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Friday, 10 May 2024 | Issue 254
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World Health Day 2023 – 75 years of improving public health [https://www.who.int/campaigns/75-years-of-improving-public-health]
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Tuesday, 14 MayYouth Rally for World No Tobacco Day 16:00 – 17:00 CET
Youth advocates around the world are taking a stand against the tobacco industry and saying no to their destructiv e influence and manipulative marketing tactics that target younger generations.
Join us for our online youth rally to hear from award-winning youth advocates, WHO on what’s coming up for this year’s World No Tobacco Day and tobacco control partners including: STOP, the tobacco industry watchdog, The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and more.
Link to register [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/05/14/default-calendar/world-no-tobacco-day-youth-rally]
14-15 May
“SPECS 2030”
WHO is launching a new initiative, “SPECS 2030” to assist countries in meeting the 2030 global eye care target of a 40% increase in the proportion of people with access to appropriate spectacles.
The launch will be held during a two-day meeting (14-15 May) in Geneva with over 100 participants, including Member States representatives, UN agencies, academia, and non-governmental organizations.
Related links:
SPECS Initiative [https://www.who.int/initiatives/specs-2030]
Launch of the WHO SPECS 2030 initiative and inaugural meeting of the Global SPECS Network [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/05/14/default-calendar/launch-of-the-who-specs-2030-initiative–including-the-inaugural-meeting-of-the-global-specs-network]
Eye care, vision impairment and blindness [https://www.who.int/health-topics/blindness-and-vision-loss#tab=tab_1]
Fact sheet on blindness and vision impairment [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/blindness-and-visual-impairment]
Thursday, 16 May
WHO EPI-WIN Webinar Health Systems for Health Security: An Integrated Solution for Robust Emergency Management 13:00–14:00 CEST
As the global community grappled with the pandemic’s multifaceted challenges, it became evident that the concept of seamlessly integrating health systems with health security remains, to a considerable extent, was uncharted.
WHO published a Health Systems for Health Security framework, which serves as a guide to countries, donors and other stakeholders, to bring together efforts to strengthen resources and capacities required for implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005), components in health systems and those in other sectors for effective management of health emergencies, while maintaining the continuity of essential health services. The Health Systems for Health Security framework was implemented in Sri Lanka in September 2023.
Objectives
Within this context, this webinar will focus on operationalization of the health systems for health security framework from global, and country levels, emphasizing the pivotal role that health systems play in achieving and maintaining health security.
It will also highlight Sri Lanka’s experiences in prevent, preparedness, response and recovery from health emergencies, particularly address the outcomes from the implementation of Health Systems for Health Security framework.
More information [https://www.who.int/teams/epi-win].
14-16 MayNational Oxygen Scale Up Framework Meeting
Member States and partners will come together at the World Health Organization’s National Oxygen Scale Up Framework Meeting: Road to Oxygen Access in Dakar, Senegal to explore and reach consensus on the necessary components for national oxygen scale-up plans.
Participants will share best practices, highlight examples from current national scale-up efforts and identify existing resources that can maximize success.
Learn more about the event and register to attend virtually [https://bit.ly/3UmCQ8k].
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