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| No images? Click here Wednesday 09.08 21 | Issue 124 Subscribe to receive this weekly update© 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. 9-10 September WHO Headquarters closed WHO Headquarters will be closed for holidays on Thursday, 9 September, and Friday, 10 September. WHO's media team will continue to field queries during this period. Monday, 13 September High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan on Monday, from 1500-1700 CEST. The meeting will highlight the acute needs in the country and will underscore the urgent funding support and actions required by international partners to support the Afghan people during their time of need. Senior WHO officials will attend. The event will be livestreamed on UN Web TV. More from WHO on the Afghanistan Crisis. Wednesday, 15 September New Snakebite Information and Data Platform Snakebite envenoming impacts the lives of millions of mainly poor people and kills an estimated 81,000 to 137,000 people annually. Its consequences lead to around three times as many amputations and permanent disabilities. Friday, 17 September WHO/ILO estimates on work-related disease and injury On Friday WHO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch their first joint estimates on work-related disease and injury during a virtual press conference. More details available next week. Embargoed report available upon request from Monday, 13 September. World Patient Safety Day For World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2021, WHO urges all stakeholders to “Act now for safe and respectful childbirth!” with the theme “Safe maternal and newborn care”. Approximately 810 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. In addition, around 6700 newborns die every day, amounting to 47% of all under-5 deaths. Moreover, about 2 million babies are stillborn every year, with over 40% occurring during labour. Considering the significant burden of risks and harm women and newborns are exposed to due to unsafe care, compounded by the disruption of essential health services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign is even more important this year. More here. Sign up for our newsletters here. 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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