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Friday, 12 April 2024 | Issue 250
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Sunday, 14 April
World Chagas Disease Day
14 April is World Chagas Disease day. The theme this year is “Tackling Chagas disease: detect early and care for life”, to increase public awareness of Chagas disease and secure greater funding for early diagnosis and comprehensive follow-up care initiatives.
Chagas disease is prevalent among poor populations of continental Latin America but is increasingly being detected in other countries. There are approximately 6-7 million people infected with Chagas disease worldwide, with 12,000 deaths, every year.
Read more here. [https://who.int/campaigns/world-chagas-disease-day/2024]
Monday, 15 April
One year mark of war in Sudan
Sudan has endured the impact of a violent conflict which started a year ago and has had a staggering human cost. This crisis is one of the most acute and largest in the world.
After one year of active fighting, the health system is collapsing, especially in the hard-to-reach areas, with health facilities destroyed, looted or struggling with acute shortages of staff, medicines, vaccines, equipment and supplies. Access for humanitarian actors is particularly constrained. Half of the states are not accessible from within Sudan. Darfur and Kordofan are inaccessible and cut off from humanitarian aid.
As the world is grappling with multiple disastrous crises, Sudan remains an underfunded crisis. The Humanitarian Response Plan appeal for health is only 17% funded so far. On this grim milestone, WHO calls the international community to make tangible commitments and increase their contributions to support the aid operation and end the suffering of the people of Sudan.
On 15 April, the WHO Director-General will take part in the Sudan International Humanitarian Conference organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, with the support of the European Union and Germany.
Monday, 15 April
WHO announces 5th Health for All Film Festival shortlist and jury announcement
Renowned actors, musicians, activists and media personalities join the 5th HAFF jury and an official selection of around 60 health stories made in various types of short films will be made available on WHO’s Youtube playlists for interaction with a wide audience worldwide. The four playlists, one for each of the competition categories are Universal health coverage; Emergencies, migrants and refugees health; Better health and physical activity.
For more details from 15 April onwards on the official selection, the jury composition and further information, please visit here. [https://www.who.int/film-festival]
Tuesday, 16 April
High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Ethiopia
WHO: The Governments of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United Nations
WHEN: Tuesday, 16 April 2024 from 15:00 CEST to 18:00 CEST
Despite the investments of the Government of Ethiopia in close cooperation with its development partners, the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia is critical – but there is a window to act right now.
On 16 April, the UN will convene a high-level pledging event in Geneva for the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia together with the Governments of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the United Kingdom.
The purpose is to urgently raise international awareness and for Member States and other donors to express support and announce funding pledges to address the dire needs and bolster the resilience of vulnerable people.
Conflict and back-to-back climate shocks have pushed more than 21 million people in Ethiopia into humanitarian need this year. The lean season (July to September) when 10.8 million people are projected to be critically food insecure is looming large.
Yet the country’s UN-backed US$3.24 billion humanitarian response plan is less than 5 per cent funded. Keeping the response going over the next three months – and securing aid pipelines beyond that – will require $1 billion in funding.
The ministerial-level event will hear from representatives from the Governments of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the United Kingdom, as well as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other UN and NGO representatives. Members States and other participants will take the floor for their announcements. The event will close with an announcement of the pledging result.
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Friday, 19 April
The right to health and the Health for All Film Festival at Balexert, Geneva, Switzerland
A free screening of short films from the selections of the WHO Health for All Film Festival and some other productions will take place on the occasion of the International Geneva exhibition taking place from 16 to 20 April 2024 [https://www.ungeneva.org/fr/events/international-days/2024/04/geneve-internationale-balexert-march-2024].
The screening will take place on Friday 19 April at 10:30 a.m CEST at Pathé Balexert (duration 1h30). There will be 2x 25′ screenings for a total of 8 short films and 2 15-20 minute discussions. There will be, for example, films on the reception of migrants at Geneva Hospital, urban health management with neighborhood groups in the commune of Vernier and other Swiss towns, access to HIV treatment for transgender people during the COVID pandemic, and many other poignant and inspiring stories.
Register here. [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/04/19/default-calendar/the-right-to-health-and-the-health-for-all-film-festival-at-balexert–geneva–switzerland]
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