WHO | Week Ahead for media | 19 November 2021

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Friday 11.19.21 | Issue 134

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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 next 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.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021 continues

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated from 18-24 November every year. The 2021 theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance, calls on One Health stakeholders, policymakers, health care providers, and the general public to be Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness champions. Information about WAAW activities, the new Go Blue for AMR campaign, stories and resources is available here.

Monday, 22 November

Global commemoration of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 2005 as a global day to be observed every third Sunday in November each year, as the “appropriate acknowledgement for victims of road traffic injuries and their families”. The World Day of Remembrance is marked worldwide by governments, international agencies and groups such as the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR), the International Road Victims’ Partnership (IRVP) and the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and their associated members.
Join us on Monday, 22 November, 14:00 CET, for a WHO-hosted global commemoration of the World Day of Remembrance 2021, in line with the theme “Remember. Support. Act.”. Through statements, personal testimonials and a visual poem in three parts, we will together pay tribute to those who have died on the world’s roads, advocate for better support for victims and bereaved families and promote action to save lives. Register here.

Thursday, 25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women

Preventing and responding to violence against women is a human rights, gender equality and public health priority. In every country and culture, more action is needed to ensure women in all their diversity live a life free of violence and coercion.

This International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, followed by the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, WHO will join partners to raise awareness of the alarming prevalence of violence against women globally - affecting 1 in 3 women across their lifetime – and what needs to happen to prevent violence and support those affected.

Two years of pandemic measures such as lockdowns and disruptions to vital support services have further increased women’s exposure to violence.

At the Seventy-Fourth WHO World Health Assembly, WHO shared preliminary analysis from a forthcoming Violence Against Women Policy Database, the first comprehensive analysis of how countries’ policies are addressing violence against women as a public health problem. The detailed global status report will launch on 10th December, Human Rights Day, and the end of the 16 Days campaign.

See more here: Event page; Q&A; Interactive database; and new global and regional factsheets.

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