WHO | Week Ahead for media | 13 May 2022

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Friday 05.13.22 | Issue 155

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates

Ukraine emergency updates

Latest news from WHO

A virtual press briefing with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General is expected for next week. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance.

Monday, 16 May

Launch of the Global Report on Assisitive Technology

The Global Report on Assistive Technology - the first ever collection of global data and information on access to assistive products such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, mobility or communication devices – reveals that the number of people who need one or more such products is larger than previously estimated.

The report launches next Monday at 15:00 CEST

Speakers include:

The launch will be moderated by Nujeen Mustafa, author, refugee, and disability rights advocate. More here.

The event will be hosted on Zoom Passcode: GReAT2022 (No registration needed) and live-streamed on WHO social media channels (Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok).

Embargoed materials are available upon request. The embargo on the report and the press release will be lifted at 15:00 CEST

Tuesday, 17 May

Webinar: The heart of Nursing

To recognise and celebrate International Nurses Day, this webinar will shine a light on nurses who are working in challenging environments around the world. We will hear stories from nurses who have experienced work in communities that have become affected by conflict and natural disaster, and who have maintained health care delivery when routine services have been interrupted. Next Tuesday at 14:00 CEST. Register here. Simultaneous interpretation in French and Spanish.

Wednesday, 18 May

Release of the third progress report of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All

Ahead of the 75th World Health Assembly, the signatory agencies of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3 GAP) will release their third progress report, Stronger collaboration for an equitable and resilient recovery towards the health-related SDGs: Incentivizing collaboration, reporting on progress in scaling collaboration and turning a spotlight on incentives that enable collaboration. The report and an accompanying news release will be available here.

Webinar: Building the public health and emergency workforce: A roadmap

Building from the consensus in the Italian G20 in 2021, WHO and many of the world’s leading public health organizations and schools have collaborated to develop a roadmap for strengthening the public health and emergency workforce. The roadmap offers a unique opportunity for Member States and regional and global bodies to join forces and adopt a coherent approach to the development and management of this critically needed category of workers. The roadmap will be released during a webinar next Wednesday at 12:30 CEST. More here.

Thursday, 19 May

Webinar on health of migrants and Global Compact for Migration commitments

A webinar, Looking beyond 2022: what can we do better for the health of migrants and advance Global Compact for Migration commitments?, takes place next Thursday at 14:30 CEST. Organized on the margins of the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), 17-20 May, this 90-minute high-level webinar will bring together Member States and key stakeholders to discuss what we can do better to progress the global health and migration agendas beyond the IMRF and catalyze action. Register here.

22-28 May

75th World Health Assembly

“Health for Peace, Peace for health" is the theme for the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA75) which will run 22-28 May, 2022.

WHA75 will kick off with a high-level session on 22 May. The Assembly will be webcast live from the WHO website. The provisional agenda and Assembly documents can be accessed here. Here is the Preliminary daily timetable for WHA75.

Media accreditation: Journalists who wish to attend WHA75 and who are NOT accredited to the United Nations should get media accreditation from the UN Information Service using the following link: Indico.

Updates on the WHA75 will be posted on the WHO website and relevant materials will be sent to the global media list. Register for updates. Please note that a Daily Journal will be issued here.

Launch of Season 2 of Global Health Matters

Listen to: Episode 12: Championing health equity in South Africa
As the world commits to equitable access to medicines and vaccines, is this just on paper or a reality? In the case of COVID-19, as of early March 2022, 74% of those in high-income countries have been fully vaccinated, compared with just 11% of people in low-income countries. Can South Africa’s experience with tackling HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 point to future solutions for other low- and middle-income countries? How has intellectual property rights affected development of vaccines across Africa?

Listen to: Episode 13: Paths to a disease-free world: control, eliminate, eradicate
What are the differences between the various paths to a disease-free world? Why are we pursuing eradication of some diseases while for others, control or elimination is the more realistic option? In this episode, Uche Amazigo shares lessons she learned during her tenure as the Director of the WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control; David Reddy, CEO of Medicines for Malaria Venture, discusses the new and exciting innovations for malaria elimination; and Aidan O’Leary, WHO’s Director for Polio Eradication, makes the case for pursuing worldwide eradication of polio.

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