#Transfat has no known health benefit. The good news is we can eliminate them. My OpEd in @USATODAY explains how we can and how @WHO is leading the global push: eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

🔴 LIVE NOW: WHO Executive Board #EB152 Day 3 session bit.ly/WHOEB152

Day 3 WHO Executive Board #EB152 will start at 10h00 CET. More info & follow the discussion live bit.ly/WHOEB152

The #WHO75 anniversary belongs to all of you, not just @WHO Member States and staff but all people, everywhere. Together let's tell the story of health, and together let's increase momentum toward #HealthForAll. Join us: bit.ly/3Wxf8Fd

🔴 LIVE NOW: WHO Executive Board #EB152 Day 2 session bit.ly/WHOEB152

WHO Executive Board #EB152 will resume their session this morning at 10h00 CET. More info & follow the discussion live bit.ly/WHOEB152

A year ago, I laid out 5 @WHO priorities for the coming five years: Promoting health Providing health Protecting health Powering for health Performing for health In my #EB152 speech I highlighted key achievements in 2022 against each of the “five Ps”: bit.ly/3j97iUZ

Last Friday the @WHO Emergency Committee met to consider whether #COVID19 remains a Public Health Emergency of Intl. Concern. In their view, the outbreak remains a global health emergency, and I agree. This morning, I updated the #EB152 on the way forward. bit.ly/3JtgqhJ

Congratulations, dear Jarbas Barbosa, on your appointment by the @WHO #EB152 to serve as @DirOPSPAHO. I look forward to working closely together to promote health, keep the Americas safe and serve the vulnerable. Together! twitter.com/diropspaho/sta…

During this 4-day meeting, the #WHOYouthCouncil members discussed key priorities & work plans to accelerate progress on universal health coverage, noncommunicable diseases, mental health & youth leading for health. 🙌 👉bit.ly/3jnoHJk #HealthForAll

@DrTedros 📢It will be a platform for designing & incubating new initiatives and expanding WHO’s existing youth engagement activities. #WHOYouthCouncil Read more: bit.ly/3jnoHJk

📢The Youth Council will provide advice on health and development issues affecting young people, actively engaging the WHO Director-General @DrTedros and senior WHO leadership. #WHOYouthCouncil Read more: bit.ly/3jnoHJk

Learn about the #WHOYouthCouncil 🧵 👉WHO hosted an inaugural meeting of the WHO Youth Council from 27 to 30 January in Geneva. The council is made up of representatives from 22 diverse youth organizations from health and non-health backgrounds. 🔗bit.ly/3jnoHJk

It's World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day! Reducing deforestation, unplanned housing, overcrowding can prevent: 🔺Chagas disease 🔺Dengue 🔺Chikungunya 🔺Leishmaniasis 🔺Scabies Let's #BeatNTDs! More NeglectedTropicalDiseases.Day

@WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @WHOSouthAfrica @pahowho @PAHOCaribbean @WHOEgypt @WHOGhana @WHOBotswana Additional Emergency Committee key recommendations to WHO Member States include: 4⃣ preparing for future outbreaks 5⃣ working with communities 6⃣ adjusting travel measures to risk 7⃣ supporting research for improved vaccines & post #COVID19 condition twitter.com/WHO/status/162…

The Emergency Committee issued 7 key recommendations to WHO Member States: 1⃣ focussing on vaccination & boosters 2⃣ improving data reporting to WHO 3⃣ increasing uptake & long-term availability of #COVID19 vaccines, diagnostics & therapeutics 📌 bit.ly/3JtgqhJ

Around the world, neglected tropical diseases affect more than 1 billion people, trapping generations in cycles of poverty and stigma. Today on World Neglected Tropical Diseases day, @WHO’s message is clear: Act Now, Act Together, to #BeatNTDs. twitter.com/who/status/161…

The Committee, recommended that WHO, in consultation with partners and stakeholders, develop a proposal to maintain the global and national focus on #COVID19 for when the Public Health Emergency of International Concern is eventually terminated. 📌 bit.ly/3JtgqhJ

