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Air quality monitoring for enhanced understanding of health impacts and beyond

Monitoring air quality (for example collecting continuous and quality data) is integral and critical to detecting air pollutants and to ensuring information...

WHO water, sanitation, hygiene and waste strategy 2026-2035

Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) still drive at least 1.4 million preventable deaths each year (1), while climate shocks, outbreaks, migration...

Maternal mortality in fragile and conflict-affected situations: technical brief

This brief aligns the latest maternal mortality estimates with whether a country is conflict-affected or considered institutionally fragile. Nearly...

Mainstreaming antimicrobial resistance into primary health care: international workshop report

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) organized an international workshop from 18 to 20 March 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand,...