Tag: World Health Organization

Make suicide prevention in Africa a priority, UN health agency urges governments

Stuart Mitchell

Did you know that Africa has the highest suicide rate in the world? To reverse that worrying statistic, the UN health agency WHO recently launched a social media campaign to raise awareness around mental health illness, which is believed to account for up to 11 per cent of the risk factors that are associated with suicide. “Every death by suicide is a tragedy,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, who maintained the suicide prevention was “rarely a priority” in national health programmes. Tweet URL Ahead of World…

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World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to dramatically increase global access to childhood cancer medicines

Stuart Mitchell

The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have announced plans to establish a platform that will dramatically increase access to childhood cancer medicines around the world. The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, the first of its kind, will provide an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured childhood cancer medicines to low- and middle-income countries. St. Jude is making a six-year, $200 million investment to launch the platform, which will provide medicines at no cost to countries participating in the pilot phase. This is the largest financial…

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World Health Organization and Out There Impact join forces to use the power of mobile to prevent the ongoing spread of COVID-19 as world awaits vaccine rollout

Stuart Mitchell

Out There Impact, the impact division of mobile advertising and data monetisation company Out There Media, committed to using the power of mobile technology for the greater good, today announced that it is collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) to launch a global mobile education campaign looking to contain the ongoing spread of COVID-19. The two organizations will work together to distribute messages to more than three hundred million global citizens by early 2021 via Out There Impact’s mobile engagement platform and its mobile operator partners. This vast and…

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Global Advertising Industry Leaders Unite to Amplify World Health Organization COVID-19 Health Alert

Stuart Mitchell

PVBLIC Foundation, collectively with Mediakeys Group, has organized a global consortium of 21 advertising companies spanning 7 countries, and from 3 continents, to amplify the World Health Organization’s message about COVID-19 across the globe. WHO recently launched a dedicated messaging services in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus.  The campaign invites people to text “hi” in various languages via WhatsApp so they can receive “prompt, reliable, and official information 24 hours a day, worldwide.” This easy-to-use messaging…

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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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