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World
Health Day 2006: Global launch
Health Workforce Crisis is Having a Deadly Impact on
Many Countries' Ability to Fight Disease and Improve Health, New WHO Report
Warns
Media Advisory WHO/1
3 April 2006
On World Health Day, 7 April, 2006, the World Health
Organization (WHO) is releasing The World Health Report 2006 - Working
together for health, a comprehensive study of the global health workforce.
The Report points to a severe shortage of health workers
in 57 countries. This shortage is impairing provision of essential,
life-saving interventions such as childhood immunization, safe pregnancy and
delivery services for mothers, and access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria
and tuberculosis. More than four million additional doctors, nurses,
midwives, managers and public health workers are urgently needed to fill the
gap in these countries, 36 of which are in sub-Saharan Africa.
This shortage,
combined with a lack of training and knowledge, is also a major obstacle for
health systems as they attempt to effectively respond to chronic diseases,
avian influenza and other health challenges, the Report finds.
Seeking to draw
the world's attention to the urgency of this crisis, while recognizing the
dedication and achievements of health workers everywhere, WHO Regional
Offices and local partners will celebrate World Health Day 2006 in activities
around the globe.
Lusaka
What:World Health
Report Media Briefing and Visit (Embargo: 00:01 Local Time, 7 April 2006)
Where: Intercontinental Hotel, Haile Selassie Avenue, Lusaka
When: 6 April, 10:30
Media Briefing; 2:30 Visit to University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
Who: Dr LEE Jong-wook, WHO Director-General
Dr Timothy Evans, WHO Assistant Director-General, Evidence and
Information for Policy
The Honourable
Sylvia Masebo, Minister of Health, Zambia
What: Global Celebration of
World Health Day
Where: Lusaka Agriculture Show Grounds
When: 7 April, 09:30
Who: His Excellency Levy P. Mwanawasa, President of Zambia
Dr. LEE Jong-wook,
WHO Director-General
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London
What: World Health Report
Media Briefing (Embargo: 00:01 Local Time, 7 April 2006)
Where: London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel
Street Rose
Room, 1st floor, London WC1E 7HT
When: 6 April, 11:00
Who: Dr Manuel Dayrit, WHO Director, Human Resources for Health
Professor Sir Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine
What: World Health Day Global
Celebration and Press Conference
Where: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1, Main Lecture Theatre
When: 7 April, 09:30; 12:00 Press
Conference, Lower Atrium Lecture Theatre
Who: Joy Phumaphi,
WHO Assistant Director-General, Family and Community Health
Rosie Winterton,
MP, Minister of State for Health Services
Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights:
Ethical Globalization Initiative
Annie Lennox, singer, songwriter and activist
This event is hosted by the Tropical Health
and Education Trust at their annual conference.
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Geneva
What:
World Health Day Celebration
Where: Salle
Opéra, Hôpital Cantonal (HUG), 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest,
1211 Genève 14
When:
7 April, 09:00
Who:
Catherine Legalès-Camus, WHO Assistant
Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and
Mental Health
Dr
Pierre-François Unger, Minister of Economy and Health, Geneva
Johannesburg
What:
Media Briefing (Embargo: 00:01 Local Time, 7 April 2006)
When:
4 April, 11:00
Where:
Sides Restaurant, Ten Bompas Hotel, 10 Bompas Road,
Craighall, Johannesburg
Who:
Dr Timothy Evans, WHO Assistant Director-General, Evidence and Information
for Policy
World Health Day Media Contacts
Lusaka: Xu Baert, World Health Day Coordinator, +41 79 286 0817, email: baertx@who.int.
London: Darlene Taylor, World Health Day
Communications Officer, at +41 22 791 2153 or email: taylorda@who.int.
Geneva: Ben Fouquet, World Health Day Communications Officer at +41 22 791 3554 or email fouquetp@who.int. Iain Simpson, WHO Media
Officer, Director-General's Office, +41 22 791 3215 or email simpsoni@who.int.
Johannesburg: Jo-Anne Collinge,
World Health Day Consultant +27 11 772 1037 or +27 82 787 0202.
For
Information on Regional Events please contact:
Africa
Samuel Ajibola,
Communications Officer
WHO Regional Office for Africa
Tel: +47 241 39372
Fax: +47 241 39511
E-mail: ajibolas@afro.who.int
Europe
Ms Liuba
Negru, Communications Officer
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Tel.: +45 39 17 13 44
Fax: +45 39 17 18 80
E-mail: LNE@euro.who.int
Americas
Ms Alison Foster
Regional Office for the Americas
Tel: +1 202 974 3840
Fax: +1 202 974 3612
E-mail: fosteral@paho.org
South-East Asia
Dr M. Khalilullah,
Medical Officer
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Tel: +91 11 337 0804 (Ext. 26303)
Fax: + 91 11 337 0197
E-mail: khalilullahm@whosea.org
Eastern Mediterranean
Dr Ibrahim
Kerdany, Public Information Officer
WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
Tel: +20 2 27 65037
E-mail: kerdanyi@emro.who.int
Western Pacific
Dr Peter B. Cordingley, Public Information Officer
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Tel: +(632) 528 9992
Fax: +(632) 521 1036 Ext. 89992
E-mail: cordingleyp@wpro.who.int
For information related to the World Health Report,
please contact:
Thomson Prentice, Editor, WHO, Geneva, +41 22 791 4224 or email at prenticet@who.int
Judith Mandelbaum-Schmid,
Communications Officer, WHO, +41 22 791 2967 or email schmidj@who.int
For more information on World Health Day please go to http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2005/en/index.html
All press releases, fact sheets and other WHO media material may be found at www.who.int
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