Femicide Watch Platform Prototype Launched at 2017 UN Crime Commission
Извор: WUNRN – 30.05.2017
4 May 2017 - Violence against women and girls is still so deeply embedded in cultures around the world that it is almost invisible. Yet this brutality is not inevitable. Once recognised for what it is - a construct of power and a means of maintaining the status-quo - it can be dismantled.
Jean-Luc Lemahieu, UNODC Director, quoted this two-decade-old but valid statement of Dr. Charlotte Bunch, to kick-off the official launch of the Femicide Watch Platform prototype at the 26th Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ).
United Nations agencies urge Europe’s action on 1.4 million annual deaths from polluted environments
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 13.06.2017
Press release
Ostrava, Czech Republic, 13 June 2017
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) call on European leaders to scale up action to prevent environment-related deaths and diseases affecting their populations.
Each year, at least 1.4 million Europeans die prematurely due to polluted environments; this corresponds to at least 15% of Europe’s total deaths. Around half of these deaths are due to outdoor and indoor air pollution. Altogether, European citizens lose annually 50 million years of healthy life from environmental risks.
Nordic and Baltic countries gather to discuss intersectoral action to prevent child maltreatment
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 07.06.2017
Policy-makers, professionals and activists from the Baltic and Nordic countries came together on 1–2 June 2017 for a workshop in Riga, Latvia, on strengthening intersectoral working to prevent child maltreatment.
The workshop, a joint venture of WHO/Europe, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Government of Latvia, focused on intersectoral collaboration involving the health, welfare, education and justice sectors. A total of 100 participants from these sectors, representing 14 countries, took part in the workshop. Participants were presented with good practices and evidence-based experience about what works for prevention and how this can be implemented at the country level.
It is estimated that tens of millions of children and young people in the WHO European Region have experienced sexual, physical or emotional abuse and maltreatment.
Updating essential drugs list, UN health agency aims to preserve potency of 'last resort' antibiotics
Извор: Организација на Обединетите нации - 06.06.2017
Photo: WHO/Jim Holmes
6 June 2017 – As part of its effort to combat growing drug resistance, the United Nations health agency today announced that it is classifying antibiotics into three categories and providing new advice on which to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances.
According to a news release issued by the agency, a key revision in this year's update
Nothing short of a 'sea change' will end years of gross neglect in mental health care – UN expert
Извор: Организација на Обединетите нации - 06.06.2017
A young men, 17 is part of a “national reintegration strategy" in Burundi. At this re-education centre the children are provided help including access to social workers and psychologists. Credit: UNICEF/Prinsloo
6 June 2017 – Citing decades of neglect in mental health care, a United Nations human rights expert today denounced “biomedical gatekeepers” who perpetuate stigma and urged States and psychiatrists to act with courage to reform a “crisis-hit system built on outdated attitudes.”
“We need little short of a revolution in mental health care to end decades of neglect, abuse and violence,” Dainius Pūras, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health said after presenting his latest report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Essential Medicines List updated with new advice on antibiotics
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 06.06.2017
6 June 2017 – New advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for serious circumstances is among additions to the WHO Model list of essential medicines for 2017. Other additions include medicines for HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and leukaemia. The model list is used by many countries to increase access to medicines and guide decisions about which products they ensure are available for their populations.
World Environment Day: Health is intrinsically linked to the environment
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 05.06.2017
Chelsea Hedquist
The theme for this year’s World Environment Day – “Connecting people to nature” – implores citizens of the world to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and importance, and to protect the Earth that we share. On this day, celebrated every 5 June since 1972, WHO reminds decision-makers and citizens that health is intrinsically linked to the environment.
Globally, an estimated 24% of the burden of disease and 23% of all deaths can be attributed to environmental factors.
New vector control response a game-changer
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 01.06.2017
1 June 2017 – Today more than 80% of the world’s population is at risk of vector-borne disease, with half at risk of two or more diseases. Mosquitoes, flies and bugs such as ticks can transmit diseases such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, Lyme disease and encephalitis. Over the past year, WHO has spearheaded a reprioritization of vector control, resulting in the Global Vector Control Response (GVCR) 2017–2030.
Local solutions, people-centred health systems key to ending AIDS epidemic – UN deputy chief
Извор: Организација на Обединетите нации - 01.06.2017
Fanaye Hailu says her daughter Betty was born HIV-free and is now eight years old and suggests that every mother, every pregnant woman must get tested for HIV which can save the lives of the mother and her baby. Photo: UNAIDS
1 June 2017 – While global optimism has fuelled a major push to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 – the highest ambition within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the United Nations today warned that the pandemic is far from over, and with more than 36 million people living with HIV, tackling it will require a life-cycle approach based on community-level solutions.
Светски ден без тутун, 31 мај 2017 година
Извор: Институт за јавно здравје на Р. Македонија - 30.05.2017
Тутун – закана за развој
Секоја година, на 31 мај, СЗО и партнерите го одбележуваат Светскиот ден против пушењето (World No Tobacco Day), истакнувајќи ги здравствените и дополнителните ризици поврзани со употребата на тутун, и залагајќи се за ефективни политики за намалување на потрошувачката на тутун.
Темата за Светскиот ден против пушењето 2017 е “Тутун – закана за развој”.
За кампањата
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Ќе ги претстави опасностите и заканите од тутунската индустрија врз одржливиот развој на сите земји, вклучувајќи ги здравјето и економската благосостојба на своите граѓани.
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Ќе предложи мерки кои владите и јавноста треба да ги превземат за да се промовира здравјето и развојот со соочување со глобалната тутунска криза.
World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco threatens us all
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 30.05.2017
WHO
Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death and disease globally, but tobacco threatens more than people’s health and well-being. It also poses a significant threat to economic well-being and, more broadly, to the sustainable development of countries in the WHO European Region and throughout the world. Strong, comprehensive measures to control tobacco use play a critical role in helping countries to make progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
‘All roads should lead to universal healthcare,’ says new WHO chief
Извор: Организација на Обединетите нации - 24.05.2017
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General-Elect, briefs the press in Geneva. Photo: UN/Daniel Johnson
24 May 2017 – The newly-elected head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, outlined his priorities for journalists at the agency’s headquarters today in Geneva, where he stressed the need for Member States to provide healthcare for all and to implement international health regulations.
Looking at the work ahead, Dr. Tedros stressed that the original reason the UN health agency was set up nearly 70 years ago remains true today: providing healthcare for all.