It’s #WorldToiletDay🚽!

Stop for a second & imagine what life would be like without a toilet. That is the daily reality of over half a billion people.

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#DYK More than 1⃣ in 4⃣ people do not have a 🚽.

Sanitation is a human right to which everyone is entitled.

#WorldToiletDay
More than 7⃣0⃣0⃣ children die every day from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water, sanitation & poor hygiene.

Clean & safe sanitation is needed for all. #WorldToiletDay🚽
WHO & @UNICEF are calling for urgent investment in sanitation to combat infectious disease & antimicrobial resistance and to transform health, economies, and the environment within our generation.

History shows it can be done! 👉bit.ly/3pGpUdb
Every 💲1 spent on sanitation brings a 💲5.50 return by keeping people healthy and productive. #WorldToiletDay🚽
#COVID19 has laid importance of sanitation and the added vulnerability of people without a 🚽 at home. Resilient sanitation services must be part of healthy recovery from COVID-19.

👉bit.ly/2IMNLqt #WorldToiletDay
Wahyu watches her son Rizki wash his face in a newly built clean water facility in their home in #Indonesia🇮🇩.

Without safe sanitation, children are exposed to illness and disease - especially the most vulnerable. #WorldToiletDay🚽
Wiseman Jirungu & Job Ambeyi start their shift cleaning and collecting waste from 🚽 in the outskirts of Nairobi, #Kenya🇰🇪.

By working to safely dispose of human waste, sanitation workers help maintain the health, dignity, status & wellbeing of their community. #WorldToiletDay
Today is #WorldToiletDay, drawing attention to the fact that 2⃣ billion people - more than a quarter of the 🌏🌍🌎’s population! - do not have access to a clean and safe toilet.

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20 Nov
🆕WHO has made a conditional recommendation against the use of remdesivir in hospitalized #COVID19 patients, as there is currently no evidence that remdesivir improves survival or reduces need for ventilation in these patients.

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A conditional recommendation is issued when the evidence around the benefits and risks of an intervention is less certain. In this case, there is a conditional recommendation against the use of remdesivir for #COVID19 at present.

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This does not rule out an intervention’s benefit, instead, it means that there isn’t enough evidence to support the use of remdesivir for #COVID19.

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"More cases of #COVID19 have been reported in the past 4 weeks than in the first six months of the pandemic.

Across Europe and North America, hospitals and intensive care Units units are filling up or full"-@DrTedros
"This week there has been more good news from vaccine trials, which continues to give us hope of ending the #COVID19 pandemic. At the same time, we must continue to use the tools we have to interrupt the chains of transmission and save lives now"-@DrTedros
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No country is adequately protecting children’s
•health
•their environment, and
•their futures

On #WorldChildrensDay and every day, we must build a future fit for children.

👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

Risks to a child’s health are all around us, from

🔴 A rapidly changing climate
🔴 Polluted air
🔴 Harmful marketing
🔴 Displacement
🔴 Conflict
🔴 Inequality

Every child deserves a healthy life 👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

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Climate change leaves children at risk from

🔸Extreme weather
🔸Flooding
🔸Drought
🔸Rising food prices and shortages
🔸 Rapid disease spread

A healthy child needs a clean & healthy planet to live in.

👉bit.ly/3lMuC6D

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#COVID19 vaccines - will they be safe?
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#COVID19 vaccines - will they be safe?
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Developing safe and effective #COVID19 vaccines is a huge step forward. Then the next challenge will be to deploy vaccines across the 🌍 to all the vulnerable and high-risk groups at the same time.

A vaccine will not stop the pandemic, vaccination will. #ACTogether
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The ↗️ of #AntimicrobialResistance is a 🌐 threat.
It can affect anyone,
of any age,
in any country.
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Proper use of all medicines 💊 is 🔑 to #StopDrugResistance

Let's unite to preserve antimicrobials!
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Overuse & misuse of medicines are the leading causes of #AntimicrobialResistance. Without effective #antibiotics 💊 & other antimicrobials, we will lose our ability to treat common infections like pneumonia.

Let's unite to preserve antimicrobials!

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The rise of #AntimicrobialResistance is threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability & death.

The future of our medicines 💊 depends on all of us.
Let's unite to preserve antimicrobials!

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🆕 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.

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85% of women with #CervicalCancer & #HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. Preventing both HIV & cervical #cancer could end this stark global disparity.

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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
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