@DrTedros "Malnutrition in all its forms is one of the world’s leading causes of death and illness. Even before the #COVID19 pandemic, the world was off track to achieve the global nutrition targets for 2025 set by the World Health Assembly"-@DrTedros#N4G2021
"The Nutrition for Growth Summit is a global call to action to achieve those commitments. I welcome the three areas of focus of the Nutrition for Growth Summit: health, food and resilience"-@DrTedros#N4G2021
"WHO is committed to supporting all countries to progressively expand access to essential nutrition services as part of their journey towards universal health coverage"-@DrTedros#N4G2021
"We do that by providing normative guidance; technical assistance in developing policies and programming; strengthening nutrition surveillance; and through our work in supporting nutrition services during emergencies"-@DrTedros#N4G2021
"WHO remains committed to supporting all countries in:
1️⃣preventing & managing overweight & obesity
2️⃣expanding access to safe & healthy diets
3️⃣addressing acute malnutrition
4️⃣reducing anaemia
5️⃣promoting quality 🤱
6️⃣strengthening nutrition data systems"-@DrTedros#N4G2021
"WHO is proud to support the global effort to increase access to essential nutrition services for all people, and to the affordable, safe, healthy and sustainable diets they need to live full and healthy lives"-@DrTedros#N4G2021
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@DrTedros "The Omicron variant has now been reported in 57 countries and we expect that number to continue growing. Certain features of Omicron, including its global spread and large number of mutations, suggest it could have a major impact on the course of the #COVID19 pandemic"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "Exactly what that impact will be is still difficult to know. We are now starting to see a consistent picture of rapid increase in transmission, although for now the exact rate of increase relative to other variants remains difficult to quantify"-@DrTedros
WHO reveals 4⃣0⃣ countries currently implement best-practice trans fat elimination policies, protecting 1.4 billion people around the 🌏🌍🌎 from this deadly food compound.
👧🏻 improved infant, child, and maternal health
💪🏽 stronger immune systems
🤰🏽 safer pregnancy and childbirth
🩺 lower risk of illnesses such as #diabetes and cardiovascular disease
🏃🏾♀️ improved longevity
Convalescent plasma is a transfusion of blood plasma from someone who has recovered from #COVID19, and is used as a treatment for COVID19 bit.ly/3DvUNXm
WHO convened an independent panel of experts - the guidelines development group - to look at data from 16 randomized controlled trials using convalescent plasma, incl. 16,236 patients with non-severe, severe & critical #COVID19 infection bit.ly/3DvUNXm
Based on current evidence, convalescent plasma should not be used to treat #COVID19 for non-severe patients.
It does not improve survival or reduce the need for mechanical ventilation in these patients, while it has significant costs bit.ly/3DvUNXm
"This Wednesday marks 1 year since the 1st #COVID19 vaccines were administered. A year ago, we all hoped that by now vaccines would be helping us all emerge from the long, dark tunnel of the pandemic. As the Omicron variant demonstrates, the pandemic is from far over"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "Persistent vaccine inequity has allowed this to happen. More than 8 billion doses have now been administered 🌍 – the largest vaccination campaign in history. But we all know that this incredible achievement has been marred by horrific inequity"-@DrTedros
"When we established the @ACTAccelerator and #COVAX last year, it was because we knew from our experience with many other diseases that market forces alone wouldn't lead to equitable access"-@DrTedros
#COVID19 pandemic has disrupted #malaria services, leading to a marked increase in cases and deaths: 14 million more cases in 2020 compared to 2019, and 69,000 more deaths - new report.
➡️bit.ly/3IlXxu9
Approximately 2 in 3 of these additional deaths were linked to disruptions in the provision of #malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment during the pandemic bit.ly/3IlXxu9#EndMalaria
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to carry the heaviest #malaria burden, accounting for about 95% of all malaria cases and 96% of all deaths in 2020.
About 80% of deaths in the region are among children under 5 years of age bit.ly/3IlXxu9#EndMalaria