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Today the 74th World Health Assembly #WHA74 saw new resolutions on the health and care workforce and strategic directions for nursing and midwifery.
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The #COVID19 pandemic has underscored the critical role of all health and care workers at the forefront of the pandemic, who have faced multiple risks related to their health, well-being and safety. #WHA74

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New resolution stresses the need for decent pay, recognition, a safe working environment, and protection of the rights of health and care workers. #WHA74

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#WHA74 agreed on concrete action to eliminate avoidable harm in health care by adopting the first ever “Global #PatientSafety Action Plan 2021–2030”

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Every year, millions of patients suffer injuries or die due to unsafe health care globally, with 134 million adverse events occurring annually in low- and middle-income countries alone, contributing to 2.6 million deaths.
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Even in high-income countries, about 1 in 10 patients is harmed while receiving hospital care. It is estimated that almost half of these events can be prevented. #PatientSafety #WHA74

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The #WHA74 agreed to extend the Global Coordination Mechanism for Noncommunicable Diseases until 2030. The mechanism was established in 2014.

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#WHA74 highlighted that the #COVID19 pandemic has reversed a decade of progress on @GlobalGoalsUN targets and underscored the need to redouble efforts to achieve them.

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#WHA74 delegates noted the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All’s key role in strengthening primary health care and advancing progress towards the targets set out in the Global Strategy on Women's, Children's and Adolescents' health.
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WHO is committed to taking a comprehensive, holistic and survivor-centred approach to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse & sexual harassment, and is taking actions in the areas of policy, capacity-development and operations. #WHA74

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.@DrTedros assured #WHA74  delegates that they will receive regular monthly updates on the investigations of the Independent Commission on allegations of sexual misconduct during the response to the Ebola outbreak in #DRC. #WHA74

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WHO will establish a task team, led by a senior female staff member, to accelerate the implementation of organization-wide WHO policies and procedures, adopting a holistic approach to prevention and management of sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment.
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