| No images? Click here  Friday 28.07.2023 | Issue 214  August 1-7 Supported by WHO, UNICEF and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners, World Breastfeeding week this year focuses on employment and breastfeeding: 'Let's make breastfeeding and work, work!'. This provides a strategic opportunity to advocate for essential maternity rights that support breastfeeding. WHO recommends paid maternity leave for a minimum of 18 weeks, ideally more than 6 months, and workplace accommodations, including paid time off for breastfeeding, after this point.
 Monday, 31 July Launch of Global Tobacco Report Under embargo until Monday, 31 July 2023, 12:30 p.m. CEST The ninth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks countries' progress on tobacco control. This year's report includes a special focus on smoke-free spaces. It showcases global statistics on every country's tobacco policies and will announce two new countries that have reached the highest level of tobacco control with eight countries just one policy away. It also shows how many governments are protecting people from second-hand smoke by banning smoking in all public spaces and transit systems, workplaces, restaurants and healthcare settings. If you would like more information embargoed materials please contact Jaimie Guerra: guerraja@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int.  Wednesday August 2, 2023 Managing Dengue: a rapidly expanding epidemic - WHO EPI-WIN Webinar TIME: 13:00–14:00 CEST (Geneva time) Dengue (also known as bone-break fever) is a viral infection caused by the dengue virus (DENV), transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. The incidence of dengue has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades. Dengue is endemic in more than 100 countries in the WHO Regions of Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific. Dengue is spreading to new areas, including Europe, and explosive outbreaks are occurring. About half of the world's population is now at risk of dengue with an estimated 100–400 million infections occurring each year. This webinar will give an overview of the current situation across the world and the speakers will discuss the latest evidence on managing Dengue successfully. Interpretation for this webinar will be available in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Speakers: · Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall, Director, Global Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme (NTD), WHO · Dr Raman Velayudhan, Unit Head, Veterinary Public Health, Vector Control and Environment unit., NTD, WHO · Dr Judith Wong, Director, Microbiology and molecular epidemiology, National Environment Agency, Singapore · Dr Lucy Lum Chai See, Professor of Pediatrics, University Malaya, Malaysia · Dr Samira Al-Eryani, Malaria and Vector Control, Dept of Communicable Diseases Prevention & Control, WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean · Dr Giovanini Coelho, Public Health Entomology team, PAHO Q&A: Participants will be able to submit questions during the webinar by using Zoom's "Q&A" feature. Participants may also submit questions in advance by sending them to epi-win@who.int The webinar can also be viewed live and post-event on the EPI-WIN YouTube channel. Access EPI-WIN webinars page to learn about previous webinars. To receive EPI-WIN webinar invitations, please subscribe here.  Thursday August 3, 2023 Let's Make Breastfeeding Work webinarPlease join the Global Breastfeeding Collective at a webinar to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. Maternity leave and workplace accommodations are critical features of environments that enable breastfeeding. Hear from mothers about their experiences combining work and breastfeeding, get new ideas from countries who have used evidence-based policies to make breastfeeding work, learn about updated maternity leave recommendations, and find resources to support advocacy. TIME: 5 am Vancouver Find the event in your time zone here. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian & Spanish. The Global Breastfeeding Collective is a partnership of more than 20 prominent international agencies, including the World Health Organization and UNICEF, calling on donors, policymakers, philanthropists and civil society to increase investment in breastfeeding worldwide. Other events of interest here.  Sign up for our newsletters here. Check out the WHO series, Science in 5. Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs) here. Listen to Global Health Matters. Access WHO photos available for media use here.  WHO Media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. |
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