WHO | Week Ahead for media | 03 September 2021

No images? Click here

Friday 09.03 21 | Issue 123

© WHO / Booming - Carlos Cesar

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. For the latest news from WHO on COVID-19 and other breaking health stories, read WHO's news updates.

6-12 September

Global Week for Action on NCDs

Each year from 2020 to 2025, the Global Week for Action on NCDs will raise awareness about noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) while focusing on a specific theme. In 2021, the theme is community engagement. Everyone in society plays a critical role in accelerating progress on health - as change agents, demand creators, campaigners, and drivers of innovation, in monitoring, and holding governments to account.

In 2021, the Global Week for Action will also highlight the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need for action on NCDs to Build Back Better. #ActOnNCDs

7 September

International Day of Clean Air for blue skies

The 2021 theme for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies is “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet” which emphasizes the health aspects of air pollution, especially considering the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s focus is on prioritizing the need for healthy air for all, while keeping the conversation broad enough to encompass other critical issues such as climate change, human and planetary health as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. The day serves as a rallying call to action to align our efforts and claim our right to clean air. #HealthyAirHealthyPlanet

The UN Secretary-General will share a video message on the day which clearly links the impact of air pollution on human health. More from WHO on air pollution.

Sign up for our newsletters here.

Check out the WHO series, Science in 5.

WHO Media contacts:

[email protected]

You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.
If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe.
Do not reply to [email protected] as it is an unmonitored mailbox. Journalists may write to [email protected].