Overview of World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD) and proposed themes Ms Mandy Deeves, Technical Officer, IPC Technical and Clinical Hub and Task Force, WHO HQ 6 The meeting focused on discussing the WHHD theme for 2025, Save Lives. Clean Your Hands Campaign, marking its 17th year in 2025. A brief introduction highlighted the purpose of the meeting and the campaign's ongoing mission to promote global hand hygiene in healthcare. The discussion was intended to generate feedback on theme proposals for 2025, many of wh ...

3 emergency preparedness, response and resilience "Each of the five Cs encompasses core IHR (international health regulations) capacities, alongside complementary multi-sector and One Health capacities crucial for an effective whole-of-society approach to health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience." Pandemic preparedness global platforms unit New approaches to pathogen pandemic preparedness ➢ PRET Initiative – pandemic preparedness applying a mode of transmission approach edness and ...

with IFPMA, amounting for approximately 30% of global volumes but capturing almost 80% of total financial value. 3 National stock-outs of annual national stock-outs reported has ranged between 67–88 in the past five years (Fig. 7), occurring mostly in the same countries each year. Procurement and funding delays were The two most frequently reported causes of a national stock-out for each year since 2019 are often causally related, with delays in funding creating delays in procurement. Fig. 7: Countries repo ...

Sudan conflict – Situation in refugee-hosting countries Covering Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic The ongoing conflict in Sudan continues to drive a large influx of refugees into surrounding countries. | --- | --- | |-------|-----------------------------| | | | | • | Situation overview | | • | Situation update by country | | • | Key operational challenges | | • | Next steps | | • | Other resources | | | | This report summarizes the multi-country health situation and ...

Contents a. Gestational age window is variable depending on local NRA decisions (e.g. 32-36 weeks in the US and Argentina, 24-36 weeks in Europe and Japan, 28-36 weeks in the UK) b. The registration of RSV vaccines and mAbs is rapidly evolving and presented information are based on publicly available information as of early March 2024 c. Indication for 50–59-year-old adults is only in certain countries Financial support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), for Gavi-eligible countries for RSV immunization ...

Sanitation inspections User guide UNICEF P unicef� Sanitation inspections User guide UNICEF J M IP unicef @ Sanitation inspections: user guide ISBN (WHO) 978-92-4-010185-2 (electronic version) ISBN (WHO) 978-92-4-010186-9 (print version) © World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2024 This joint report reflects the activities of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative ...

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ISSUE 26 | October 2024 WHO's Operational Update on Health Emergencies Key figures on WHO's work in emergencies 1 Response to health emergencies 2 Preparedness and readiness 10 Key links and useful resources 17 A patient being treated for mpox at Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 30 August 2024. Credit: WHO / Guerchom Ndebo In this issue Operations support and logistics 15 Learning and capacity development for health emergencies 16 Key figures on WHO's work in emergencies ( ...

Urban Health Capacities for urban health assessment and response Resource Kit Maximizing urban health through connective capacities | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |------------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| | | | | | | | | The Urban health assessment and | | | | | | | response resource kit empowers | | | | | | | policy-makers and practitioners to | | | | | | | reach their goals by harnessing and | | | | | | | enhancing 'connective capacities' for | | | | | | | ...

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