MEDIA ADVISORY

World Health Day 2021 and COVID-19 update
in the Western Pacific Region

Please find links to the virtual press conference on the occasion of World Health Day, as well as an update on COVID-19 in the Western Pacific Region* held at 11:00 am Manila time on 7 April 2021.

·         Transcript of opening remarks by Regional Director, Dr Takeshi Kasai

·         Broadcast quality recording of Dr Kasai’s opening remarks and of the entire virtual press conference which you may download and use clips as part of news stories

·         Video of Dr Kasai’s opening remarks on WPRO’s YouTube account and of the entire virtual press conference on WPRO’s Facebook account which you may link to/embed in online news stories

·         A copy of the presentation by Dr Babatunde Olowokure.

Countries in this Region have experienced rapid economic growth, migration and urbanization in recent years. This created opportunities for better lives for many, but left others behind. The COVID-19 pandemic has undercut recent health gains, pushed more people into poverty, and amplified gender, social and health inequities.

On World Health Day 2021, WHO will call for action to address inequities, reach the unreached, and make the Western Pacific safe and healthy for everyone—no matter who they are, where they live or their socio-economic status.

CONTACT:

For more information, please contact: wprocom@who.int | Mr Ruel Serrano +63 908 891 4532 | Ms Teena Nery +63 918 963 0224

* The WHO Western Pacific Region includes 37 countries and areas: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, France (which has responsibility for French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna), Hong Kong SAR (China), Japan, Kiribati, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Macao SAR (China), Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (which has responsibility for Pitcairn Islands), the United States of America (which has responsibility for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam), Vanuatu, and Viet Nam.

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