The US presidential administration, together with the Institute of Health, announced the launch of new programs aimed at precision medicine. One of the programs will involve 1 million volunteers (they plan to collect the required number of participants in 3 years).
The 68th session of the World Health Assembly was recently held, where it was proposed to develop a programme for the protection of adolescent health in collaboration with young people, key partners, and WHO member countries.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded in Sweden. For the first time in the history of Chinese science, the prize was awarded to a Chinese pharmacologist for the creation of a drug to treat malaria, which saved millions of lives.
The organization Doctors Without Borders was created specifically to provide medical assistance to citizens affected by armed conflicts or natural disasters.
WHO, together with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), warns in their speech about problems with access to drinking water and sanitation in some regions, which could negatively affect the health of both children and adults.
Today, most public health information is produced in English, but some experts insist on providing information in other languages that are also widely used around the world.
Every year, millions of people get a second chance thanks to donated blood, and WHO has called for more volunteers who are willing to donate their blood for the sake of another person's life.
