak in China, cases have been spotted in the U.S, France, Netherlands and…
New Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Modernaand Novavax will likely provide protection against the new “Eris”…
Professor Panagiotis Behrakis, head of the Smoke Free Greece initiative of the Hellenic Cancer Society,…
The World Health Organization has warned about the alarming rate of childhood obesity, especially for…
Five people have died in Tanzania from the Marburg virus disease following an outbreak in…
Athens’ Mayor, Kostas Bakoyannis, has received one of five awards at the inaugural “Partnership for Healthy Cities” Summit ( PHC), for Athens efforts in the prevention of overdose in drug users and for in its inroads in making drug overdose antidote naloxone more readily available. “Naloxone can make the difference between life and death…this means that a mother who has naloxone at home can administer it and save her child,” he says.
Greece’s Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias attended and addressed the official opening on Monday of the…
The World Health Organization wants to ‘facilitate’ its 194 member states to introduce digital vaccination…
European Union member countries agreed Tuesday that they should further facilitate tourist travel into the…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in partnership with the Greek government hosted a two day…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted he had a moral duty to push for higher…
While choosing a name for the variants of SARS-CoV2, the World Health Organisation has so…
The Greek government has no plans for future lockdowns said government spokesperson Yiannis Economou on…
The World Health Organization (WHO) assigned the Greek letter Omicron to a newly identified COVID-19…
The Covid-19 pandemic is “far from over,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee…
The World Health Organisation has warned that although a 10-week period of declining covid-19 cases…
There is one obvious problem that some may see associated with this ‘solution’ which calls for using the letters of the Greek alphabet to name all of the variants of the global pandemic. The “China virus” as Trump so famously, and many say, so inappropriately named it, is not Greek either.
