World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Strengthening systems to monitor antibiotics. An action oriented approach

Background Antibiotics have become lynchpins of our modern systems of healthcare, animal health and agriculture. Monitoring the types and volumes of antibiotics distributed, used and discharged across these systems is critical to provide evidence for action. With limited resource...

Arthroscopic Radiolunate Fusion: Surgical Technique

Radiolunate (RL) fusion is a selective salvage procedure for focal post-traumatic radiolunate arthritis, designed to address an isolated radiolunate lesion while preserving the uninvolved wrist compartments. Compared with radioscapholunate fusion, isolated radiolunate fusion pres...

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...