Emergency Relief Coordinator on his visit to Bangladesh this week / Rohingya refugee crisis
Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Press Conference by WHO/ IFRC/ GAVI/ WaterAid/ Fundation Merieux
Ending Cholera – A Global Roadmap to 2030
The Roadmap aims to reduce 90 percent of cholera deaths by 2030
will be launched on 4 October 2017 by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) There are an estimated 2.9 million cholera cases and 95,000 deaths per year globally More than 2 billion people without access to safe water are potentially at risk for cholera Between 40 and 80 million people live in cholera “hot spots” in Africa alone Dr Peter Salama – Director, WHO Health Emergencies Julie Hall – Chief of Staff and Special Advisor on Health, IFRC Seth Berkley – Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Tim Wainwright – Chief Executive Officer, WaterAid Benoit Miribel – Director General, Foundation Merieux
International Day of Older Persons: Integrated Care for Older People – the path to Universal Health Coverage – what will it take?
Populations around the world are rapidly ageing and this demographic transition will impact on almost all aspects of society. However, unless resilient health and long-term-care systems are put in place, many of these ambitions cannot be achieved. If we want to achieve Universal Health Coverage that is inclusive of older people, a transformation is needed in the way that health and social care is provided and organised . Integrated Care is the way forward. WHO will launch its Recommendations on Integrated Care for Older People. John Beard, Director, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO Ed Kelley, Director, Department of Service Delivery and Safety, WHO Agnés Soucat, Director, Department of Health Systems, Governance, and Financing, WHO
Press Stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
Press stakeout by Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, following the meeting of the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force.
The press stakeout will be webcast live on webtv.un.org. (Please note that the live stream may not be accessible on all mobile devices.)
Publication of the Information Economy Report 2017: Digitalization, Trade and Development (embargoed until 2 October at 5 p.m. GMT)
Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Shamika Sirimanne, UNCTAD, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics
WHO and Guttmacher Institute release new estimates on abortions by level of safety
(Embargoed until 00:30, Geneva time on Thursday, 28 September 2017.)
WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research and HRP and the Guttmacher Institute will publish new global, regional and sub-regional estimates on abortions by safety level between 2010-2014 in The Lancet. For the first time, the estimates include sub-classifications of unsafe abortion, of ‘less safe’ and ‘least safe’. The distinction allows for a more nuanced understanding of the different circumstances of abortions among women who are unable to access safe abortions. Dr. Bela Ganatra, Scientist, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Principal Research Scientist, Guttmacher Institute
Press Conference requested by the Permanent Mission of the Central African Republic
Crisis in the Central African Republic
The press conference will be webcast live on webtv.un.org. H.E. Professor Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic
Rohingya Refugee emergency in Bangladesh one month on, High Commissioner’s visit to Bangladesh (23-25 September 2017)
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
