#CleanHands are crucial to keep patients & health workers safe.
Commitment to water supply, soap, clean towels, and alcohol-based hand rub means clean, safe hands.
5 May is World #HandHygiene Day! bit.ly/3VyPcKs
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The end of the #COVID19 global health emergency is a moment for reflection. The painful lessons we have learned, the investments we have made, and the capacity we have built must be transformed into meaningful and lasting change.
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During the warmer months of the year, #KeepCool in the heat!
🔵 Open the windows at night.
🔵 Close the blinds or shutters during the day.
🔵 Turn off as many electrical devices as possible.
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Thank you to the incredible people who I have the privilege to call my colleagues. For more than three years, the people of have laboured day and night, under intense pressure and intense scrutiny to help countries bring #COVID19 under control.
I’m immensely #ProudToBeWHO.
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During the warmer months of the year, #KeepCool in the heat!
🔵 Stay in the shade.
🔵 Avoid strenuous activity during the hottest time of the day.
🔵 Don't leave children or animals in parked cars.a
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🔵 Spend 2–3 hours per day in a cool place.
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End of #COVID19 as public health emergency of international concern is welcome news. For 🇻🇳 we can reflect on the strong overall response but also important to not let our guard down and plan for long term management
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#MentalHealthMatters
▶Depression is a common illness affecting over 5% of adults across the world.
▶Our mental and physical health are interlinked.
▶People with severe mental health conditions are more likely to die earlier than the general population.
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🔸50% of health care facilities don't have basic hand hygiene facilities at points of care & toilets
🔸3.85 billion people lack a basic hand hygiene service at their health care facility
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#DYK: 90% of sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health services needed globally could be met if more trained midwives were available and the environment to utilise their skills and knowledge fully.
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#MidwivesDay
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On #MidwivesDay, imagine a world where all midwives had:
👉🏻 fair pay
👉🏽 fair working conditions and protections
👉🏿regulation & high-quality education
👉🏽professional development opportunities.
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#HandHygiene day is a good reminder of the importance of all the preventive measures that keep us safe from COVID-19:
•Get vaccinated
•Keep a distance
•Open windows
•Wear a mask
•Cover coughs and sneezes
•Stay home when feeling unwell, and
•Keep 🤲🏼 clean
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Nobody should be harmed or die when receiving care.
#HandHygiene in health facilities is not a luxury. It is a minimum requirement for safe, quality health care. Because clean hands save lives.
Happy World Hand Hygiene Day!
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Despite its simplicity and effectiveness, #HandHygiene is still poorly practiced in many health care facilities.
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#Midwives and nurses are critical in all healthcare settings, especially primary healthcare. They are key enablers in achieving UHC.
In the Western Pacific, they account for >70% of healthcare professionals—the highest proportion among all Regions.
#IDM2023
#MidwivesDay
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#HandHygiene saves millions of lives every year when performed at the right times and in the right way during health care delivery. It is a minimum requirement for every health facility in the world.
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Nurse Karolina Tamani has dedicated her career as a nurse and midwife to supporting women across Fiji 🇫🇯.
Today, she works with Society to bring timely screening and treatment for #CervicalCancer to the community.
#DayoftheMidwife
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When done correctly, appropriate #HandHygiene:
✅Prevents up to 70% of infections acquired during health care delivery
✅Reduces healthcare associated infections for patients and health care workers
✅Reduces the spread of #AntimicrobialResistance
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Keep learnings from the #COVID19 pandemic in mind: protect yourself and others from infection by cleaning your hands.
Accelerate action to keep patients and health workers safe on #HandHygiene Day and every day!
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Happy Wesak Day!
Any size of gathering risks spreading the #COVID19 virus. Ensure hand sanitizer or water and soap is available for members to practice proper hygiene during the gathering for everyone's safety.
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5 May is World #HandHygiene Day!
No one receiving or providing health care should be exposed to the risk of being harmed by preventable infections. To avoid infections, use alcohol-based hand rub or wash hands with 🧼 and 💧
#CleanHands save lives.
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5 May is #MidwivesDay!
Take a minute to say thank you to nurses and midwives in your community! Midwives like Vonechai 🇱🇦 work day in, day out to protect and treat their communities.
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A free press is essential for exposing threats such as human rights abuses, corruption, misinformation & much more.
If everything is all right in the news, then something is wrong with journalism.
Wednesday is #WorldPressFreedomDay. unesco.org/en/days/press- via
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Cases of #COVID19 are on the rise in the Region. Make safe choices and assess your risk to help prevent infection.
If possible, keep office meetings online to protect yourself and your colleagues from #coronavirus. When meeting in person, practice #COVID19 protective measures.
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Great news!
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A new @WHO survey shows that health systems are starting to recover from the #COVID19 pandemic: bit.ly/3LL8h93 This is very welcome news! But, we call on countries to advance their efforts to address the remaining disruptions & invest in further health system resilience.
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Did you know? 1 in 2 young people are is at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe listening 🔊
Find out how you can protect your hearing:
👂🏻 bit.ly/3Cb4uvA
#SafeListening
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It's #WorldAsthmaDay
#Asthma is a common lung ? condition that causes intermittent breathing difficulties.
It often starts in childhood, although it can also develop in adults, and affects people of all ages bit.ly/2vKygG1
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#AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses and parasites mutate and become resistant to medicines used to fight them.
✅ Only take antimicrobial medicines how & when they are prescribed.
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The world's first #malaria vaccine is saving lives 
Almost 1.5 million children at high risk in #Ghana 
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have received their first dose. The vaccine is safe and effective 
bit.ly/3H9B2cU #WorldMalariaDay #VaccinesWork
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This is how you can prevent breast cancer:
🚭 Don't smoke
🍔 Control your weight
🍷 Limit or avoid alcohol
🤱 Breastfeed
?♀️ Be physically active
?️ Avoid exposure to radiation
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Good nutrition is not just our choice, it is also determined by the societies in which we live. Consider this: Healthier options may be less accessible, and less affordable. They may not be marketed.
#Obesity is complex.
Yet, we can tackle it holistically
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Is your helmet safe? Helmet use among motorcyclists, motorcycle passengers and cyclists save lives.
WHO’s new helmet guidelines help leaders establish laws and guidelines for the use of safe, quality helmets to save lives:
bit.ly/41Hu4Eq
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Сүүлийн 5 жилд ? вир??т гепатитын вакцины бүрэн т?нгаа? хоцор?он 67,888 хүүхэд байна.
💉 ? гепатит вир??ын э?рэг вакцинаа? хоцор?он хүүхдийг нөхөн дархлааж??лалтад хамр??лаарай.
✅ Хамрагдаагүй 3 хүртэлх на?ны хүүхдийг 1 ?даа дархлааж??лна.
#WorldImmunizationWeek #vaccination2023
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ДЭМБ нь КОВ?Д-19 халдвар болон том??, том?? тө?т өвчнөө? ?эргийлэх богино хэмжээний багц видео контент бүтээх ?т?ди, байг??ллага, аж ах?йн нэгжийг ?онгон ?алгар??лалтад ?рьж байна.
Дэлгэрэнгүй 👉 bit.ly/41Sswar
Х?гацаа: 2023 оны 5 ?арын 12 өдрийн 17 цаг
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WHO Mongolia invites interested suppliers, entities and studios to send their proposal for production of short video contents on COVID-19 and Flu & Flu-like diseases.
Detailed information 👉 bit.ly/41SBcxy
Deadline: 5pm, 12 May 2023
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