| No images? Click here  Friday 11.13.20 | Issue 87  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 are planned for this week. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance.  Saturday, 14 November World Diabetes Day This year’s World Diabetes Day falls during a global pandemic which has already taken the lives of well over a million people. People with diabetes are paying a particularly high price. Not only do they have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death when infected, but many are having difficulty accessing the treatment they need due to disruptions to essential health services.  Monday, 16 November Executive Board resumes The 147th Session of the Executive Board resumes Monday and will be webcast live. Learn more.  Tuesday, 17 November Launch of Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer For the first time ever, the world has committed to eliminate a cancer. WHO‘s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer will launch Tuesday outlining three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment. Learn more.  Wednesday, 18 November-Tuesday, 24 November World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) World Antimicrobial Awareness Week kicks off Wednesday, 18 November, with a call to the world to unite to preserve antimicrobials. Learn more about WHO-hosted webinars on different aspects of antimicrobial resistance.  Thursday, 19 November World Toilet Day and launch of State of the World's Sanitation report World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19 November every year, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. A new publication – the UNICEF-WHO ‘State of the World’s Sanitation report’ – launching on World Toilet Day outlines the sanitation crisis, shares lessons and presents a vision of what is needed to deliver universal access to safe sanitation and in doing so combat a multitude of diseases and risks including COVID-19, cholera and antimicrobial resistance. The report will be available on 19 November with more to be available here.  Friday, 20 November Press conference on World Antibiotic Awareness Week led by the Directors General of WHO, FAO and OIE on Friday (timing to be confirmed).  Receive the latest COVID-19 content, guidance and must-know information from WHO. Sign up for a weekly digital update. Check out the WHO 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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