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    🎙We are live on , talking about the upcoming 75th World Health Assembly with . Join us and ask your questions about !

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  3. starts Sunday. Follow history in the making: ✅ A Director-General will be elected to lead the Organization for the next 5 years ✅ Access to health care; creating healthy environments for all; pandemic preparedness will be discussed ✅ Peace & health is the Assembly theme

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    🗺 La 75.ª Asamblea Mundial de la Salud inicia este domingo, 22 de Mayo, en Ginebra,🇨🇭Suiza. ✅ La sesión de este año se centrará en el tema "Salud para la paz, paz para la salud" ℹ️ +INFO aquí:

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  5. Health authorities in confirmed a 4th case of on 19 May. The case patient, a 12-year-old boy in Wangata, passed away today. WHO is supporting in response to the outbreak.

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  6. WHO statement on outbreak in non-endemic countries

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  7. 🔴 What is ? 🔴 What are the symptoms? 🔴 How does it spread from person to person? 🔴 Where in the world is there currently a risk of monkeypox? 🔴 Who is at risk of catching monkeypox? WHO Q&A on monkeypox

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  8. At the Health & Finance Ministers meeting, I shared 3 health financing priorities: 1. Invest in acting now to ensure equitable access to tools 2. Strengthen global pandemic preparedness, for a safer future 3. Support sustainably financing

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  9. The pandemic and the current global economic recession are likely to halt the progress made in health service coverage and further worsen financial protection 🌐. More people are now unable to access care because they cannot afford it.

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  10. Prior to the pandemic, many global health indicators were on upward trend, including: 🔹 A reduction in child stunting 🔹 Falling alcohol consumption & tobacco use 🔹 Increased access to safely managed drinking water and basic hygiene.

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  11. WHO, Member States, and partners are working to understand more about the outbreak & how the virus spreads so that we can stop it.   ▶️ Keep following us for updates

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  12. Someone in close contact with an infectious person can get . Stigmatizing people because of a disease is NEVER OK.   📌 Stigma can be a barrier to ending an outbreak

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  13. Protect yourself & others from : -Isolate & talk to a health worker if you have symptoms -Avoid skin to skin or face to face contact with anyone who has symptoms -Clean hands, objects & surfaces that have been touched regularly -Wear a mask if you are in close contact

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  14. Typical symptoms of include: 🔴 rash with blisters – on face, hands, feet, eyes, mouth, genitals 🔴 fever 🔴 headaches 🔴 muscle aches 🔴 low energy 🔴 swollen lymph nodes 
👉Talk to a health worker if you are concerned

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  15. spreads between ppl in many ways -Physical contact with someone with symptoms -Touching things contaminated with the virus (bedding, towels, clothes, etc) -Thru saliva, respiratory droplets Monkeypox spreads differently from Stay informed from reliable sources

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  16. As always, WHO is working with all Member States, regional offices, , , technical advisory groups (e.g. Strategic & Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential [STAG-IH]), expert working groups, & others on

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  17. These cases are from non-endemic countries. WHO continues to receive updates on the status of ongoing outbreaks in endemic countries through established surveillance mechanisms

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  18. has so far been reported from 11 countries that normally don't have the disease. WHO is working with these countries & others to expand surveillance, and provide guidance. There are about 80 confirmed cases, and 50 pending investigations. More likely to be reported.

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  19. The report shows that: 1⃣ Life expectancy at birth increased from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.3 years in 2019 2⃣ Healthy life expectancy also increased by more than 5 years.

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  20. 🆕 The latest World Health Statistics report contains a clear message. While people are living longer and healthier lives, the widespread impact of threatens to undo the hard-won progress. Read the full report here 👇

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