Some 2⃣0⃣ million people are walking today who would have been paralyzed if not for the polio programme’s efforts to deliver 💉 vaccines to children around the world. BUT there is still work to be done. Now is the time to #EndPolio and avoid reversing the progress we’ve made.
Polio 🏘️ infrastructure, 👩⚕️ 👨🏾⚕️🧑🏻⚕️staff, and 🧠 expertise have proven crucial in response to many global health emergencies, including #COVID19. Let’s invest in these vital resources now to #EndPolio and better prepare for the future.
The #polio programme works in the 🌐’s hardest to reach places. We need your support to continue providing
💉routine immunizations
💊essential medicines
🔎disease surveillance
Together, we can #EndPolio & build a healthier world for everyone, everywhere
@DrTedros "WHO released an update about cases of acute #hepatitis of unknown origin among children. So far, at least 169 cases of acute hepatitis have been reported from 11 countries in Europe and in the 🇺🇸, in children aged from 1 month - 16 years"-@DrTedrosbit.ly/3vgHsRQ
@DrTedros "17 children – about 10% of the reported cases – have required liver transplants, and one death has been reported. The symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, jaundice, severe acute hepatitis, and increased levels of liver enzymes"-@DrTedros
WHO is scaling up its response to the health crisis in the Sahel, where more than 33 million people across 🇧🇫, 🇨🇲, 🇹🇩, 🇲🇱, 🇳🇪, 🇳🇬 need life-saving aid bit.ly/31vWqUc
The #Sahel region has some of the worst health indicators in the world.
On average, people in the region - live 20 years shorter than in Switzerland.
Maternal mortality is 100 times higher.
This is unacceptable bit.ly/31vWqUc
The #Sahel region's humanitarian situation worsened in 2021:
💔 Cholera outbreaks in 🇳🇬🇳🇪🇨🇲🇧🇫🇲🇱
💔 Yellow fever in 🇹🇩🇳🇬🇳🇪🇨🇲
💔 Over 1.5m internally displaced people in 🇧🇫
💔 27% of health services disrupted in 🇲🇱
💔 +30m people with high risk of food insecurity
#DYK: we can prevent and cure #Malaria?
Learn about the symptoms so you know when to get help from a healthcare professional bit.ly/3rF1djY
#Malaria is transmitted through the bites of Anopheles mosquitoes🦟
In 2020, nearly half of the world's population was at risk of malaria bit.ly/3rF1djY
Early diagnosis & treatment of #malaria reduces disease, prevents deaths and contributes to reducing transmission bit.ly/3rF1djY
If you could see viruses you would know that they are all around. Vaccines provide opportunity and hope for all of us to enjoy a more fulfilling life. That's something we should all be fighting for. Vaccines, in the pursuit of a #LongLifeForAll.
This #WorldImmunizationWeek, let's celebrate life’s relatable moments that make us happy to be alive.
Dinner with friends.
A first kiss.
A first dance.
An early start to the day.
A family reunited.
… #LongLifeForAll
Ever since the 1st vaccine was developed for #smallpox in 1796, the 🌍 has seen their unparalleled impact on health and wellbeing. People have been vaccinated for centuries, leading to the eradication of smallpox and driving down polio cases to an all-time low. #LongLifeForAll
“The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine will help to harness the power of science to strengthen the evidence base for traditional medicine; …and help ensure that everyone has access to safe and effective treatment. This is an essential part of WHO’s mission”-@DrTedros
“Traditional medicine has been an integral resource for health for centuries in communities 🌍. It’s still a mainstay for some with inequities in access to conventional medicine, but also because of trust in traditional knowledge, practices & resources”-@DrTedros