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Today is #InternationalWomensDay

Health technologies and digital health services are powerful tools that enable women and girls to make informed decisions about their health needs
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#HealthForAll
Women living in rural areas face many barriers to health services including transportation and social and economic factors.

Equitable access to health services, including e-health services, is critical for women and girls living in rural areas.

#InternationalWomensDay
Women make up 70% of the health workforce globally, incl. 90% of all nurses, BUT
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€βš•οΈ They occupy only 25% of global health leadership roles
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€βš•οΈ On average earn 25% less than their male colleagues

We must address the root causes of disparities in women’s and girl’s health
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LIVE: Opening of 152nd WHO Executive Board meeting twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"Three years ago today, I declared a public health emergency of international concern over the global spread of #COVID19 – the highest level of alarm under the International Health Regulations, and for the moment, the only level of alarm"-@DrTedros #EB152
@DrTedros "As you know, on Friday the Emergency Committee met to consider whether that remains the case. The committee has advised me that in its view, #COVID19 remains a global health emergency, and I agree"-@DrTedros #EB152 bit.ly/3JtgqhJ
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Case of #Monkeypox now confirmed in #Boston in a person with travel to Canada

- That makes non-endemic cases confirmed in United Kingdom and Portugal

- Let us remember that there are endemic countries with HMPX such as DRC, Nigeria, Cameroon, and CAR

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#Monkeypox can present as an atypical rash on the body such as the face or genital area
- it can cause fever, muscle aches, chills, fatigue, headaches, and swollen lymph nodes
- It can be transmitted through close contact and can be mistaken for chicken pox, herpes, syphilis
For more information about #monkeypox please checkout the free #OpenWHO course where you can learn more about the virus, how it is transmitted, clinical signs/symptoms, and management openwho.org/courses/monkey…
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✨Update from @UKHSA on #monkeypox cases

- 4 additional cases have been detected (3 in #London and 1 linked case in NE #England)
- These cases have NO connection to those announced on 14 May and the imported case from 7 May

Full details and more infoπŸ‘‡
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- The four new cases all appear to have been infected in #London and are gay, bisexual, or MSM
- Common contacts have been identified for 2/4 cases
-No link to travel to a country where #monkeypox is endemic
-All have West African clade of virus
-Further investigation is ongoing
- #monkeypox is spread by close contact
- Typical symptoms are fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes
-Rash can develop and spread to other parts of the body including the genitals - it may look like #syphilis #herpes #chickenpox
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"It’s a pleasure to welcome our friends from the Palais back to WHO.
The last time we hosted you, in July last year, none of us could have imagined that almost 18 months later, we would still be in the grip of the pandemic."-@DrTedros, media briefing for Geneva-based journalists
"More than 3.3 million people have lost their lives to #COVID19 this year – more deaths than from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020.
And still, COVID-19 continues to claim around 50,000 lives every week."-@DrTedros
"That’s not to mention the unreported deaths, and the millions of excess deaths caused by disruptions to essential health services."-@DrTedros
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It's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

To better respond to emergencies countries must:
βœ… invest in health care systems
βœ… achieve gender equity
βœ… protect marginalised groups
βœ… ensure ready & equitable access to supplies

A strong & resilient health system is πŸ”‘
#COVID19 has shown how health emergencies and disasters affect entire communities – especially those with weak health systems, and vulnerable populations like migrants, indigenous peoples, and those living in fragile humanitarian conditions.
It's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

#OpenWHO has launched a multi-tiered core curriculum to help equip you with the competencies needed to work within public health emergency response.

Start learning today & be #Ready4Response:
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1 year ago today, @DrTedros declared that the outbreak of #COVID19 constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the highest level of alarm 🚨 under international law.
By that time, WHO was already working closely with countries, sharing life-saving information on how to prepare and protect their people against #COVID19.
Less than 2 weeks after the first alerts about #COVID19, WHO published a set of advice to countries. We shipped test kits to labs around the 🌎🌍🌏.

Check out our interactive timeline to see WHO actions
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Follow along as we look back on WHO’s #COVID19 response in 2020πŸ‘‰bit.ly/3nMnA2S

Ending the most serious health threat in 100 years requires:

πŸ§ͺ Science
πŸ’‘ Solutions
🌐 Solidarity
In response to #COVID19, WHO has worked hand-in-hand with countries through

πŸ—ΊοΈ the Strategic Preparedness & Response Plan
🌐 direct collaboration with our 150 country offices & 6 regional offices
🧰 the deployment of Emergency Medical Teams

πŸ‘‰bit.ly/3nMnA2S
Less than 2 weeks after the first alerts about #COVID19, WHO published a set of advice to countries. We then shipped test kits to labs around the 🌏🌍🌎.

Check out our interactive timeline to see WHO actions πŸ‘‰bit.ly/3neFefP
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Join #OpenWHO: the free, open-access learning platform for health emergencies. Learn from public health experts about topics including #covid19, risk communication, #ebola, infection prevention & much more.
Almost 1 million enrollments, join us today:
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Preparation & knowledge is πŸ”‘ to beating the #coronavirus. Learn about coronaviruses & emergency response with #OpenWHO courses:
-Intro to #COVID19
-Health & safety
-Infection prevention & control
-Clinical care
-Country capacitation
-Treatment facilities

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Prepare for #COVID19: take the free multilingual online introduction course to #coronavirus. Learn about emerging respiratory viruses, how to detect them & how to communicate risk.

Enroll today – it’s free for all:
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