GENEVA: Tobacco use is declining in 150 countries, 56 of which are on track to achieve the global target for reducing tobacco use by 2025, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Results Report 2023.
An additional 29 countries developed multi-sectoral national action plans on antimicrobial resistance during the biennium 2022-2023, bringing the total to 178 countries, the report noted.
The report, which will be released ahead of the 2024 Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, which runs 27th May – 1st June 2024, showcases achievements of key public health milestones, even amid greater global humanitarian health needs driven by conflict, climate change and disease outbreaks.
Source: Emirates News Agency