It's #WorldCitiesDay

Cities have a critical role in supporting better health.
Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities.

By 2050, two-thirds of the planet will be urban dwellers, and 90% of the shift will happen in Africa 🌍 and Asia 🌏 Image
It's #WorldCitiesDay 🏙️

For cities to thrive, everyone needs access to services that will improve their health:
🚇 public transport
🌳 safe, clean and attractive outdoor spaces
🥗 healthy food
🏥 affordable health services Image
It's #WorldCitiesDay 🌆

Globally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children is rising.

The city of Lima in #Peru 🇵🇪 has been increasing access to healthy food in schools to improve the health of children.

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It's #WorldCitiesDay 🌃

Let’s reimagine our urban environments, transport and mobility ahead of #COP26. Only healthy, livable cities that are also better prepared to face future health emergencies can thrive.

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On #WorldCitiesDay, we call on mayors, local and national authorities, and all urban leaders to put equity, health and well-being, as well as climate action at the centre of their efforts to build resilient and community-centric urban centres. Image

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More from @WHO

1 Nov
#Ageism affects people of all ages. It’s affecting

⚠️ our health
⚠️ our wellbeing
⚠️ our social systems
⚠️ our economy.

It's time to create #AWorld4AllAges. Image
Have you ever heard of ageism before❓ #AWorld4AllAges

Find out more about ageism 👉bit.ly/combatageism
#Ageism refers to

⚠️ the stereotypes (how we think)
⚠️ prejudice (how we feel)
⚠️ discrimination (how we act)

towards others or ourselves based on age.

Find out more about ageism 👉bit.ly/combatageism #AWorld4AllAges! Image
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1 Nov
#COP26 is happening now in Glasgow.

WHO urges world leaders to set ambitious commitments if they are to sustain a healthy & green recovery from the #COVID19 pandemic.

☎️ Will you take the #ClimateAction call❓

🥵 Heat waves
🌊 floods
🍂 droughts

are taking thousands of lives, forcing displacement, and exacerbating food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition.

#ClimateCrisis is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. #COP26 Image
#ClimateChange puts the 🌏🌍🌎 at risk from

🔸air pollution
🔸disease
🔸extreme weather
🔸forced displacement
🔸food insecurity
🔸pressures on mental health

Around 1⃣3⃣ million people die each year due to environmental factors. #COP26 Image
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31 Oct
At the #G20RomeSummit, @DrTedros urged @g20org leaders to:
1️⃣ address the underlying reasons that people get sick & die
2️⃣ strengthen health security & adopt a pandemic treaty/agreement
3️⃣ strengthen primary health care as the foundation of #HealthForAll
bit.ly/3GHgGWO
@DrTedros @g20org .@DrTedros welcomes the #G20RomeSummit Declaration that recognizes @WHO’s central role in the ongoing response to the #COVID19 crisis and in protecting the 🌎 from future pandemics.

bit.ly/3CxGWjP

.@DrTedros welcomes @g20org Leaders'
-support for the @ACTAccelerator throughout 2022, incl. for #COVAX
-commitment to improving transparency & fairness in access to #COVID19 vaccines, tests & treatments
-recognition of the need for broad based vaccine manufacturing
#VaccinEquity
Read 5 tweets
26 Oct
LIVE at #WHS2021 with @DrTedros: WHO Council on the Economics of #HealthForAll twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@DrTedros "Why have we created the Economics of #HealthForAll Council?
The answer goes back to the WHO Constitution, written 70+ years ago, which affirms that the “enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being”"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "It is clear that achieving #HealthForAll demands that we reach beyond WHO’s traditional counterparts in the health sector, including to those responsible for making national economic policies"-@DrTedros #WHS2021
Read 13 tweets
26 Oct
Media briefing on WHO Council on the Economics of #HealthForAll financing brief with @DrTedros & @MazzucatoM. #WHS2021 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@DrTedros @MazzucatoM "The new brief, on financing #HealthForAll, comes at a critical time, with the upcoming @g20org Summit in Rome, where Professor @MazzucatoM will present the Council’s findings"-@DrTedros #WHS2021 bit.ly/30VL2nL
@DrTedros @MazzucatoM @g20org "It’s important to start by defining #HealthForAll, and I’d like to quote one of my esteemed predecessors as director-general, Dr Halfdan Mahler, who said Health for All:..."-@DrTedros #WHS2021 ⬇️
Read 15 tweets
26 Oct
LIVE with @DrTedros: Launch of the @TheGPMB 3rd report on pandemic preparedness at #WHS2021 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@DrTedros @TheGPMB "The new @TheGPMB report is brave, the kind that could only be produced by veterans in the field. It takes courage & experience to say we do not need new recommendations, because the previous recommendations out there were good ones & they still have not been fulfilled"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @TheGPMB "Of course, we did not know when the next global crisis would arise, or what it would be. But we knew it would come eventually, and that the world was not ready, and urgent action was needed"-@DrTedros #WHS2021
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