| No images? Click here  Friday 10.02.20 | Issue 81  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.  Monday 5 October Virtual press conference on results of survey to measure impact of COVID-19 on mental, neurological and substance use services The survey, to which 130 countries responded, details the extent of disruption to mental health services during recent months, as well as the measures that have been put in place by countries to provide services by alternative means. A global social media campaign, #MoveForMentalHealth will also kick off, asking people to share videos on their social media channels showing what they do for their mental well-being. On World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, WHO hosts The Big Event for Mental Health online. Tune in via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok Health for All Film Festival announcement As part of the will be part of The Big Event for Mental Health day, WHO will announce a Mental Health Film Prize to kick off "Online Film Festival Weeks." For more information, visit the The Health For All Film Festival.  Wednesday 8 October Launch of first joint stillbirth estimates by UN agencies The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, comprising UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank Group, will launch the report, A Neglected Burden: The Global Tragedy of Stillbirths, which presents the first joint global stillbirth estimates. Media contacts: Kim Chriscaden, chriscadenk@who.int and Carla Drysdale, cdrysdale@who.int  Thursday, 9 October World Sight Day World Sight Day aims to focus global attention on vision impairment and blindness. This year (2020), the ‘Call to Action‘ for World Sight Day is: Hope In Sight. Media contact: Hayatee Hasan at Hasanh@who.int  Receive the latest COVID-19 content, guidance and must-know information from WHO. Sign up for a weekly digital update. Check out the WHO video/podcast series, Science in 5.  WHO Media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.  |
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