Public health priorities for the coming half-decade will focus on critical areas including national health security, mental health, the climate crisis and gender-based violence Copenhagen, 30 October 2024 The Member States of the WHO European Region have nominated Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge to the office of WHO Regional Director for Europe for a second […]
End Stigma To End Aids – Once And For All
OP-ED by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe Central Asia Twenty-four years ago, Maria Godlevkskaya was in a coma in a hospital in Russia, her immune system having failed without treatment for her HIV. She had been diagnosed with the virus five years earlier. Fast forward to today, and not only […]
The multiplier effect of investing in health
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe Central Asia is a region with enviable potential. About half of its population of 80 million people is under the age of 30. It bridges the economic power blocs of Europe and Asia. This year GDP growth in these 5 countries is estimated to be […]