| No images? Click here  Friday 07.02.21 | Issue 117 © WHO / Blink Media - Nada Harib 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.  Monday, 5 July INITIATE2 WFP and WHO are launching INITIATE2, a joint project to develop innovative technical solutions based on past experience in emergency response, on Monday. The project aims to bring together emergency actors, research and academic institutions, and international and national partners to promote knowledge sharing and skills transfer for improved emergency response to health crises. More next week.  Tuesday, 6 July New recommendations on cervical cancer screenings WHO will release new recommendations on screening and treatment to prevent cervical cancer, best practices and implications for national programmes. The updated guidance will recommend use of DNA screening for the human papillomavirus (HPV) test, rather than cytology (‘Pap smears’) or visual inspection with acetic acid. It also includes recommendations on self-sampling for HPV testing, an approach that can facilitate wider access to screening. Related links: https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/self-care-interventions/human-papillomavirus-testing/en/ https://www.who.int/initiatives/cervical-cancer-elimination-initiative  6 July - 15 July High Level Political Forum (HLPF) and WHO side event The High Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF) is the core United Nations platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The meeting of the HLPF in 2021 will be held from Tuesday, 6 July, to Thursday, 15 July. On Tuesday, WHO will host a virtual high-level side event called Accelerating progress towards the health-related SDGs in a time of crisis: Solutions for an equitable and resilient recovery. This side event will take stock of status of progress on health-related SDG targets, discuss approaches to accelerate progress in achieving the health-related SDG targets and find solutions for an equitable and resilient recovery from COVID-19. Register here.   Receive the latest COVID-19 content, guidance and must-know information from WHO. Sign up for a weekly digital update. 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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