| No images? Click here  Friday 11.27.20 | Issue 89  WHO / Ghana Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates Virtual press briefings with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General are planned for this week. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance.  Monday 30 November World Malaria Report The latest World malaria report launches Monday with WHO calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. Embargoed materials, including the full report and transcript of the embargoed virtual press conference held 25 November, can be found here: https://who.canto.global/v/MalariaReport2020/landing?viewIndex=0  Tuesday, 1 December World AIDS Day 2020 On 1 December, WHO joins partners in paying tribute to all those working to provide HIV services, and in calling on global leaders and citizens to rally for “global solidarity” to maintain essential HIV services during COVID 19 and beyond. More information on the World AIDS Day Campaign: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-aids-day/2020 Join the WHO World AIDS Day Virtual Event : https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2020/12/01/default-calendar/world-aids-day-2020  Wednesday, 2 December 2020 Launch of new birth defects surveillance toolkit An estimated 3-6% of babies are born with birth defects, which can result in death or lifelong disabilities. Identifying babies born with birth defects can help them receive the care and support they need. WHO, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research will launch a new toolkit - Birth defects surveillance: a manual for programme managers and Birth defects surveillance: quick reference handbook of selected congenital anomalies to support countries to improve global birth defects tracking. Join the event on 2 December from 15h00-17h00 CET. Contact: cdrysdale@who.int Webinar on the global estimates of the need for rehabilitation The webinar will present key findings from the Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019 paper published in The Lancet. The estimates highlight the importance of rehabilitation as a key strategy for Universal Health Coverage. They also challenge the thinking that rehabilitation is a fallback strategy when preventive, promotive or curative interventions fail, or that rehabilitation is a disability-specific service needed only by a minority of the population. Participants will also discuss the broader implications that this study has on the rehabilitation field. Join WHO's Director-General and other experts at the webinar on Wednesday, 2 December from 14:00 – 15:00 CET. Register for the event. Visit the event webpage The importance and role of partnerships in achieving the 2030 NTD road map targets As partners continue to accelerate work against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), their involvement in cross-sectoral activities will be crucial in sustaining the progress achieved and in renewing momentum towards the targets of the new NTD road map recently endorsed by the Seventy-third World Health Assembly. Register for the webinar on 2 December from 14:00-15:30 CET at:
 Thursday, 3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, WHO is joining partners around the world to celebrate "A day for all". This theme reflects a growing understanding that disability is part of the human condition. WHO estimates that more than one billion people - about 15% of the world's population - experience some form of disability. This figure is predicted to rise given population ageing and an increase in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases.  Thursday, 3 December – Friday, 4 December Special Session of the General Assembly in Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic is not only the greatest global health crisis since the creation of the United Nations 75 years ago. It is also a humanitarian, socio-economic, security and human rights crisis. The special session provides an opportunity for the international community to assess and hone its collective response to this pandemic. WHO's Director-General is expected to speak at the Special Session Friday. The provisional programme is here: https://www.un.org/pga/75/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2020/11/Draft-Program-with-panelists-25-Nov.pdf More information: https://www.un.org/pga/75/special-session-of-the-general-assembly-in-response-to-the-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pandemic/  Receive the latest COVID-19 content, guidance and must-know information from WHO. Sign up for a weekly digital update. Check out the WHO series, Science in 5.  WHO Media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.  |
Friday, November 27, 2020
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