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2022/05/30 10 key global health moments from 2021-WHO

The year 2020 was a devastating year for health worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the inequalities in healthcare and health systems. Countries around the world will need to act swiftly to repair and reinforce their health systems, and to address the key societal and environmental issues.
 
In addition to the continuous domination of COVID-19 pandemic in global health issue, there have been lots of other crucial issues in 2021, and some you might have missed, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
 
From COVID-19 and malaria vaccines to climate actions, from empowerment of women's health to decline of tobacco use, and from diabetes to dementia, advances in medicines and medical technology, progress in health policy, the elimination of diseases in certain regions, and new health care programs were happening in every corner of the world.
 
The WHO highlights the ten global health issues in 2021. Please refer to the following link for more details.
https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/10-key-global-health-moments-from-2021