Let's unite to preserve antimicrobials!
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Overuse & misuse of medicines are the leading causes of #AntimicrobialResistance. Without effective #antibiotics ๐ & other antimicrobials, we will lose our ability to treat common infections like pneumonia.
The rise of #AntimicrobialResistance is threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability & death.
The future of our medicines ๐ depends on all of us.
Let's unite to preserve antimicrobials!
Prevent the spread of #AntimicrobialResistance:
โ Seek medical advice when you are ill
โ Only take #antibiotics & other antimicrobials when prescribed
โ Prevent infections
โ Take medicines responsibly
๐ 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:
โ Combine public health & ๐ฉ-centered care
โ Engage ๐ฉin advocating for their care
โ Provide choice
โ Improve access to HPV vaccination & #CervicalCancer screening & treatment
โ Integrate services for #HIV & cervical #cancer
๐global strategy to accelerate the elimination of #CervicalCancer launched today.
It rests on 3 ๐ pillars:
โ Prevention through HPV vaccination
โ Screening & treatment of precancerous lesions
โ 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 1โฃ million children around ๐๐๐ die each year due to complications from #pretermย birth, and survivors may face a lifetime of ill-health.
1โฃ in ๐ babies around the world are born #pretermย - before 37 weeks of ๐คฐ.
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Complications from prematurity is the leading cause of death for children under 5. Health service disruptions due to #COVID19ย may have further devastating impacts & push back progress. ๐ธ @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 ๐ 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 weโre seeing in some countries. Particularly in Europe and the Americas, #healthworkers and health systems are being pushed to the breaking point"-@DrTedros