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			</label>
		</div>
		<div class="controls">
			<div class="field-calendar">
		<div class="input-group">
				<input
			type="text"
			id="from_date2501"
			name="from_date"
			value=""
						class="form-control"						placeholder="From Date"			data-alt-value="" autocomplete="off">
		<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary"
			id="from_date2501_btn"
			title="Open the calendar"
			data-inputfield="from_date2501" data-button="from_date2501_btn" data-date-format="%Y-%m-%d" data-dayformat="%Y-%m-%d" data-firstday="0" data-weekend="0,6" data-today-btn="1" data-week-numbers="1" data-show-time="0" data-show-others="1" data-time24="24" data-only-months-nav="0" data-min-year="" data-max-year="" data-date-type="gregorian"		><span class="icon-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></span>
		<span class="visually-hidden">Open the calendar</span>
		</button>
			</div>
</div>
<style>
	.hidden{
		display: none;
	}
	.field-calendar .visually-hidden{
		display: none;
	}
</style>			<div class="field-calendar">
		<div class="input-group">
				<input
			type="text"
			id="to_date2501"
			name="to_date"
			value=""
						class="form-control"						placeholder="To Date"			data-alt-value="" autocomplete="off">
		<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary"
			id="to_date2501_btn"
			title="Open the calendar"
			data-inputfield="to_date2501" data-button="to_date2501_btn" data-date-format="%Y-%m-%d" data-dayformat="%Y-%m-%d" data-firstday="0" data-weekend="0,6" data-today-btn="1" data-week-numbers="1" data-show-time="0" data-show-others="1" data-time24="24" data-only-months-nav="0" data-min-year="" data-max-year="" data-date-type="gregorian"		><span class="icon-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></span>
		<span class="visually-hidden">Open the calendar</span>
		</button>
			</div>
</div>
<style>
	.hidden{
		display: none;
	}
	.field-calendar .visually-hidden{
		display: none;
	}
</style>		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="control-group phrases-box">
		<div class="control-label">
			<label>
				Search For:			</label>
		</div>
		<div class="controls">
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="all"  checked="checked">
					All words				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="any" >
					Any word				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="exact" >
					Exact Phrase				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="prefix" >
					Phrase Prefix				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="wildcard" >
					Wildcard				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="fuzzy" >
					Fuzzy query				</label>
						<span class="ges-icon-help"></span>
			<div class="help-text muted text-muted" style="display: none;">
				- <strong>All words</strong>: Returns only documents that match all words.<br /> - <strong>Any word</strong>: Returns documents that match any word.<br /> - <strong>Exact Phrase</strong>: Returns only documents that match the exact phrase entered.<br /> - <strong>Phrase Prefix</strong>: Works like the Exact Phrase mode, except that it allows for prefix matches on the last term in the text.<br /> - <strong>Wildcard</strong>: Returns documents that match a wildcard expression.<br /> - <strong>Fuzzy query</strong>: Returns documents that contain terms similar to the search term. For example: If you search for <strong>Kolumbia</strong>. It will return search results that contain <strong>Columbia</strong> or <strong>Colombia</strong>.			</div>
		</div>
	</div>

</form>									<div class="search-results "></div>
											</div>
		</div>
		</div>
	</div>
	<template class="search-result-template" type="x-tmpl-mustache" style="display: none !important;">
{{#data.error}}
<div class="alert alert-danger">
	{{#data.error.root_cause}}
	<p>[{{{type}}}] {{{reason}}}</p>
	{{/data.error.root_cause}}
</div>
{{/data.error}}
{{^data.error}}

	{{#texts.summary}}
	<p class="result-statistics clearfix">
	{{texts.summary}}
	{{#options.result.rssIcon}}
	<a class="rss" href="/{{{data.rssUrl}}}" target="_blank" title="RSS">RSS</a>
	{{/options.result.rssIcon}}
	</p>
	{{/texts.summary}}

