Hans Kluge

Rehabilitation & assistive tech can transform lives. 💪🦽 In #Tajikistan, WHO & @ATscale2030 are helping more people access the tools & care they need to live independently. Health workers like Malohat are making it happen. ❤️ 🔗 bit.ly/452CcST

🇭🇺 Hungary, as Vice President of the 78th World Health Assembly, has demonstrated strong commitment to advancing global & regional health agenda – backing the increase in assessed contribution and the adoption of the Pandemic Agreement. I thanked Dr Peter Takács, State…

Latvia is undertaking its most significant reforms in 20 years to improve access to medicines - reducing out-of-pocket costs and ensuring essential treatments are available and affordable for all. In my online meeting with 🇱🇻 Health Minister Dr Hosams Abu Meri, I commended this…

Good data = good policies. Last week in Uzbekistan🇺🇿, we explored using #HealthData for policymaking in 5 Central Asian countries. The training, co-funded by @EU_Health, covered: 📊Data sources & quality ✅Frameworks & indicators 💻Advanced analytics 📑Health reports

WHO/Europe and the EU will keep working side by side to confront public health challenges head-on - ensuring #health stays above politics and serves everyone, everywhere. In my recent exchange with EU Commissioner @OliverVarhelyi, we agreed to   🔹strengthen mental health…

In my online meeting with Lithuanian Health Minister Dr Marija Jakubauskienė, I congratulated 🇱🇹 for passing the new amendments to the Excise Law introducing excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages – an important step to improve population health & prevent non-communicable…

Had a valuable exchange with Mr. Michal Štofko, State Secretary for Health of Slovakia, on how @WHO_Europe can adapt the scale & scope of its country presence to better support national priorities. We discussed ways to move forward - avoiding duplication while not compromising…

The health sector is a top target for #cyberattacks—risking patient privacy, disrupting care and endangering lives. Under #EPW2, WHO/Europe will support countries to boost cybersecurity in #digitalhealth systems. #CyberSecurity #HealthForAll

Honoured to represent @WHO at the Ukraine Recovery Conference #URC2025 Reaffirming WHO’s commitment to support Ukraine’s health workers & the health system’s recovery from protecting healthcare to building long-term resilience.

.@WHOUkraine & @WorldBank with @SwissDevCoop support, launch Phase Two (2025–2029) of the "Sustaining Health Sector Reforms in Ukraine" project. Key focus: 1️⃣ Governance 2️⃣ Health Financing 3️⃣ Service Delivery Working together to meet Ukraine’s health needs now and in the future

“We need to work across sectors to address several diseases and risk factors at the same time,” says Marianne Takki from @EU_Health @EU_Commission. WHO's report offers data to guide coordinated action —showing what’s needed to meet global #NCD targets: bit.ly/3GpKZ92

“Fiscal and legislative measures must be acknowledged and endorsed at the highest political level,” says #JAPreventNCD – an important message ahead of the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on #NCDs and #MentalHealth. More in our new report on NCDs 👉 bit.ly/3GpKZ92 #UNHLM

Focused, straightforward & results-oriented. This is how I would describe today’s meeting with Ms Leyla Aliyeva, founder and head of International Dialogue for Environmental Action (IDEA) 🇦🇿. We discussed our potential partnership in various areas to help mitigate the impact of…

Today in Barcelona, I met with Catalan President Salvador Illa and thanked Spain & the Government of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia for their strong support to @WHO and the WHO Barcelona Office - a centre of excellence in health financing for universal health coverage.   I…

In Ukraine 🇺🇦, the latest attacks on health care have injured 4 health workers and 4 patients. Hospital buildings and equipment in multiple regions sustained structural damage, and 5 ambulances dispatched to save lives were also damaged. These attacks are a clear violation of…

Ежегодно в Европейском регионе ВОЗ фиксируются 1,8 млн предотвратимых смертей от хронических неинфекционных заболеваний. Согласно @WHO_Europe_RU, 60% этих смертей можно избежать с помощью мер общественного здравоохранения, 40% – при эффективном лечении. news.un.org/ru/story/2025/…

Too many good ideas in health never reach the people who need them most. That’s what we want to change. 🇩🇰 Denmark has shown how trust and partnership can turn innovation into impact - and now we want to take this spirit further across our Region. This vision is at the core of…

In Ukraine, attacks on health care continue—2,418+ since Feb 2022. WHO’s Strengthening Hospital Readiness initiative helps hospitals stay operational through attacks, blackouts & floods. Hospitals in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipro & Mykolaiv lead the way. More: bit.ly/3GdDmCz