"HEALTH SERVICES"

Football legend Didier Drogba was today announced as the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health. Drogba, from Côte d’Ivoire, will support WHO to promote the Organization’s guidance on the benefits of physical activity and other healthy lifestyles, and highlight the value of sports, particularly for youth. WHO

Briefing by Omar Abdi, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), on the situation in Afghanistan.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Press Conference by Mary-Ellen McGroarty, World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Afghanistan, on the situation in Afghanistan.

Almost half a million people are affected by flooding along the Nile and Lol rivers and Sudd marshlands so far in 2021. Immediate pipeline breaks are expected in water, sanitation and hygiene supplies, emergency shelter and non-food items in coming months if not replenished, said Jens Laerke, OCHA’s spokesperson, at a news briefing today at the United Nations in Geneva. UNTV CH

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his country is working on becoming “the world’s largest green hydrogen hub” and told world leaders, “We are answerable to our future generations when they ask, when it was time to take decisions, what were those people doing, those people whose responsibility it was to give direction to the world?” UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said Lebanon risks losing the health gains it made over the last decade and stressed that unless urgent action is taken, “Afghanistan faces an imminent humanitarian catastrophe.” WHO

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, visited the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan National Hospital in Kabul, whose health workers treated many people tragically injured in the recent airport attack. WHO

Today one in five people worldwide live with hearing loss. In Zambia, five ear nose and throat (ENT) specialists and one audiologist are serving a population of 17 million. Zambia is addressing this gap through a special pilot programme to train health workers on primary ear and hearing care. After finishing the training in 2019 Nurse Carol Sinkende has helped over 600 patients with screening and treatments. WHO

Work-related diseases and injuries were responsible for the deaths of 1.9 million people in 2016, according to the first joint estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO). WHO