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Happening now: Brussels 7 Conference online panel discussion on
“Working together for a risk-informed, recovered & shock-resilient health system in Syria”.
Join @WHO, @UNFPA and Austria 🇦🇹 in this live panel discussion
Register to submit your questions: bit.ly/3MMqum2
“Working together for a risk-informed, recovered & shock-resilient health system in Syria”.
Join @WHO, @UNFPA and Austria 🇦🇹 in this live panel discussion
Register to submit your questions: bit.ly/3MMqum2
Whether you work outdoors or enjoy your time out with family and friends, avoid exposure to the #sun between 10:00 am and 04:00 pm to the extent possible.
The sun’s #UV rays are the strongest during this time.
#HealthForAll_ByAll
The sun’s #UV rays are the strongest during this time.
#HealthForAll_ByAll
1⃣Seek shade when UV rays are the most intense, but keep in mind that shade structures such as trees, umbrellas or canopies do not offer complete protection.
Remember the shadow rule: “Watch your shadow – Short shadow, seek shade!”
Remember the shadow rule: “Watch your shadow – Short shadow, seek shade!”
2⃣Wear protective clothing:
A hat offers good protection for your eyes, ears, face, and the back or your neck sunglasses that provide 99% - 100% UV-A and UV-B protection will greatly reduce eye damage.
Tightly woven, loose fitting clothes will provide additional protection.
A hat offers good protection for your eyes, ears, face, and the back or your neck sunglasses that provide 99% - 100% UV-A and UV-B protection will greatly reduce eye damage.
Tightly woven, loose fitting clothes will provide additional protection.
Easing or lifting the proven public health measures such as mask wearing and social distancing has been associated with increased transmission of the #COVID19 Omicron variant and sub-variants, contributing to an increase in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
#Omicron
#Omicron
“This current trend shows that the #COVID19 pandemic is far from over. We try to forget COVID-19, but the virus has not forgotten us. In fact, it is taking advantage of our complacency to spread and mutate."
- Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, the WHO Regional Director for @WHOEMRO
- Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, the WHO Regional Director for @WHOEMRO
Booster doses must be taken when offered as these will help to protect lives, particularly among those most vulnerable, especially the elderly, those with co-morbidities and health workers.
#COVID19 💉
#COVID19 💉
As part of ongoing missions to @WHOEMRO countries, in a visit to I R #Iran, Dr Al-Mandhari @WHO Regional Director met w/ 1st Vice President HE @Eshaq_jahangiri & Minister of Health & Medical Education HE @saeednamaki to discuss/enhance mutual relations & review #COVID19 response.
"I was impressed to see how Iran has adapted a whole-of-government/society approach in #COVID19 response, using its strong Primary Health Care system. I was also pleased to learn more about national efforts in developing COVID-19 vaccine."-Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari
#HealthForAll_ByAll
#HealthForAll_ByAll
.@WHO Regional Director, WHO Rep. to 🇮🇷 & Govt. officials unveiled achievements of Iran #COVID19 Emergency Response Project. Financed by @WorldBank, ICERP was launched thru collaboration between @WHO & Ministry of Health to procure/deliver medical eqpt. for the pandemic response.
Statement by @WHOEMRO Regional Director Dr Al-Mandhari on #COVID19 in the Eastern Mediterranean
"We have the required expertise, capacities & tools to contain this outbreak. But the window of opportunity is closing & we need to move fast"
Full statement➡️bit.ly/3alAeyF
"We have the required expertise, capacities & tools to contain this outbreak. But the window of opportunity is closing & we need to move fast"
Full statement➡️bit.ly/3alAeyF
Statement by Dr Al-Mandhari➡️bit.ly/3alAeyF
@WHO support:
Enhancing surveillance systems
Scaling-up lab capacities
Training response teams
Improving infection prevention & control
Ensuring hospitals are prepared
Raising public awareness
Providing essential supplies
@WHO support:
Enhancing surveillance systems
Scaling-up lab capacities
Training response teams
Improving infection prevention & control
Ensuring hospitals are prepared
Raising public awareness
Providing essential supplies
Dr Al-Mandhari: Our combined efforts will not only help us contain #COVID19 outbreak, but also protect our populations from other communicable public health risks, while strengthening health systems, bringing us closer to our goal of #HealthForAll_ByAll
➡️bit.ly/3alAeyF
➡️bit.ly/3alAeyF
