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🌍 #AirPollution claims 7 million lives each year. Ella died from a serious asthma attack when she was nine. Since the heartbreaking loss of her daughter, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE has been a relentless advocate for the right to #CleanAir. Watch her story!

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Out-of-pocket spending now accounts for more than 40% of all health expenditures in low-income countries. In 30 low- and lower-middle-income countries, it is still the dominant source of financing for health. Learn more about who’s been paying for healthcare across the world. WHO’s Health Expenditure Tracking programme has been collecting and reporting on health spending globally for over two decades. Latest report here: https://bit.ly/3Dbr5g3

In 2010, the average walking time to the nearest health facility in Rwanda was over 1.5 hours. By 2020, this was down to just 47 minutes. Rwanda, as part of the Universal Health Coverage Partnership is improving access to health services through “health posts” set up near communities. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZDVdcI #HealthForAll World Health Organization African Region

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The need to spend large amounts out-of-pocket to access health services is placing 1 in 8 people worldwide at risk of poverty due to out-of-pocket health expenditure of 10% or more of their household budget. Governments must adequately invest in #HealthForAll and protect people – particularly the most vulnerable among us – from impoverishing health spending. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OGl5hA

“I have come to the market to buy groceries. Doctors conducted a blood test and gave me medicines”, says Lekham Jamli, a pregnant woman in Chhattisgarh, India. India, as part of the Universal Health Coverage Partnership has improved accessibility to essential health services for 18 million people in rural, forested areas of Chhattisgarh. #HealthForAll Read more: https://bit.ly/3VrOL63 World Health Organization South-East Asia

Over 846 million adults worldwide — more than 1 in 5 aged 15-49 — have a genital #herpes infection, with 42 million new infections each year. 💡 Reduce your risk:  🔹 Use condoms consistently and correctly.  🔹 Avoid sexual contact during flare-ups.  🔹 Stay informed and reduce stigma around herpes. WHO works to improve access to treatments and drive research to reduce the burden of genital herpes globally. New treatments and vaccines are needed to reduce the impacts of the herpes virus and control its spread.  Read more: bit.ly/3OOTIC6 

Ymyt Berdibekova, a 66-year-old pensioner from Bishkek, is spending an estimated 10% less on her hypertension medicines thanks to a new initiative of the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan. In 2023, as part of the UHC Partnership, Kyrgyzstan has regulated prices of selected medicines making them more affordable and accessible to the population. Read more: https://bit.ly/49wPGYQ WHO Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization Kyrgyzstan