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| No images? Click here Friday 06.24.22 | Issue 161 Subscribe to receive this weekly update© WHO / Sergey Volkovyer Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates A virtual press briefing with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General is expected for next week. However we will update if this changes. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance. 26-30 June 2022 Venue: International Congress Centre (MCK), Katowice, Poland A prominent global forum for sustainable urban development organized by UN-Habitat will take place, with WHO be presenting panels at side events on urban health, headed by the Assistant Director-General of Universal Health Coverage and Healthier Populations. Sessions to be live-streamed online: register here. Monday, 27 June 2022 Health-climate alliance to help countries turn commitments into action The World Health Organization and the United Kingdom government will launch a new health and climate change platform to support countries’ efforts to implement commitments made at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) to achieve resilient and low carbon, sustainable health systems. The Alliance for Transformative for Action on Climate Change and Health (ATACH) will act as a platform to bring together government institutions that have signed on to the COP26 Health Programme and relevant partner organizations to coordinate efforts, exchange knowledge and best practices, build networks and access to technical and financial support, link up existing initiatives, tackle common challenges, and monitor global progress. More information will be available as of 2pm CEST, 27 June 2022 at 30 June to 1 July High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Global Road Safety President of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety Jean Todt will bring together the international community at the UN Headquarters from 30 June to 1 July for a two-day High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Global Road Safety. The theme is “the 2030 horizon for road safety: securing a decade of action and delivery”. The event will be broadcast on UN Web TV. Sign up for our newsletters here. Check out the WHO series, Science in 5. See more upcoming WHO events here. Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs) here. Listen to Global Health Matters. WHO Media contacts: You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.
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