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No images? Click here Friday 07.16.21 | Issue 119 Subscribe to receive this weekly updateWHO / Ismail Taxta 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. For the latest news from WHO on COVID-19 and other breaking health stories, read WHO's news updates. Monday, 19 July INITIATE2 WFP and WHO are expected to announce a joint project to strengthen preparedness and rapid response to health emergencies called INITIATE2 on Monday. More next week. Sunday, 25 July World Drowning Prevention Day 2021 World Drowning Prevention Day, declared through the April 2021 UN General Assembly resolution A/75/L.76 “Global drowning prevention”, happens next Sunday, 25 July. This global advocacy event serves as an opportunity to highlight the tragic and profound impact of drowning on families and communities and offer life-saving solutions to prevent it. An estimated 235,600 people drown every year, and drowning is among the ten leading causes of death for children aged 5-14 years. More than 90% of drowning deaths occur in rivers, lakes, wells, domestic water storage vessels and swimming pools in low- and middle-income countries, with children and adolescents in rural areas disproportionately affected. Learn more on World Drowning Prevention Day 2021. New Global Health Matters podcast: Mothers of the Amazon River: a social innovation for health Mamás del Río is a social innovation focused on improving maternal and newborn health in rural regions of the Amazon in Peru and Colombia. Episode 4 of the Global Health Matters podcast explores how communities, citizen-led organizations and researchers are driving social innovations such as Mamás del Rio to improve health service delivery and strengthen health systems. Host Garry Aslanyan is joined by the following guests: Magaly Blas, Director, Mamás del Río (Mothers of the River)Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Senior Advisor, Pan American Health OrganizationFollow @TDRnews on Twitter, TDR on LinkedIn and @ghm_podcast on Instagram for updates. 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.
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