WHO, CDC update

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A new WHO report on the tobacco epidemic, 2023

The report highlights that 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now protected with at least one best practice policy to help save lives from deadly tobacco. This is five times more than in 2007. In the last 15 years since WHO’s MPOWER tobacco control measures were introduced globally, smoking rates have fallen.
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World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August 2023

More than half a billion working women are not given essential maternity protections in national laws. Only 20% of countries globally require employers to provide employees with paid breaks and facilities for breastfeeding. Let's make breastfeeding and work, work!
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Iraq eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

WHO congratulates Iraq for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the fifth country in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region to achieve this milestone.
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Discussions on proposed amendments to International Health Regulations (2005)

Governments last week continued their detailed examination of a significant number of the over 300 proposed amendments to the WHO International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR).
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World Patient Safety Day coming soon

World Patient Safety Day 2023 will be observed on 17 September under the theme "Engaging patients for patient safety", in recognition of the crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of health care.
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Revisions have been made to the ACIP General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization.

To see the revisions, please go to ACIP List of Errata/Updates for Guidelines for Immunization.


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