| No images? Click here  Friday 10.08.21 | Issue 128 © WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates A virtual press briefing with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General is planned for this week. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance. For the latest news from WHO on COVID-19 and other breaking health stories, read WHO's news updates.  Saturday, 9 October World Hospice and Palliative Care Day On World Hospice and Palliative Care Day next Saturday, WHO will release two new resources on assessing the development of palliative care worldwide and on quality health services and palliative care. These will be officially released on Tuesday, 5 October, in a WHO pre-congress session at EAPCs World congress on palliative care. This WHO session will be led by palliative care experts from across the world and explore the implementation of the 2014 World Health Assembly resolution on palliative care.  Sunday, 10 October The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people’s mental health. Some groups, including health and other frontline workers, students, people living alone, and those with pre-existing mental health conditions, have been particularly affected. And services for mental, neurological and substance use disorders have been significantly disrupted. Yet there is cause for optimism. During the World Health Assembly in May 2021, governments from around the world recognized the need to scale up quality mental health services at all levels. And some countries have found new ways of providing mental health care to their populations. During this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign, we will showcase the efforts made in some of these countries and encourage you to highlight positive stories as part of your own activities, as an inspiration to others. More here on World Mental Health Day 2021.  Monday, 11 October VPC to launch the COP26 Special Report, “The Health Argument for Climate Action” On Monday at 17:00 CEST, WHO will hold a virtual press conference to launch a COP26 Special Report, “The Health Argument for Climate Action,” along with an open letter from over 45 million health professionals worldwide calling for an ambitious outcome at COP26. Embargoed materials are available to media upon request. To join the press conference: Webinar ID: 932 2763 9377  Wednesday, 13 October Henrietta Lacks: Recognizing Her Legacy Across the World WHO's Director-General will honour the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General’s award at a special ceremony at the WHO office in Geneva, recognizing her world-changing contribution to medical science. Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer, 70 years ago, on 4th October, 1951. The award will be received at the WHO office in Geneva by Lawrence Lacks, Henrietta Lacks’s 87-year-old son. More information. NCD Hard Talk: How COVID-19 has affected The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on noncommunicable disease (NCD) control around the world. Many NCDs are themselves risk factors for more severe cases of COVID-19, putting current patients at greater risk. At the same time, health services have struggled under a double burden of COVID and non-COVID health needs.  Thursday, 14 October Release of the 2021 Global Tuberculosis Report Tuberculosis remains one of the top infectious killers in the world. The 2021 Global TB Report highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services. The report features data on disease trends and the response to the epidemic from 215 countries and areas, including all 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, progress in the response at global, regional and country levels. It also presents the status of progress towards targets set at the first-ever United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on TB in 2018 as well as the targets of the WHO End TB Strategy and the Sustainable Development Goals. More information on the virtual press conference for this report launch next Thursday, as well as how media can obtain embargoed materials, will be shared next week. World Sight Day World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October and the theme this year is Love Your Eyes. Globally, at least 1 billion people have near or distance vision impairment that could be prevented or has yet to be addressed. Vision impairment affects people of all ages, with the majority being over the age of 50. Unoperated cataract and uncorrected refractive error are the leading causes of vision impairment. Other causes such as age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, infectious diseases of the eye, and trauma, however, cannot be ignored and need to be addressed. More information. Unlocking the impact of more active societiesThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital importance of physical activity for mental and physical health and it has also exacerbated inequities. The current provision of opportunities and safe environments to enable everyone to be active is fragmented, uneven and unfair. This must change. Join WHO to hear key actions and practical examples of how we can overcome the bottlenecks and create a more active healthier world. During this final webinar in the reINVENT series to be held at 1400 CEST, WHO will release an advocacy brief Thursday on Fair Play: Building a strong physical activity system for more active people. The brief is a call for decision-makers across health, sport, education and transport to urgently implement transformative change to deliver programmes and services to ensure provide inclusive, safe access to environments and programmes that promote physical activity in all communities. More information on webinar. Register here.  Friday, 15 October NTDs and COVID-19: impact, response, perspectives During this webinar on Friday at 14:00 CEST, discussions will focus on the relationship between COVID-19 and neglected tropical disease (NTDs) since the beginning of the pandemic. The webinar will consist of three main sessions, dedicated to impact, response and perspectives. Speakers will highlight the impact of COVID-19 on NTD services. As we are aware, NTD programmes are among the most severely affected across the whole health system, notably in developing countries. We will highlight the collateral damages produced by the pandemic beyond COVID-19 morbidity and death and illustrate the likely mid-to-long-term consequences of the interruption of NTD activities, notably recrudescence of transmission and its possible consequences on the achievement of milestones and targets set by the 2021-2030 road map. Register here.  Global Health Matters podcast on Reimagining research leadership. Sign up for our newsletters here. 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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