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Israel to build WHO’s first digital health center

Posted on December 11, 2022

At the opening of the World Health Organization European Conference in Tel Aviv (see here previously) Israel’s President Herzog announced that Israel will be working with the WHO to establish and promote the first International center for digital health. https://allisrael.com/israel-the-who-to-establish-digital-health-center

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Funding breakthrough healthcare solutions

Posted on October 11, 2022

Israel’s OurCrowd and the World Health Organization Foundation have launched a $200 million joint Global Health Equity Fund. It will focus on breakthrough technology solutions that can improve healthcare around the world. https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/emergency-assistance-health-equity-for-those-who-need-it-most/ https://info.ourcrowd.com/ghef/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgQN6emqZVI

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The world’s most live kidney donors

Posted on May 8, 2022

Israel is the country with the most living kidney donors worldwide per capita, according to a recent World Health Organization report of 2020 data. Israeli non-profit Matnat Chaim (see here) facilitated the donation of 1,170 kidneys – two thirds of … Continue reading →

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Healthcare platform for research

Posted on December 19, 2021

Israel’s Lynx MD has developed an environment which allows scientists to access and analyze massive amounts of real-world anonymized medical data. It has recently joined forces with leading health organizations to collect real-world data from patients hospitalized with Coronavirus. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3924888,00.html … Continue reading →

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Israelis health improves

Posted on June 4, 2017

In the latest annual report from the World Health Organization (WHO), Israeli males born today can expect on average to live 80.6 years, whereas Israeli women should live 84.3 years. Israel’s Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE) ranking was 5th. http://israelbetweenthelines.com/2017/06/01/life-expectancy-in-israel-on-the-rise/

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IDF field hospitals are the best in the world

Posted on November 20, 2016

Israel is the first and only country to earn the United Nations’ World Health Organization’s highest ranking for its IDF field hospital unit.  It received “Type 3” designation, along with some additional “specialized care” recognitions, which technically made it a … Continue reading →

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Israel ranks 6th in Healthy Life Expectancy

Posted on September 20, 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks Israel 6th in the world, with the average Israeli living without a terminal illness to age 71.5. Israeli men have the world’s fourth longest total life expectancy of 80.2 years. For women, Israel is … Continue reading →

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The world’s first child-friendly wheelchair

Posted on June 8, 2014

(Thanks to NoCamels.com) Israeli NGO Wheelchairs of Hope has designed the world’s first affordable wheelchairs built especially for children. They have received backing from the UN, the World Health Organization and Israeli Nobel Prize winner Aaron Ciechanover. http://nocamels.com/2014/06/israeli-ngo-designs-worlds-first-kid-friendly-wheelchair/

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Praise from World Health Org chief

Posted on April 28, 2013

World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan praised Israel’s national health infrastructure on her first visit to Israel. She said, “I’ve come here to learn from your excellent health system”. She also visited Gaza children at Tel Aviv’s Dana-Dwek Children’s … Continue reading →

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Israeli WHO amendment approved

Posted on June 9, 2024

Every year since 1968, the World Health Organization’s annual Assembly in Geneva passes a resolution criticizing Israel. This year, Israel proposed an amendment calling for the release of the Gaza hostages and denouncing militarization of Gaza hospitals. Amazingly, it passed. … Continue reading →

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