Chagas disease Dengue Elephantiasis Leishmaniasis River blindness are spread by 🐛, 🦟, 🪰. Spraying insecticides, eliminating standing water, using bed nets, access to treatment can prevent these. Let's #BeatNTDs! More: NeglectedTropicalDiseases.Day

It's World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day! 💧Clean water 🥬 Safe and hygienic food handling 🧼 Good personal hygiene can prevent many neglected tropical diseases. Let's #BeatNTDs! More: NeglectedTropicalDiseases.Day

The Committee highlighted that #COVID19 poses a threat with: -high number of deaths compared to other respiratory infectious diseases -insufficient vaccine uptake in low- & middle-income countries, & in highest-risk groups globally -uncertainty associated with emerging variants

It's World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day! DYK: 🔺Elephantiasis 🔺River blindness 🔺Bilharzia 🔺Intestinal worm infections 🔺Trachoma are treatable & preventable when detected early! Delay in seeking treatment & care can result in life-long disability & death. Let's #BeatNTDs!

The Committee’s view is that the #COVID19 pandemic is at a transition point, which needs to be navigated carefully. More: bit.ly/3JtgqhJ

@DrTedros @GlobalGoalsUN @UN @UNEP @MedsPatentPool @ACTAccelerator @MinofHealthUG @pahowho @g20org @WorldBank @FIFAcom "We learn the lessons of the past so we can apply them in the future. Thank you for your confidence and trust. We are #ProudToBeWHO – proud to be your WHO"-@DrTedros #EB152

@DrTedros @GlobalGoalsUN @UN @UNEP @MedsPatentPool @ACTAccelerator @MinofHealthUG @pahowho @g20org @WorldBank @FIFAcom "We have a lot to be proud of over the past 75 years. But it’s not the past 75 years that matters, it’s the next 75. Not the past five years, but the next five. Not yesterday, but tomorrow. We look back with pride so that we can look forward with hope"-@DrTedros #EB152 #WHO75

@DrTedros @GlobalGoalsUN @UN @UNEP @MedsPatentPool @ACTAccelerator @MinofHealthUG @pahowho @g20org @WorldBank @FIFAcom "I have asked every country and regional office to design a localized campaign to celebrate WHO’s achievements in every corner of the world"-@DrTedros #EB152 twitter.com/WHO/status/162…

@DrTedros @GlobalGoalsUN @UN @UNEP @MedsPatentPool @ACTAccelerator @MinofHealthUG @pahowho @g20org @WorldBank @FIFAcom "This year marks our Organization’s 75th anniversary. This anniversary belongs to all of us – to every Member State and to every member of staff. This is our opportunity to tell our story and imagine our future"-@DrTedros #EB152

@DrTedros @GlobalGoalsUN @UN @UNEP @MedsPatentPool @ACTAccelerator @MinofHealthUG @pahowho @g20org @WorldBank @FIFAcom "From the front lines to the back office; In megacities and remote islands; Working on the big picture and the small details"-@DrTedros #EB152 twitter.com/WHO/status/162…

@DrTedros @GlobalGoalsUN @UN @UNEP @MedsPatentPool @ACTAccelerator @MinofHealthUG @pahowho @g20org @WorldBank @FIFAcom "None of it is possible without the people who make WHO what it is. I don't have the words to express my gratitude & admiration for my colleagues: Staff Consultants Contractors JPOs Interns Directors Assistant Directors-General Executive Directors Regional Directors"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @GlobalGoalsUN @UN @UNEP @MedsPatentPool @ACTAccelerator @MinofHealthUG @pahowho @g20org @WorldBank @FIFAcom "I've tried to give you a taste of the huge scale & scope of work that your Organization does, & that your agenda this week reflects. But it’s only a taste. I have barely scratched the surface. It’s impossible to do justice to the work we are doing around the 🌍"-@DrTedros #EB152