Leaving no one behind means bringing health services to the most remote communities.
#Suriname🇸🇷 is strengthening primary health care as part of its pandemic response & it is expected to bring benefits far beyond #COVID19 👉bit.ly/3lgCAoZ
🆕 estimates of contribution of #HIV to global #CervicalCancer burden released today. Women living with HIV have a six-fold increased risk of cervical cancer when compared to women without HIV.
For women living with HIV to live long & healthy lives:
✅Combine public health & 👩-centered care
✅Engage 👩in advocating for their care
✅Provide choice
✅Improve access to HPV vaccination & #CervicalCancer screening & treatment
✅Integrate services for #HIV & cervical #cancer
🆕global strategy to accelerate the elimination of #CervicalCancer launched today.
It rests on 3 🔑 pillars:
✅Prevention through HPV vaccination
✅Screening & treatment of precancerous lesions
✅Treatment & palliative care for invasive cervical cancer
"It is a great honour to welcome you all to the launch of The Global Strategy for Accelerating the Elimination of #CervicalCancer as a Public Health Problem"-@DrTedros
"Listening to the moving testimonies of women who have survived #cervicalcancer is a sobering reminder of the devastating effects of this disease"-@DrTedros
Approximately 1⃣ million children around 🌎🌍🌏 die each year due to complications from #preterm birth, and survivors may face a lifetime of ill-health.
1⃣ in 🔟 babies around the world are born #preterm - before 37 weeks of 🤰.
Complications from prematurity is the leading cause of death for children under 5. Health service disruptions due to #COVID19 may have further devastating impacts & push back progress. 📸 @UNICEF
While most #preterm babies survive in high-income countries, in low- and middle-income countries a lack of adequate newborn care puts the lives of many preterm babies at risk #BornTooSoon 👉 bit.ly/3pADpeC
While we continue to receive encouraging news about #COVID19 vaccines & remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for new tools to start to arrive in the coming months"-@DrTedros
"Right now we are extremely concerned by the surge in #COVID19 cases we’re seeing in some countries. Particularly in Europe and the Americas, #healthworkers and health systems are being pushed to the breaking point"-@DrTedros
"Although we had hoped to hold the resumed #WHA73 in person, this was not possible.
Together we have shown that with the aid of modern technologies, the work of the organization can continue even in the most extreme circumstances"-@DrTedros#EB147
"#WH73 adopted important resolutions on
Emergency preparedness
Meningitis
Neglected tropical diseases
Epilepsy & other neurological disorders
Immunization
Cervical cancer
Tuberculosis
Healthy ageing
Innovation & intellectual property
Eye care
Food safety"-@DrTedros#EB147