	{{#data.hits.hits}}
	<div class="result-item clearfix">
		{{#_source.featured}}
		<span class="badge-featured">
			FEATURED
		</span>
		{{/_source.featured}}
		{{#_source.showImage}}
		{{#_source.image}}
		<div class="img-intro">
			<a href="/{{{_source.routeUrl}}}" target="{{{_source.linkTarget}}}" title="{{_source.title}}">
			<img class="img-responsive" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt="{{{_source.image}}}">
			</a>
		</div>
		{{/_source.image}}
		{{/_source.showImage}}
		<div class="item-info">
			<h3 class="result-title">
				<a href="/{{{_source.routeUrl}}}" target="{{{_source.linkTarget}}}" title="{{_source.title}}">{{{_source.title}}}</a>

				{{#_source.showPrice}}
				<small>{{{_source.displayPrice}}}</small>
				{{/_source.showPrice}}
			</h3>
			{{#_source.showLink}}
			<p>
				<a href="/{{{_source.routeUrl}}}" target="{{{_source.linkTarget}}}" title="" class="text-muted muted">{{{_source.displayUrl}}}</a>
			</p>
			{{/_source.showLink}}
			{{#_source.showDate}}
			<p>
				<span class="text-muted muted">{{{_source.displayDate}}}</span>
			</p>
			{{/_source.showDate}}

			<p class="result-text">
			{{{_source.description}}}
			</p>
			{{#_source.additionalInfo}}
			<p class="additional-info">
				{{#_source.additionalFields}}
					{{#title}}
					<span class="label-group"><span class="text-info">{{{label}}}:</span> <span>{{{title}}}</span></span>
					{{/title}}
				{{/_source.additionalFields}}
			</p>
			{{/_source.additionalInfo}}
		</div>
	</div>
	{{/data.hits.hits}}
	<div class="clearfix">
		<div class="pagination">
		</div>
	</div>
{{/data.error}}
</template></div>
</div></div></div>
	</div>

	</div>
  <main>
    <div class="t4-wrapper">
      <div class="t4-content">
        <div class="t4-content-inner">
          
<div id="t4-top-bar" class="t4-section  t4-top-bar">
<div class="t4-section-inner container"><div class="t4-row row">
<div class="t4-col megamenu col-12 col-lg-6">

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg">
<div id="t4-megamenu-top-menu-en" class="t4-megamenu collapse navbar-collapse slide animate" data-duration="400">

<ul class="nav navbar-nav level0"  itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://www.schema.org/SiteNavigationElement">
<li class="nav-item" data-id="64220" data-level="1"><a href="https://www.who.int/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global</a></li><li class="nav-item dropdown mega" data-id="64221" data-level="1" data-align="left"><span class="mod-menu__heading nav-header tb-regions">Regions</span>

<div class="dropdown-menu mega-dropdown-menu">
	<div class="mega-dropdown-inner">
	
			<div class="row">
																																	<div class="mega-sub-1 col-12">
						<div class="mega-col-module">
							<div class="mega-inner">
																

<div class="custom"  >
	<div class="sf-geo-navigation-title">
	<div class="nav-header">
		<span class="nav-title">WHO Regional websites</span>
	</div>
</div>
<div class="sf-secondary-geo-navigation-container">
	<div class="sf-secondary-geo-navigation-region flex-container">
		<div class="region-item">
			<a href="https://www.afro.who.int/">
				<img class="lazy-navigation-icons" alt="Africa" src="/images/general/regions/africa.png">
				<span>Africa</span>
			</a>
		</div>
		<div class="region-item">
			<a href="https://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?lang=en">
				<img class="lazy-navigation-icons" alt="Americas" src="/images/general/regions/americas.png">
				<span>Americas</span>
			</a>
		</div>
		<div class="region-item">
			<a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia">
				<img class="lazy-navigation-icons" alt="Asie du Sud-Est" src="/images/general/regions/south-east-asia.png">
				<span>Asie du Sud-Est</span>
			</a>
		</div>
		<div class="region-item">
			<a href="https://www.who.int/europe/">
				<img class="lazy-navigation-icons" alt="Europe" src="/images/general/regions/europe.png">
				<span>Europe</span>
			</a>
		</div>
		<div class="region-item">
			<a href="http://www.emro.who.int/index.html">
				<img class="lazy-navigation-icons" alt="Méditerranée orientale" src="/images/general/regions/eastern-mediterranean.png">
				<span>Méditerranée orientale</span>
			</a>
		</div>
		<div class="region-item">
			<a href="https://www.who.int/westernpacific/">
				<img class="lazy-navigation-icons" alt="Pacifique occidental" src="/images/general/regions/western-pacific.png">
				<span>Pacifique occidental</span>
			</a>
		</div>
	</div>
</div></div>
							</div>
						</div>
					</div>
																	</div>
		
