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| No images? Click here Friday 04.16.21 | Issue 106 Subscribe to receive this weekly updateWHO / Blink Media - Hannah Reyes Morales Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates Virtual press briefings with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General are planned for this 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. Tuesday, 20 April Fair Pricing Forum continues The Fair Pricing Forum is a biennial WHO initiative to find new ways and strategies to make medicines and other health products affordable and more fairly accessible to all health systems. The Forum brings together all stakeholders in this area – governments, civil society, researchers and the pharmaceutical industry, both originator and generic. This year’s forum, taking place from 13-22 April, has the following objectives: To share countries’ experiences, including from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in ensuring affordability and transparency of prices and costs of health productsTo advance discussion and knowledge on approaches and factors pertaining to the pricing and R&D of pharmaceutical products for enhancing affordability, transparency, and innovation, and achieving health sustainable development goals To increase support for countries to achieve more affordable and fairer access to pharmaceutical products during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyondThe 2021 Forum will be virtual and is supported by the Government of Argentina. It is not open to media, but WHO will issue a read-out of discussions or a press release on the last day. More info. Wednesday, 21 April Online forum and press briefing on malaria elimination to mark World Malaria Day Ahead of World Malaria Day, marked each year on 25 April, country leaders, frontline health workers and global partners will reflect on efforts to reach the target of zero malaria. At this virtual forum, WHO will announce a group of 25 countries that have the potential to eliminate malaria by 2025. Related content will be shared through an embargoed platform by 19 April. The key messaging, report, video and press release will be embargoed until 4:00 pm CEST on 21 April – please DO NOT share or publish any of these materials before that date. To Join: Register here for the forum event which will be in English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, French and Arabic. To register for the press briefing, please visit this link. 24-30 April With the theme ‘Vaccines bring us closer’, World Immunization Week 2021 will show how vaccination connects us to the people, goals and moments that matter to us most, helping improve the health of everyone, everywhere throughout life. The campaign page is live here. Receive the latest COVID-19 content, guidance and must-know information from WHO. Sign up for a weekly digital update. Check out the WHO series, Science in 5. WHO Media contacts: You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. |
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