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| No images? Click here Friday 08.12.22 | Issue 168 Subscribe to receive this weekly update© WHO / Anne Pellichero 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 expected for next week. However, we will update if this changes. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance. Wednesday, 17 August Post COVID-19 Condition: Children and Young Persons Over the past year, WHO has hosted a webinar series focused on the three “Rs”- recognition, research, and rehabilitation to advance the understanding of post COVID-19 condition. Next Wednesday from 13:30 – 15:30 CEST WHO will host our next webinar focused on post COVID-19 condition in children and young people. Despite acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and young people typically being milder or asymptomatic compared to adults, some experience or develop prolonged symptoms. It is important for us to understand the frequency, characteristics, and risk factors that lead to post COVID-19 condition in these populations of children and young people. More information is needed regarding presenting symptoms so there is better understanding and recognition of disease. Research from global patient cohorts to understand its natural history, pathophysiology, related sociopsychological causes and the different models of care is needed to help to improve the long-term outcomes of COVID-19 in children and young people with post COVID-19 condition. Friday, 19 August World Humanitarian Day 2022 World Humanitarian Day (WHD) will be marked next Friday. Thirteen years after the first WHD, the aid community is grappling with the toll of a megacrisis. The devastating combination of conflicts, the climate emergency, geopolitics, the pandemic, poverty and a war has caused the number of people who need humanitarian assistance to reach a record 303 million. Each year, WHD focuses on a theme, bringing together partners from across the humanitarian system to advocate for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises, and for the safety and security of aid workers. This year, WHD will shine a light on the hundreds of thousands of volunteers, professionals and crisis-affected people who deliver urgent health care, shelter, food, protection, water and much more. More here. On social media, WHO will be highlighting humanitarian health work around #ItTakesAVillage. Sign up for our newsletters here. Check out the WHO series, Science in 5. See more upcoming WHO events here. Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs) here. Listen to Global Health Matters. Access WHO photos available for media use here. WHO Media contacts: You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.
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