	</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul></div>
</nav>

</div>
<div class="t4-col head-search col-12 col-lg-6">


<div class="custom"  >
	<p><a href="#XSPXAGVP" style="display: none;"></a></p></div>

<div id="geek-search-2468" class="geek-search-wrapper hidden-mobile-767">
	<div class="search-icon">
	<img src="/images/general/icons/search-light.svg#joomlaImage://local-images/general/icons/search-light.svg?width=14&height=14" alt="Search" title="Search" /> <span>Search</span>
</div>
	<div class="remodal" id="geek-search-modal-2468" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="modal-title-2468" aria-describedby="modal-desc-2468">
		<button data-remodal-action="close" class="remodal-close" aria-label="Close"></button>
		<div class="geek-search-wrapper hidden-mobile-767">
		<div class="geek-search hidden-mobile-767">
			<h2 id="modal-title-2468">Search</h2>
			<div id="modal-desc-2468" class="search-form">
				<form id="geek-search-form-2468" action="/404.html" method="post" class="form-horizontal">
	<div class="search-box control-group">
		<div class="input-group input-append input-large">
			<input type="text" name="searchword" class="form-control" value="" placeholder="What are you looking for?" autocomplete="off" />
					</div>
	</div>
		<div class="control-group filter-list filter-date">
		<div class="control-label">
			<label>
				Filter by date:				<span class="ges-icon-filter"></span>
			</label>
		</div>
		<div class="controls">
			<div class="field-calendar">
		<div class="input-group">
				<input
			type="text"
			id="from_date2468"
			name="from_date"
			value=""
						class="form-control"						placeholder="From Date"			data-alt-value="" autocomplete="off">
		<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary"
			id="from_date2468_btn"
			title="Open the calendar"
			data-inputfield="from_date2468" data-button="from_date2468_btn" data-date-format="%Y-%m-%d" data-dayformat="%Y-%m-%d" data-firstday="0" data-weekend="0,6" data-today-btn="1" data-week-numbers="1" data-show-time="0" data-show-others="1" data-time24="24" data-only-months-nav="0" data-min-year="" data-max-year="" data-date-type="gregorian"		><span class="icon-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></span>
		<span class="visually-hidden">Open the calendar</span>
		</button>
			</div>
</div>
<style>
	.hidden{
		display: none;
	}
	.field-calendar .visually-hidden{
		display: none;
	}
</style>			<div class="field-calendar">
		<div class="input-group">
				<input
			type="text"
			id="to_date2468"
			name="to_date"
			value=""
						class="form-control"						placeholder="To Date"			data-alt-value="" autocomplete="off">
		<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary"
			id="to_date2468_btn"
			title="Open the calendar"
			data-inputfield="to_date2468" data-button="to_date2468_btn" data-date-format="%Y-%m-%d" data-dayformat="%Y-%m-%d" data-firstday="0" data-weekend="0,6" data-today-btn="1" data-week-numbers="1" data-show-time="0" data-show-others="1" data-time24="24" data-only-months-nav="0" data-min-year="" data-max-year="" data-date-type="gregorian"		><span class="icon-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></span>
		<span class="visually-hidden">Open the calendar</span>
		</button>
			</div>
</div>
<style>
	.hidden{
		display: none;
	}
	.field-calendar .visually-hidden{
		display: none;
	}
</style>		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="control-group phrases-box">
		<div class="control-label">
			<label>
				Search For:			</label>
		</div>
		<div class="controls">
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="all"  checked="checked">
					All words				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="any" >
					Any word				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="exact" >
					Exact Phrase				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="prefix" >
					Phrase Prefix				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="wildcard" >
					Wildcard				</label>
							<label class="radio-inline">
					<input type="radio" name="searchphrase" value="fuzzy" >
					Fuzzy query				</label>
						<span class="ges-icon-help"></span>
			<div class="help-text muted text-muted" style="display: none;">
				- <strong>All words</strong>: Returns only documents that match all words.<br /> - <strong>Any word</strong>: Returns documents that match any word.<br /> - <strong>Exact Phrase</strong>: Returns only documents that match the exact phrase entered.<br /> - <strong>Phrase Prefix</strong>: Works like the Exact Phrase mode, except that it allows for prefix matches on the last term in the text.<br /> - <strong>Wildcard</strong>: Returns documents that match a wildcard expression.<br /> - <strong>Fuzzy query</strong>: Returns documents that contain terms similar to the search term. For example: If you search for <strong>Kolumbia</strong>. It will return search results that contain <strong>Columbia</strong> or <strong>Colombia</strong>.			</div>
		</div>
	</div>

