On #WorldHealthDay, let's build a fairer, healthier ๐๐๐
#COVID19 highlighted how some ๐ฑ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ live healthier lives & have better access to health services than others, due to their living conditions.
#COVID19 shows that #HealthEquity is more urgent than ever. Itโs laid bare inequities in access and coverage of health services, mortality and socio-economic impacts.
What is #HealthEquity?
"We have to come back to the basic principle of human ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ - not to be:
-hungry, unwell & without access to care
-afraid of the government that's supposed to serve you
-to have basic human rights
- ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด"-@DrMikeRyan
Stark differences exist between countries in terms of #HealthEquity. On #WorldHealthDay and every day, let's ensure that #COVID19 vaccines, tests & treatments are available to all, everywhere.
Within countries, causes of inequities in access to services & health outcomes incl.:
๐ธincome
๐ธeducation
๐ธemployment
๐ธethnicity
๐ธgeography
๐ธmigrant status
๐ธdisability
"As we build back better from #COVID19, it's vital that all governments invest in better health services & remove the barriers that prevent so many people from using them. On #WorldHealthDay, weโre calling on you to use your voice & your vote for a fairer, healthier ๐"-@DrTedros
Health inequities lead to unnecessary suffering, avoidable illness, disability, and premature death. They exacerbate existing disadvantage and harm our societies and economies.
Around the ๐:
๐ธ>50% lack access to essential health services
๐ธ>800 million spend over 10% of their household income on health care
๐ธ100 million people are pushed into poverty each year due to out-of-pocket spending on health
#WorldHealthDay strengthens our resolve for #VaccinEquity to ensure that in all countries, those most at-risk & most vulnerable are vaccinated first before vaccines are rolled out to the general population: who.int/vaccinequity
Founded by WHO & partners, the #COVAX initiative for equitable global access to #COVID19 vaccines has enabled millions of doses of the vaccine to be distributed to almost 100 participating countries around the world.
Life-saving decisions rely on robust & timely data.
In #Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ, this has helped ensure that during the #COVID19 response, essential services remain available & accessible.
#Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ is maintaining momentum to reform the health system & provide quality, affordable health services to its population during #COVID19 & beyond. Focusing on #HealthEquity helps to build a fairer, healthier world.
A strong health workforce is ๐ to achieve #HealthForAll. Caribbean countries are boosting the capacities of nurses ๐จ๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝโโ๏ธ in critical care, improving the availability & quality of care for patients - a big boost to reach #HealthEquity:
๐ bit.ly/31Ayxv6
#Mongolia ๐ฒ๐ณ is building a fairer, healthier world by using mobile #PrimaryHealthCare services to reach disadvantaged communities, including nomadic, migrant and unregistered people.
#Indiaโs ๐ฎ๐ณ ambitious programme to bring health services closer to communities by expanding comprehensive #PrimaryHealthCare is gradually reaching the most remote and fragile areas of the country:
๐ bit.ly/3sD6BTi
Health is a human right for everyone!
Letโs make #HealthForAll a reality!
"When I think of #HealthEquity - the word ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ comes to mind - healthcare needs to be accessible & available, not based on where you live or how wealthy you are or what nationality you are or ethnicity or who you love" -Dr @mvankerkhove
5โฃ calls for action to build a fairer, healthier world ๐๐๐post-#COVID19:
๐ bit.ly/2OzUmrS
๐ Interim statement of the #COVID19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety on the AstraZeneca vaccine bit.ly/3wDutIT
Based on current information, a causal relationship between the vaccine and the occurrence of blood clots with low platelets is considered plausible but is not confirmed bit.ly/3wDutIT
It is important to note that whilst concerning, the events under assessment are very rare, with low numbers reported among the almost 200 million individuals who have received the AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine around the world bit.ly/3wDutIT
"#HealthEquity is the theme of #WorldHealthDay this year. This is one of the core challenges our time, which is why we are launching a campaign to build a fairer and healthier world"-@DrTedros
"Inequity is a not new problem, of course, but the #COVID19 pandemic has brought it into sharp focus. More than 2,850,000 of our sisters and brothers have lost their lives โ and we have lost them"-@DrTedros#WorldHealthDay
"Tomorrow is #WorldHealthDay. #COVID19 has exacerbated inequalities both between and within countries. While we have all been impacted by the pandemic, the poorest and most marginalized have been hit hardest - both in terms of lives and livelihoods lost"-@DrTedros#HealthEquity
"In the year ahead, the ๐ needs to make 5โฃ vital changes:
1โฃ we need to invest in equitable production and access to #COVID19 rapid tests, oxygen, treatments and vaccines between and within countries"-@DrTedros
#OnlyTogether will we end the pandemic and play ๐คผ and cheer ๐ again.
Sport brings us together, no matter where you are from. On International #SportDay, let's team up to end the #COVID19 pandemic faster by:
โ๏ธ keeping physical distance
๐ท wearing a mask
๐ cleaning hands
๐ช opening windows
๐คง coughing/sneezing in your elbow #OnlyTogether
๐คธโโ๏ธTry exercise classes online
๐ Dance to music
๐ฎ Play active video games
๐คพโโ๏ธ Try skipping rope
๐ช Do some muscle strength and balance training
Here are some tips for caregivers of children with developmental disabilities.
1โฃ Engage with your child in play and everyday activities
Here are some tips for caregivers of children with developmental disabilities, such as #autism
2โฃ Use everyday activities to create opportunities for communication
Here are some tips for caregivers of children with developmental disabilities, such as #autism
3โฃ Prepare your child for the day and help him or her to participate in everyday activities
"Thereโs an acknowledgement and humility from those leaders that collectively the world was not prepared for the first coronavirus pandemic ever seen and that going forward we must collectively do better in future outbreaks"-@DrTedros#PandemicTreatybit.ly/3u6XIl2