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| No images? Click here Friday 07.10.22 | Issue 175 Subscribe to receive this weekly updateWHO /Christine McNab 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 tentatively scheduled for next week. If confirmed, media advisory with dial-in details will be emailed in advance. Monday, 10 OctoberWorld Mental Health DayMonday is World Mental Health Day and an opportunity for the world to come together and raise awareness of mental health, mental disorders and their impact. This year’s theme is to make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority. WHO has a comprehensive campaign page here. In conjunction with World Mental Health Day, the Sport for Health partnership, which is led by the World Health Organization and Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) will be announcing an exciting new initiative around this year's World Cup that aims to demonstrate the importance of mental health and offer advice on ways to promote mental well-being through physical activity and sport. The initiative is further supported by FIFA, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), the Friendship Benches NGO and the WHO Universal Health Coverage Partnership. Thursday, 13 OctoberWorld Sight DayNext Thursday is World Sight Day which is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on the importance of eye health and the need to make eye care services accessible, inclusive, and affordable to everyone, everywhere. More than 2 billion people worldwide have a vision impairment, and the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts. Although most people with vision impairment are over the age of 50, vision loss can affect people of all ages. In the lead up to World Sight Day, WHO will release the first Report of the 2030 targets on effective coverage of eye care at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This report will serve as a reference point to commence monitoring progress towards global targets and presents suggestions on additional efforts required to advance surveillance, policies and programmes for increasing coverage of eye care interventions. More on the report 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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