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| No images? Click here Friday 14.10.22 | Issue 176 Subscribe to receive this weekly updateWHO /Christine McNab 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 tentatively scheduled for next week. If confirmed, media advisory with dial-in details will be emailed in advance. 16-18 OctoberWorld Health SummitThe World Health Summit (WHS) 2022 opens on Sunday in Berlin with a ceremony at which the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will be joined by German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Presidents of France and of Senegal, as well as other high-ranking dignitaries. For the first time, World Health Organization (WHO) is a WHS co-organizer. Over 300 speakers are expected, coming from all regions of the world, among them more than 40 WHO experts who will share their knowledge, views and vision across various WHS formats. WHS 2022 aims to strengthen exchange, stimulate innovative solutions to health challenges, position global health as a key political issue and promote a global health conversation in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Digital participation is possible without accreditation. The WHS 2022 keynote sessions will be live streamed. All WHS sessions will be available in real time via zoom links available in the sessions overviews here; recordings of all 60 WHS sessions will be available here: https://www.youtube.com/worldhealthsummit The entire World Health Summit is open to the press. Accreditation for on-site participation is closed. Information on special press-relevant events during WHS 2022 and further press information are available in the press kit in the media center: https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/whs-2022/media-center.html Monday, 17 OctoberRide for their livesOn Monday, children’s hospital staff, health sector leaders and specialists, and cycling leaders set off on a 1,500 km cycle ride from Geneva to Naples as part of Ride for their Lives, a global campaign to inspire action on air pollution and the wider climate crisis. Ride for Their Lives unites health professionals from around the world to call attention to the climate and air pollution crises, and their devastating effects on the health and future of children. The riders are cycling from Geneva, through Italy to Naples, connecting hospitals and health organizations along the way. The cyclists take with them the Healthy Climate Prescription Letter, from 46 million health workers, and the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, both call on governments to deliver on climate action. The calls for action will be delivered to the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27 in Egypt by Omnia El Omrani, COP27 President Envoy on Youth. 17 October, 11:30, launch event at University Hospitals of Geneva Tuesday, 18 OctoberWorld Menopause DayTuesday is World Menopause Day and this year’s theme is Cognition and Mood. Menopause affects over half the world’s population but awareness of its impact is very low. Symptoms can range from cognitive and mental health concerns to insomnia and palpitations. World Menopause Day is an opportunity to raise awareness and help women understand the options available to them to manage their symptoms. WHO will be launching a new factsheet to support people seeking information. Tuesday, 18 OctoberLaunch of major new progress report on women and children’s healthAt a major event at the World Health Summit, global partners, including WHO, will launch a new progress report on the current state of women, children's and adolescent health. Titled Protect the Promise, this report provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis of evidence on this critical topic, documenting severe setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced through the Every Woman Every Child initiative, the report calls upon the global community to protect the promises made to women, children, and adolescents in the Sustainable Development Goals, to tackle the triple crisis of conflict, climate change and COVID-19 effects, and to invest and commit to restore lost gains for women, children and youth. The report will be launched at the World Health Summit in Berlin on 18 October 2022 at 09:00 (GMT+2) at a session where the findings will be discussed by world leaders and young people. Embargoed materials will be available on request. Speakers at the event include: Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, Board Chair, PMNCHH.E. Ms. Kersti Kaljulaid, Former President, Estonia and The UN Secretary General’s Global Advocate for Every Woman Every ChildDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHONatalia Kanem, Executive Director, UNFPAThe keynote speech of the WHO Director-General only will be livestreamed on our Twitter page and you can join the whole event via Zoom here. 21-22 OctoberLive event in Geneva: World Polio Day and BeyondAhead of World Polio Day on October 24th, Rotary International is joining forces with WHO in Geneva for a two-day conference entitled World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond: a healthier future for mothers and children. Worldwide, it is estimated that around 5 million children under the age of five die each year from preventable causes such as malnutrition, communicable diseases or poor hygiene. With a 99.9% reduction in polio cases worldwide, two founding members of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), WHO and Rotary, will take stock of ways to build on the polio programme’s successes to address other root causes of childhood and maternal ill health and disease. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from renowned guests such as Rotary International President Jennifer Jones and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The event will be livestreamed here.
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