WHO & Regional Offices [to 11 Dec 2021]
https://www.who.int/
Selected News, Statements
10 December 2021
News release
Two decades dedicated to capacity building for health emergency preparedness and response

9 December 2021
Highlights
Quality of HIV Care: from guidance to implementation

9 December 2021
News release
WHO and Global Fund warn inequalities block progress towards ending AIDS, TB and malaria

9 December 2021
Departmental news
WHO works to scale-up support to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) thanks to support from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

9 December 2021
Departmental news
Updated interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (‎COVID-19)‎ vaccine

9 December 2021
Statement
WHO continues to support its conditional recommendation for the dapivirine vaginal ring as an additional prevention option for women at substantial risk of HIV

9 December 2021
Departmental news
Neglected tropical diseases: WHO launches survey to expand its offer of online training courses

8 December 2021
Departmental news
Health in the World of Work

8 December 2021
Departmental news
New partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhoea

8 December 2021
Departmental news
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: treating millions of people, despite the pandemic

7 December 2021
Departmental news
“The public health impact of chemicals: knowns and unknowns” is now available in the Persian language

7 December 2021
News release
WHO accelerates work on nutrition targets with new commitments

7 December 2021
Departmental news
The Collective Service: supporting RCCE in emergencies

7 December 2021
News release
WHO recommends against the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19

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Weekly Epidemiological Record, Vol. 96, No. 49, pp. 597–612 10 December 2021
:: Rapid COVID-19 vaccination roll-out among indigenous populations in Brazil
:: Update on vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks– worldwide, January 2020–
June 2021

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WHO Regional Offices
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
WHO African Region AFRO
:: 09 December 2021 Omicron spreads but severe cases remain low in South Africa
:: 08 December 2021 COVID-19 pandemic slows progress against tuberculosis
:: 07 December 2021 Africa cuts HIV infections, deaths but key targets still elusive

WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
No new digest content identified

WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
No new digest content identified

WHO European Region EURO
:: Providing urgent health care to migrants in Belarus 10-12-2021
:: Contact tracing during a pandemic: Gintare’s story from Lithuania 10-12-2021
:: Recognizing health and care workers in the WHO European Region 10-12-2021

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Omicron VOC questions and answers
:: Universal Health Coverage Day, 12 December 9 December 2021
:: WHO donates 260 000 packs of intravenous solutions to Islamic Republic of Iran 6 December 2021
:: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre provides lifeline for millions across Yemen 5 December 2021

WHO Western Pacific Region
:: 8 December 2021 Six ways to protect yourself and those around you during the holiday season

 

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WHO Events
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/2
[Selected]
WHO STI Research Priority Setting Technical Advisory Group
14 December 2021 18:00 – 19:00 UTC Time

 

Global expenditure on health: Public spending on the rise?
15 December 2021 14:00 – 15:30 UTC Time

 

WHO Global Competency Standards for Refugee and Migrant Health Services – Strengthening the health workforce to provide quality health services to refugees and migrants
16 December 2021 14:00 – 15:00 CET

 

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New WHO Publications
https://www.who.int/publications/i
Selected Titles
9 December 2021
State of inequality: HIV, tuberculosis and malaria
[See Perspectives above for detail]

9 December 2021
Annexes to the interim recommendations for use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S vaccine

9 December 2021
Interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (COVID-19) vaccine

8 December 2021
WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit: Chemical Hazards, second edition

8 December 2021
Addressing violence against women in health and multisectoral policies: a global status report

7 December 2021
Food systems for health: information brief

7 December 2021
Therapeutics and COVID-19
Overview
The WHO Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the use of therapeutics in the treatment of COVID-19. The latest version of this living guideline is available in pdf format (via the ‘Download’ button) and via an online platform, and is updated regularly as new evidence emerges.
This seventh version of the WHO living guideline now contains 11 recommendations, including two new recommendations regarding convalescent plasma. No further updates to the previous existing recommendations were made in this latest version…

7 December 2021
Interim recommendations for use of the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine against COVID-19

6 December 2021
COVID-19 and the social determinants of health and health equity: evidence brief

6 December 2021
World malaria report 2021

6 December 2021
Sexual and reproductive health and rights: Infographic snapshot

6 December 2021
Towards developing WHO’s agenda on well-being

6 December 2021
Health Promotion Glossary of Terms 2021

6 December 2021
Enhancing uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescent boys and men at higher risk…

6 December 2021
Safeguarding the future: giving priority to the needs of adolescent and young mothers living with HIV

6 December 2021
Workshop on external competence assessment and national competence assessment for malaria microscopists…

6 December 2021
Sixth Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Verification Commission for measles and rubella