</form>									<div class="search-results show-img"></div>
											</div>
		</div>
		</div>
	</div>
	<template class="search-result-template" type="x-tmpl-mustache" style="display: none !important;">
{{#data.error}}
<div class="alert alert-danger">
	{{#data.error.root_cause}}
	<p>[{{{type}}}] {{{reason}}}</p>
	{{/data.error.root_cause}}
</div>
{{/data.error}}
{{^data.error}}

	{{#texts.summary}}
	<p class="result-statistics clearfix">
	{{texts.summary}}
	{{#options.result.rssIcon}}
	<a class="rss" href="/{{{data.rssUrl}}}" target="_blank" title="RSS">RSS</a>
	{{/options.result.rssIcon}}
	</p>
	{{/texts.summary}}

	{{#data.hits.hits}}
	<div class="result-item clearfix">
		{{#_source.featured}}
		<span class="badge-featured">
			FEATURED
		</span>
		{{/_source.featured}}
		{{#_source.showImage}}
		{{#_source.image}}
		<div class="img-intro">
			<a href="/{{{_source.routeUrl}}}" target="{{{_source.linkTarget}}}" title="{{_source.title}}">
			<img class="img-responsive" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt="{{{_source.image}}}">
			</a>
		</div>
		{{/_source.image}}
		{{/_source.showImage}}
		<div class="item-info">
			<h3 class="result-title">
				<a href="/{{{_source.routeUrl}}}" target="{{{_source.linkTarget}}}" title="{{_source.title}}">{{{_source.title}}}</a>

				{{#_source.showPrice}}
				<small>{{{_source.displayPrice}}}</small>
				{{/_source.showPrice}}
			</h3>
			{{#_source.showLink}}
			<p>
				<a href="/{{{_source.routeUrl}}}" target="{{{_source.linkTarget}}}" title="" class="text-muted muted">{{{_source.displayUrl}}}</a>
			</p>
			{{/_source.showLink}}
			{{#_source.showDate}}
			<p>
				<span class="text-muted muted">{{{_source.displayDate}}}</span>
			</p>
			{{/_source.showDate}}

