There are more than 2β£8β£0β£ million migrants worldwide πππ
A healthier, fairer, and safer world means everyone, no matter the migration status, has access to basic services, including health services.
Let's ensure #HealthForAll because:
HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIGHT
Access to information, prevention and appropriate care, including diagnostics, treatment and vaccines, is essential to protect and promote the health of migrants, and fulfil their needs.
WHO works with countries to build strong health systems that are supported by a well trained, competent workforce, and are sensitive to the needs of migrants, and their languages.
Discrimination can shape the interactions of migrants with the host population, host countryβs health system & health workforce. WHO released a Global Competency Standards to improve culturally sensitive care, & achieve better health outcomes for migrants
#Monkeypox has so far been reported from 11 countries that normally don't have the disease. WHO is working with these countries & others to expand surveillance, and provide guidance.
There are about 80 confirmed cases, and 50 pending investigations. More likely to be reported.
These #monkeypox cases are from non-endemic countries.
WHO continues to receive updates on the status of ongoing outbreaks in endemic countries through established surveillance mechanisms bit.ly/3ls48Jp
As always, WHO is working with all Member States, regional offices, @ecdc, @CDCgov, technical advisory groups (e.g. Strategic & Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential [STAG-IH]), expert working groups, @Goarn & others on #monkeypox
π The latest World Health Statistics report contains a clear message. While people are living longer and healthier lives, the widespread impact of #COVID19 threatens to undo the hard-won progress.
Prior to the #COVID19 pandemic, many global health indicators were on upward trend, including:
πΉ A reduction in child stunting
πΉ Falling alcohol consumption & tobacco use
πΉ Increased access to safely managed drinking water and basic hygiene.
+People living w/ better health & well-being
ββββββββββ >900M
+People better protected from emergencies
ββββββββββ >920M
+People benefiting from Universal Health Coverage
ββββββββββ >270M
Our goal is to achieve 1β£ billion people/target by 2023.
As the worldβs global health guardian, fulfilling these triple billion targets will be our main goal as a measurable means of reducing health equity gaps and ensuring #HealthForAll.
"Over the last week, #COVID19 cases have risen in four out of the six WHO regions. Due to testing and sequencing reducing in many countries, it is increasingly difficult to know where the virus is and how itβs mutating"-@DrTedros
"The Democratic Peopleβs Republic of Korea has announced, through their state media, their first outbreak of #COVID19, with more than 1.4 million suspected cases since late April"-@DrTedros
#DYKβ In over 7οΈβ£0οΈβ£ countries, laws criminalize same-sex relationships between adults, undermining #LGBTQI+ people's access to health services.
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More info πbit.ly/3wsUStCΒ #IDAHOBIT
More than 2.5 billion people - or 1 in 3 people - need one or more assistive products, such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, or apps that support communication and cognition: New WHO & @UNICEF report bit.ly/3Ngnf54
Almost one billion children & adults with disabilities and older persons in need of assistive technology are denied access, particularly in low- & middle-income countries, where access can be as low as 3% of the need for these life-changing products bit.ly/3Ngnf54
The report notes that the number of people in need of one or more assistive products is likely to rise to 3.5 billion by 2050, due to populations ageing and the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases rising across the world