Tobacco is deadly for you & the environment.

Deforestation from tobacco growing causes:
🔴loss of biodiversity
🔴soil erosion & degradation
🔴water pollution
🔴greenhouse gas emissions ↗️

Say #NoTobacco to protect your health & that of our planet 🌍

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Quality agriculture land is ↗️ used for tobacco growing in low-& middle-income countries,↘️the amount of land that can be used for crops to feed people. In Africa 🌍 tobacco crop yields ↗️ 10% from 2012 to 2018

Say #NoTobacco to increase food security🍲
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Tobacco growers are exposed to ill health through:
☠️nicotine absorbed through the skin
☠️exposure to pesticides
☠️inhalation of tobacco dust

In some countries, children are employed in tobacco farming, impacting their health & education.

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As regulations tighten in middle- & high- income countries, tobacco companies target African countries to ↗️ tobacco leaf production.

Tobacco growing & trade does not contribute much to the economy, adding up to <1⃣% of GDP in most countries

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🆕WHO & @iascch partners launch a guide 'Actions for Heroes' for parents, caregivers & teachers, providing advice on how to have conversations about #COVID19 with children 👦👧.
 
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Actions for Heroes guide 📖 provides tips for answering children 👦👧’s questions about the #COVID19 pandemic and how to talk with understanding and compassion about issues such as loneliness, stress and the loss of loved ones.
 
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Actions for Heroes guide 📖 explains how to teach children 👦👧 breathing exercises that can help them remain calm when they are fearful or anxious.

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16 Feb
🆕 WHO‘s new easy-to-navigate online platform 💻 (MAGICapp) brings together its most up-to-date recommendations for #malaria to help countries reduce & #EndMalaria🦟.

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Through the 🆕 platform (MAGICapp), you will find

📃all official WHO recommendations for #malaria🦟 prevention & case management
📃links to other resources such as guidance, operational manuals, handbooks & many more.

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The recommendations on this 🆕 platform 💻 will be reviewed & updated as new evidence becomes available, using WHO’s transparent and rigorous guideline review process.

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Today, 2 versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford #COVID19 vaccine are listed for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through #COVAX. The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio 🇰🇷 & the Serum Institute of 🇮🇳

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The vaccine was reviewed by WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), which makes recommendations for vaccines’ use in populations. The SAGE recommended the AstraZeneca/Oxford #COVID19 vaccine for all age groups 18 & above.

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"The number of reported cases of #COVID19 globally has now declined for the fifth consecutive week. Last week saw the lowest number of reported weekly cases since October"-@DrTedros
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On International #ChildhoodCancer Day, we express support for children 🧒 and adolescents 👧 with #cancer, survivors and their families

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The most common types of #ChildhoodCancer incl.:
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Most types of #ChildhoodCancer can be cured with generic medicines and other forms of treatment, including surgery and radiotherapy. Treatment of childhood #cancer can be cost-effective in all income settings.

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The Government of #Guinea and national health teams are acting already to quickly trace the path of the virus and curb further infections using capacities and experience built during the previous #Ebola outbreak that ended in 2016.
WHO staff are already on the ground, supporting the Government of #Guinea in:
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