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

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MEDIA ADVISORY

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

WHAT:

Media are invited to a virtual press conference at 11:00 am Manila time on World Health Day, 7 April 2021, as well as an update on COVID-19 in the WHO Western Pacific Region*.

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.

WHO:

Panelists at the virtual press conference will include:

WHEN:

Journalists should connect at 10:50 am Manila time, 10 minutes before the virtual press conference starts.

As time will be limited, journalists are highly encouraged to send questions for the panelists in advance to wprocom@who.int

HOW:

Note that no visitors are allowed on the WHO campus at this time. Participation in the press conference will be strictly virtual.

To join the virtual press conference:

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://who.zoom.us/j/96182823759

Password: WHO-WHD123

Telephone:

Webinar ID: 961 8282 3759

Password: 0662210690

Dial:

Australia: +61 3 7018 2005 or +61 7 3185 3730 or +61 8 6119 3900 or +61 8 7150 1149 or +61 2 8015 6011

Japan: +81 3 4578 1488 or +81 363 628 317 or +81 524 564 439

Korea, Republic of: +82 2 6105 4111 or +82 2 6022 2322

Malaysia: +60 3 9212 1727 or +60 3 3099 2229

New Zealand: +64 9 884 6780 or +64 4 886 0026

Singapore: +65 3165 1065 or +65 3158 7288

Other international dial-in numbers: https://who.zoom.us/u/ahuJ1NEG2

Join by SIP

96182823759@zoomcrc.com

CONTACT:

For more information, or to submit a question, 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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