SECRETARY GENERAL Statements

The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the importance of sanitation, safe water and handwashing facilities to stop the spread of infectious diseases. Everyone should have acc....more

Around the world, nearly 1 billion people live with a mental disorder.  Every 40 seconds, someone dies from suicide.  And depression is now recognized as a leading cause ....more

As the world fights the deadly COVID-19 pandemic – the most challenging crisis we have faced since the Second World War – we are also seeing another epidemic -- a dangerous epidemi....more

  World Health Day this year comes at a very difficult time for all of us.   My message today is to our health care workers -- the nurses, midwives, technicians, param....more

  The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold human suffering and economic devastation around the world.I recently called for an immediate global ceasefire to foc....more