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WHO Highlights the importance of Access for All on World Braille Day 2022

Stuart Mitchell

Yesterday was World Braille Day 2022. Braille is a tactile language used by blind and partially sighted people. Combinations of raised dots represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols, so that books and periodicals can be read through touch.     The system was invented by Frenchman Louis Braille nearly 200 years ago.  In a post on Twitter, the President of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, commended Braille as a tool for freedom of expression, access to information and social inclusion. “This has never been…

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WHO and KSRelief work together improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Yemen

Stuart Mitchell

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) are working together to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in targeted health facilities and water quality monitoring and surveillance in Cholera high-risk districts Through a new US$ 7 million award, a joint project will provide improved access and enhanced provision of water, sanitation and hygiene services to 45 healthcare facilities all over Yemen which had been identified with the most acute needs by the Health Cluster and the 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan. Improved…

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WHO and UNICEF to partner on pandemic response through COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

Stuart Mitchell

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation. The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund has been set up to facilitate an unprecedented global response by supporting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan. As part of the agreement, an initial portion of the money from the Fund – which currently stands at more than $127 million – will flow to UNICEF for…

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Colgate Supports the World Health Organization (WHO) #SafeHands Effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

Colgate-Palmolive has announced that it will support the World Health Organization (WHO) on its #SafeHands effort, mobilizing a number of its production facilities around the world to produce and donate 25 million soap bars to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the regions facing acute needs. According to the WHO, which is offering updated COVID-19 advice to the public, proper handwashing is critical to slow the spread of the disease, but a combination of lack of access to quality soap and a lack of knowledge of how…

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IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read the World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation

Stuart Mitchell

Much-loved children’s authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the World is a collaboration between the International Publishers Association (IPA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. It kicked off on the 2 April, on International Children’s Book Day, at 15.00 with Italian author Elisabetta Dami, creator of the popular character Geronimo Stilton. “These are uncharted waters for us all, and the psycho-social effects of prolonged isolation and social distancing…

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