			<p class="result-text">
			{{{_source.description}}}
			</p>
			{{#_source.additionalInfo}}
			<p class="additional-info">
				{{#_source.additionalFields}}
					{{#title}}
					<span class="label-group"><span class="text-info">{{{label}}}:</span> <span>{{{title}}}</span></span>
					{{/title}}
				{{/_source.additionalFields}}
			</p>
			{{/_source.additionalInfo}}
		</div>
	</div>
	{{/data.hits.hits}}
	<div class="clearfix">
		<div class="pagination">
		</div>
	</div>
{{/data.error}}
</template></div>
<div class="mod-languages">
    <p class="visually-hidden" id="language_picker_des_2148">Select your language</p>


        <div class="mod-languages__select btn-group">
                                                                            <button id="language_btn_2148" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle" aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-labelledby="language_picker_des_2148 language_btn_2148" aria-expanded="false">
                                        English                </button>
                            <ul aria-labelledby="language_picker_des_2148" class="lang-block dropdown-menu">

                                                <li>
                    <a  href="/ar/404.html">
                                                اللغة العربية                    </a>
                </li>
                                                            <li>
                    <a  href="/fr/404.html">
                                                Français                    </a>
                </li>
                                                            </ul>
    </div>

</div>

</div>
</div></div>
</div>

<div id="t4-top-header" class="t4-section  t4-top-header">
<div class="t4-section-inner container"><div class="t4-row row">
<div class="t4-col logo col-6">
<div class="navbar-brand logo-image">
    <a href="/index.php" title="WHO EMRO">
        	
          <img class="logo-img logo-light" src="/images/general/emro-logo.png#joomlaImage://local-images/general/emro-logo.png?width=882&height=423" alt="WHO EMRO" />
      <img class="logo-img logo-dark" src="/images/general/emro-logo.png#joomlaImage://local-images/general/emro-logo.png?width=882&height=423" alt="WHO EMRO" />
    
    </a>
  </div>

</div>
<div class="t4-col offcanvas-toggle col-6">
<span id="triggerButton" class="btn js-offcanvas-trigger t4-offcanvas-toggle d-lg-none" data-offcanvas-trigger="off-canvas-left"><i class="fa fa-bars toggle-bars"></i></span>
</div>
</div></div>
</div>

<div id="t4-mainnav" class="t4-section  t4-mainnav   border-bottom  t4-sticky"><!-- HEADER BLOCK -->
<header id="t4-header-wrap" class="t4-header header-layout-8">
  <div class="t4-header-inner">
    <div class="header-bottom">
      <div class="container d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center">
	      <div class="t4-megamenu-wrap align-left">
	        <div class="t4-navbar">
	          
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg">
<div id="t4-megamenu-TopNavitation" class="t4-megamenu collapse navbar-collapse slide animate" data-duration="400">

<ul class="nav navbar-nav level0"  itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://www.schema.org/SiteNavigationElement">
<li class="nav-item default" data-id="151" data-level="1"><a href="/" class="home">Home</a></li><li class="nav-item dropdown mega" data-id="64333" data-level="1" data-align="left"><span class="mod-menu__heading nav-header item1769 hidden-mobile">Health topics</span>

<div class="dropdown-menu mega-dropdown-menu">
	<div class="mega-dropdown-inner">
	
			<div class="row">
																																	<div class="mega-sub-1 col-12 col-md-4">
						<div class="mega-col-module">
							<div class="mega-inner">
																<ul class="mod-menu mod-list nav ">
<li class="nav-item item-64250"><a href="/health-topics.html" >All Topics »</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64251"><a href="/health-topics.html#a" >A</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64252"><a href="/health-topics.html#b" >B</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64253"><a href="/health-topics.html#c" >C</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64254"><a href="/health-topics.html#d" >D</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64255"><a href="/health-topics.html#e" >E</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64256"><a href="/health-topics.html#f" >F</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64257"><a href="/health-topics.html#g" >G</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64258"><a href="/health-topics.html#h" >H</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64259"><a href="/health-topics.html#i" >I</a></li><li class="nav-item item-64260 divider"><span class="mod-menu__separator separator ">J</span>
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