Five years into the Decade of Vaccines

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 20.04.2017

20 April 2017 – World Immunization Week, celebrated 24–30 April 2017, promotes the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Today, there are still 19.4 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world.

World Immunization Week

The power of vaccines: Still not fully utilized

European Immunization Week 2017 - 24–30 April 2017

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 20.04.2017

European Immunization Week (EIW) is celebrated across the European Region every April to raise awareness of the importance of immunization for people’s health and well-being. Under the slogan "Vaccines work" EIW 2017 will focus on the need for and benefits of immunization at every stage in life.

http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/events/events/2017/04/european-immunization-week-2017

Neglected tropical diseases: Collaborate Accelerate Eliminate

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 19.04.2017

CDC/ James Gathany

Dengue – spread by mosquitoes – is making a resurgence in the WHO European Region

In the WHO European Region, much progress has been made in controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).  The Region has achieved the global target for leprosy elimination – less than 1 case per million population. As a result of mass preventive chemotherapy campaigns, conducted consecutively for several years and supported by WHO, the prevalence of intestinal worms in school-age children in high-burden countries has dropped from 70% to 30%.

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State of Crisis: Meeting Sexual & Reproductive Health Needs of Women in Humanitarian Situations

Извор: WUNRN – 18.04.2017

Fatatima* plays with her son, Mouath* in their makeshift home in the Ketermaya refugee camp, outside Beirut, Lebanon.Over 50 Syrian families have found safety and temporary shelter for last year and half in the refugee camp. (The families requested not to use their names because of security concerns) // Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank

March 20, 2017 - Sneha Barot, Senior Policy Manager, Guttmacher Institute

Over the last couple of years, the images and stories of those fleeing civil war in Syria—where conflict has displaced nearly half of the country’s population¹—have placed a spotlight on the intense human suffering faced by those in humanitarian crises.

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Climate Change Is A Feminist Issue

Извор: WUNRN – 18.04.2017

IMAGE CREDIT: CC/Flickr – Annette Bernhardt

By Linnea Engstrom  - MEP for Sweden’s Green Party and Vice-Chair of the EP Committee on Fisheries

11 April 2017 - Climate change is the single most pressing global injustice facing present and future generations, and one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time.

But climate change is not gender neutral. Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, but only a small part of climate funding is allocated specifically to the needs of women in the most affected countries.

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UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Report to the Human Rights Council 2017 - Serious Challenges - Women Human Rights Defenders

Извор: WUNRN – 15.04.2017

UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders – Website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SRHRDefenders/Pages/SRHRDefendersIndex.aspx

REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON  HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 2017

http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/34/52 – Click to Website and Go to Column on Right and Click on the UN Language Translation of Choice for the Full 19-Page 2017 Special Rapporteur Report

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Child Marriages - European Parliament & Experts Address

Извор: WUNRN – 15.04.2017

Mauritania/Malian refugee/ Fati, 13, poses for a picture in Mbera refugee camp, 50 km away from the Mali border, on 13 February 2013. Fati arrived to the camp in October 2012, when she was six months pregnant along with her husband. ©UNHCR/B.Malum

April 12, 2017 - One in every three girls in developing countries is married before turning 18, and one in nine before 15. Child marriages limit future prospects as children are usually forced to drop out of school. Girls also face dangerous complications from pregnancy and childbirth, the leading causes of death among adolescent girls in developing countries. They are also at great risk from suffering abuse.

On 11 April Parliament's women's rights and human rights subcommittee discussed the issue with experts.

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Transformative Framework for Women, Girls & Gender Equality in the Context of HIV & Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights

Извор: WUNRN – 14.04.2017

Direct Link to Full 27-Page 2017 Publication

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Состојба со грип во Република Македонија, Сезона 2016/2017 (14 недела, до 09.04.2017)

Извор: Институт за јавно здравје на Р. Македонија - 13.04.2017

ЕПИДЕМИОЛОШКИ НАДЗОР

Неделни податоци

Во текот на 14-тата недела од 2017 година, во Република Македонија пријавени се 50 новозаболени лица од грип/заболувања слични на грип со инциденца од 2,4 на 100.000, што претставува намалување од 5,7% во споредба со минатата недела кога беа пријавени 53 случаи.

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Radical increase needed in funding for water and sanitation

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 13.04.2017

WHO/D. Rodriguez

13 April 2017 – Countries are not increasing spending fast enough to meet the water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals, says a new report published by WHO on behalf of UN-Water. According to the report, countries have increased their budgets for water, sanitation and hygiene over the last 3 years, yet 80% of countries report that this financing is still insufficient to meet nationally-defined targets.

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7 Април – Светски ден на здравјето

Извор: Институт за јавно здравје на Р. Македонија  - 05.04.2017

“Депресија: Ајде да зборуваме!”

Светскиот ден на здравјето  се одбележува на 7 април, на годишнината на основањето на Светската здравствена организација. Секоја година се иницира здравствена тема која ги поврзува луѓето од целиот свет.

Годинава темата на која е посветена кампањата е депресијата.

Депресијата влијае на луѓето од сите возрасти, во сите сфери на животот, во сите земји.

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Autism spectrum disorders affect 1 in 160 children

Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 06.04.2017

WHO

6 April 2017 – Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) refers to a range of conditions characterised by impaired social behaviour and a narrow range of interests and activities. ASDs begin in childhood, and in most cases symptoms appear during the first 5 years of life. In consultation with partners WHO has developed a parent skills training programme which is currently undergoing field-testing.

WHO Parent Skills Training Package for caregivers of children with developmental disorders

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