| No images? Click here  Friday 10.16.20 | Issue 83  NIAID-RNL/Flickr Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates Virtual press briefings with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General planned for Monday and Thursday each week. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance.   Tuesday 20 October 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health The 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health kicks off with remarks from WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO COVID-19 Technical Lead, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove. The conference will also feature topics around lung health and COVID-19 including:
The official conference programme is available here.  Wednesday 21 October Virtual Event - Ending preventable stillbirths: A renewed call for collective action Despite nearly 2 million babies being stillborn each year, this devastating tragedy has not been prioritised in national or global public health agendas. Join us for this virtual event to raise awareness of the often silent but enormous trauma and burden of stillbirth and to bring clarity to this topic that’s rife with misconceptions. Speakers include: UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Register here   Saturday 24 October 2nd WHO Health for All Film Festival Submissions open from 24 October 2020 to 30 January 2021. The WHO Health for All Film Festival invites independent film-makers, production companies, NGOs, communities, students and film schools from around the world to submit their original short films on health. The festival aims to recruit a new generation of film and video innovators to champion and promote global health issues. More information here. Media contact Gilles Reboux, Film Festival lead, at rebouxg@who.int  Receive the latest COVID-19 content, guidance and must-know information from WHO. Sign up for a weekly digital update. In case you missed our video/podcast on herd immunity. 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.  |
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