1⃣ Commit to a healthy recovery
2⃣ Place health at the ❤️ of the climate talks
3⃣ Harness the health benefits of climate action
4⃣ Build health resilience to climate risks
5⃣ Create greener & healthier energy systems
Ahead of #COP26, 3⃣0⃣0⃣ organizations representing at least 4⃣5⃣ million #HealthWorkers worldwide are calling for world leaders to step up #ClimateAction by limiting global warming to 1.5°C, and put health at the center of the plans.
Thank you, Henrietta Lacks!
Today @DrTedros honoured Henrietta Lacks posthumously with a WHO Director-General’s award, acknowledging her story - one of inequity - and recognizing her world-changing legacy to science and health bit.ly/ThankYouHenrie…
Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer, 70 years ago, on 4 October 1951.
Taken without her consent, her cells have allowed incalculable scientific breakthroughs such as HPV & polio vaccines and #COVID19 research bit.ly/ThankYouHenrie…
Henrietta Lacks' cells, also known as #HeLaCells, became the first “immortal” cell line, allowing numerous scientific breakthroughs.
Shockingly, the global scientific community once hid her race & true story from the world, a historic wrong that today’s recognition seeks to heal.
@DrTedros "The story of Henrietta Lacks and her @LacksFamily has been told in different ways by different people. Many sought to hide or alter things about her: her race; her name; her identity"-@DrTedros
"What happened to Henrietta was wrong, for at least three reasons.
1️⃣ she lived in a time when racial discrimination was legal in her society. Racial discrimination may no longer be legal most countries, but it is still widespread in many countries"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "The number of weekly reported deaths from #COVID19 continues to decline, and is now at the lowest level in almost a year. But it’s still an unacceptably high level – almost 50,000 deaths a week, and the real number is certainly higher"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "Deaths are declining in every region except @WHO_Europe, where several countries are facing fresh waves of cases and deaths. And of course, deaths are highest in the countries and populations with the least access to #COVID19 vaccines"-@DrTedros
🆕 WHO Announces Proposed Members of its Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) ➡️ bit.ly/3lC82QB
The 26 proposed SAGO members have expertise in a range of areas:
-epidemiology
-animal health
-ecology
-clinical medicine
-virology
-genomics
-molecular epidemiology
-molecular biology
-biology
-food safety
-biosafety
-biosecurity
-public health bit.ly/3iUL4CM
The composition of the SAGO reflects geographic and gender diversity. The final membership to the SAGO is subject to the public consultation period and relevant WHO practices and procedures. bit.ly/3iUL4CM
It's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
To better respond to emergencies countries must:
✅ invest in health care systems
✅ achieve gender equity
✅ protect marginalised groups
✅ ensure ready & equitable access to supplies
A strong & resilient health system is 🔑
#COVID19 has shown how health emergencies and disasters affect entire communities – especially those with weak health systems, and vulnerable populations like migrants, indigenous peoples, and those living in fragile humanitarian conditions.
It's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
#OpenWHO has launched a multi-tiered core curriculum to help equip you with the competencies needed to work within public health emergency response.
👧 make decisions
👧🏿 stay in school
👧🏽 prevent pregnancies
👧🏻 access health services equally,
they can transform their future, and be the power of change.
👉bit.ly/3oRfsS4
Progress has been made in the last two decades to ensure every girl 👧🏿👧🏻👧🏼👧🏽 is able to grow and develop in good health, but there is much still to do.
On #DayoftheGirl and every day, let's make the health and wellbeing of girls a priority!
On this #DayOfTheGirl , WHO calls for a world where every girl has access to affordable quality health services, and all girls are treated and respected as equals. #HealthForAll