World Health Organization - Pakistan

Rethinking Disability for Sustainable Rehabilitation and OT Development in Armenia

Date presented: April 24, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: V. Armineh Babikian, babikian@therapistsforarmenia.org

Fungal Phosphatase-Dependent Induction of Host Cell Pyroptosis by Candidalysin

Abstract Fungal infections pose a major public health threat and can cause host cell damage through diverse forms of regulated cell death. However, our understanding of how fungal pathogens interact with host to elicit pyroptosis remains in its infancy. Here, we show that candida...

Updates to the EU Directives on Professional Qualifications must align with global standards

The European Union (EU) Directive on Minimum Professional Qualifications: Midwife is under review as part of an ongoing regulatory update. This revision presents a critical opportunity to modernise the regulation of midwifery education and practice across the EU and EEA, having i...

Effectiveness of monitoring mechanisms in reducing immunization dropouts among infants in health facilities of Maridi County, South Sudan

Introduction Childhood immunization is among the most cost-effective public health strategies available, yet dropout rates, the proportion of infants who begin but fail to complete the recommended vaccination schedule, remain a persistent obstacle to achieving high and equitable...

Rapid Identification of Multiple Types of Adulterated Ophiocordyceps sinensis by SEM ‐ EDS Based on Micromorphology and Elemental Analysis

As a rare and precious traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Ophiocordyceps sinensis (O. sinensis) is plagued by various adulterants in the market due to factors such as resource scarcity, which seriously affects medication safety and clinical efficacy. Existing identification meth...

Evaluating mental health and psychosocial support outcomes of the Self-Efficacy and Knowledge (SEEK) community-based randomized controlled trial in lebanon during active conflict

<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background:</bold> Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) affected by forced displacement are at high risk of poorer mental health and psychosocial wellbeing due to intersecting stressors. In humanitarian contexts like Lebanon, mental health challen...

Strengthening mental health systems for suicide prevention: The role of mhGAP in WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health (SIMH) countries

Despite suicide being a leading cause of death worldwide, many countries continue to face challenges providing quality care for people at risk.This paper presents learnings from six countries implementing the World Health Organization's (WHO) Special Initiative for Mental Health...

Non-communicable disease care delivered by emergency medical teams during the Gaza Health Response in 2024–2025: an observational analysis of WHO Minimum Data Set Reports

The objective is to describe patterns of noncommunicable disease (NCD) service delivery and the operational roles of the different Emergency Medical Team (EMT) types-Type1 mobile (outpatient mobile primary care), Type1 fixed (outpatient static primary care), and Type2 (inpatient...