No images? Click here Friday 12.17.21 | Issue 138 WHO / Blink Media - Hannah Reyes Morales 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. 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. Saturday, 18 December International Migrants Day 2021 Refugees and migrants may face a number of challenges to accessing health care, including language and cultural differences, institutional discrimination and restricted use of health services, which shape their interactions with the host country’s health system and health workforce. The health workforce has a vital role in providing people-centred health services and building the resilience of health systems to respond to the health needs of refugees and migrants. This requires health workers with specific competencies. On the margins of International Migrants Day 2021 and at the closure of International Year of Health and Care Workers 2021, WHO launched Refugee and migrant health: Global Competency Standards for health workers (the Standards) with a high-level webinar yesterday, 16 December. The Standards highlight the competencies and behaviours needed to provide high-quality health services to refugees and migrants with the aim to support the development of competency-based curricula tailored to the local context and for health workers to achieve a minimum level of competence to ensure better health outcomes for refugees and migrants. More about Refugee and migrant health
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