Today, WHO, @UNICEF & Ministry of Healthcare of #Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 co-host a high-level dialogue & call on political leaders to reinforce their commitment to #PrimaryHealthCare as we respond to #COVID19 & health emergencies & build forward better.

👉bit.ly/2SaHOZT
To build a fairer, healthier world 🌐, #PrimaryHealthCare must be central to health system efforts to build forward better from #COVID19.

This is how WHO’s operational framework for primary health care helps 👉bit.ly/361HxfL
To make #HealthForAll a reality, we need effective #PrimaryHealthCare now.

This is 🗝️ to protecting everyone from all health threats and emerging stronger from #COVID19.

👉bit.ly/2SaHOZT
#PrimaryHealthCare helps protect everyone during #COVID19 by

✅ maintaining essential health services
✅ supporting vaccination programmes
✅ sharing health information
✅ delivering care for COVID-19
✅ building community trust

👉bit.ly/2SaHOZT
#PrimaryHealthCare has a critical role to play in #COVID19 vaccination efforts.

It enables our health systems to

✅ empower people & communities
✅ provide quality primary care to everyone
✅ ensure that essential public health functions continue

👉bit.ly/2SaHOZT
#HealthForAll cannot wait!

Strengthening #PrimaryHealthCare helps ensure that countries can be better prepared to prevent and tackle health emergencies.

Here’s why 👉bit.ly/2SaHOZT
#HealthforAll promotes & protects

🙂 livelihoods
🛒 businesses
📈 economies
👩‍🎓 education
⚖️ gender equality
🕊️ peace
♻️ sustainability
🌳 the environment
& more.

Here’s how 👉bit.ly/2SaHOZT
#PrimaryHealthCare is one of the most cost-effective ways to achieve Universal Health Coverage.

It has a crucial role in the #COVID19 response & in equipping countries to recover in an equitable way from the pandemic.

Learn more 👉bit.ly/2SaHOZT
#Pakistan 🇵🇰 boosts capacity of its #PrimaryHealthCare to achieve Universal Health Coverage.

Here's how WHO & partners provide support to the country 👇 bit.ly/3wMH241
WHO & partners have been working together to help countries fight #COVID19 and recover from the pandemic through a #PrimaryHealthCare approach.

More info 👉bit.ly/3hOgCuj

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WHO and @UNESCO urge countries to make every school a health-promoting school, following the Global Standards for Health-promoting Schools that aim to ensure all schools promote life skills, cognitive & socioemotional skills & healthy lifestyles.
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@DrTedros "Last week more than 2.5 million #COVID19 cases and almost 64,000 deaths were reported – that’s 250 cases and 6 deaths every minute, that we know of"-@DrTedros

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Caesarean section use continues to rise 📈 globally, now accounting for more than 1 in 5 of all childbirths.

C-section can put women and babies at unnecessary risk of short- and long-term health problems if performed when there is not medical need

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Unnecessary surgical procedures can be harmful, both for a 👩🏻and her👶🏻
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✅ prolonged or obstructed labour
✅ fetal distress
✅ when the baby is presenting in an abnormal position
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