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malaise

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Mon Feb 6, 2023, 08:27 PM Feb 2023

WHO's Executive Board today welcomed the Carter Center, Inc. and the NCD Alliance into official rela

https://www.who.int/news/item/06-02-2023-longstanding-who-partners-to-enter-into-official-relations-with-the-organization

The new status, to be ratified at the World Health Assembly in May, enables these valued partner organizations to engage more directly with WHO processes; they may participate at sessions of WHO governing bodies, propose agenda items and organize side events as a non-State actor.

The Carter Center is a WHO contributor and a recognized pioneer in the fight against neglected tropical diseases. Since 1986, the Carter Center has worked with WHO and other partners to eliminate Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis).

The collaboration has so far reduced the annual incidence of the disabling parasitic infection from 3.5 million cases in 1986 to just 15 cases in 2021.

Founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter in partnership with Atlanta-based Emory University, the Carter Center is also widely recognized for championing mental health. At the 75th World Health Assembly in 2021, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus presented Rosalynn Carter with the Award for Global Health to recognize her lifetime achievement in working on behalf of mental health issues.

More at WHO link
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