| No images? Click here  Friday 09.18.20 | Issue 79  NIAID-RNL/Flickr Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates Virtual press briefings with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General planned for Monday and Thursday each week. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance.  Tuesday, 22 September Tobacco and Coronary Heart Disease Report An increasing number of people are dying from tobacco-induced heart attacks. A new brief, released by the World Health Organization, World Heart Federation and the University of Newcastle Australia, will look at why this is happening and what we can do to stop it.  Wednesday, 23 September UNGA Side-Event: 2020 Infodemic Management Promoting healthy behaviours in the time of COVID-19 and mitigating harm from misinformation and disinformation. This side-event will discuss infodemic management in the time of COVID-19. The event is scheduled for 08:00 EST. Please register here: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3pNfkEduR4Sulvthy9Vq6w
UNGA Side-Event: Ensuring Equitable Access to Life-saving Immunizations in the time of COVID-19 The objective of this side-event is to galvanize governments and humanitarian actors to safeguard interrupted immunization campaigns, outline key infrastructure that needs to be in place by the time a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, and highlight the need for global coordination to ensure equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine. It also seeks to bring visibility to the COVAX Global Vaccine Facility. The event is scheduled for 09:30-11:00 EST. Please register here: UNGA Side-Event: Progress and multisectoral action towards achieving global targets to end TB A special UN virtual side-event will discuss how we can collectively implement the recommendations outlined in the 2020 progress report of the UN Secretary-General on reaching global tuberculosis targets and advancing multisectoral action to end TB, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is scheduled for 10:00-12:00 EST. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQ72fSsPPXJ-3VrbX2kSakZ6Gy8OKesoxf94o13fwlJJUtrw/viewform
Thursday, 24 September UNGA Side-Event: Working with Member States to deliver the non-communicable disease-related Sustainable Development Goal targets during and beyond COVID-19 This event aims to bolster effective UN system support to enable countries to scale up their responses to NCDs during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund on NCDs and Mental Health will be presented, and 2020 Task Force Awards winners will be announced. The event is scheduled for 10:00 EST. Please register here: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pJE2opAVS1ur__vJEhDksA
Friday, 25 September Launch of the 2020 Progress Report on the Every Women Every Child Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health The report findings and discussion will be live on http://webtv.un.org/ on Friday, 25 September at 11:30 EST. For further information, please contact Kim Chriscaden at chriscadenk@who.int
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