Yes, you and your colleagues can make a difference for a #breastfeeding -friendly working environment! We can all be supportive of the mothers who need time and flexibility to breastfeed.

World #Breastfeeding  Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August. This year, WHO joins forces with the +International Labour Organization to spread the word about Breastfeeding and Work. Let’s make it work!
This is what lawmakers can do to encourage breastfeeding and improving the health of #babies  around the world.

28 July is #WorldHepatitisDay . 1.4 million people die from #Hepatitis  each year, #PreventHepatitis !
Get tested, seek treatment: http://goo.gl/KScHnM

Do you want to work for WHO? We are recruiting.
On 25 June take part on the Global Careers Fair, register, and ask your questions to our recruiters.
Apply, join the team. Please share this information with those who might be interested. http://goo.gl/1ay0r7

WHO’s team - part of the joint mission on #MERS‬  with the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare - has arrived in Seoul this morning.

The team will work the next few days to gain information and review the situation in the Republic of Korea to better understand the virus, the spread of the disease and the symptoms patients develop when they are sick #SouthKorea  #‎메르스‬ ‪

Photo: WHO/M. Van Kerkhove

31 May is World #NoTobacco  Day 

Illicit trade makes tobacco products more affordable and accessible to people from low-income groups and children.
Illicit tobacco products are typically sold at lower prices, thereby increasing consumption.
Eliminating or reducing illicit trade of tobacco products will reduce tobacco consumption by restricting cheap tobacco products.

#Breastfeeding  is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health. This is how employers can support breastfeeding in the workplace.

The world is on the verge of an effective ‪#‎Ebola‬ vaccine. Results from an interim analysis of the ‪#‎Guinea‬ Phase III efficacy vaccine trial show that the vaccine VSV-EBOV is highly effective against Ebola. While the vaccine up to now shows 100% efficacy in individuals, more conclusive evidence is needed and trials will continue. This is an extremely promising development. This record-breaking work marks a turning point in the history of health research and development: http://goo.gl/HTVQQq

Photo: WHO/S. Hawkey

WHO and the +World Food Programme are building 50 temporary health clinics in parts of #Nepal‬   where the #NepalEarthquakes   caused severe damages. Five clinics are already finished and another four are under construction.

Photo: WFP/J. Giambrone

Interested in supporting WHO's response to #Ebola‬  outbreak and other emergencies? We are recruiting.
Our recruiting team is NOW online at the Global Careers Fair until 17h00 GMT - TODAY ONLY! 
Register, ask your questions to our recruiters team & apply!

Photo: WHO/D. Licona #job   #recruitment   #career   #UN  

To all of you who #GiveBlood:

THANK YOU!

Give freely, give often. Blood donors save lives.

14 June - World Blood Donor Day

"We are a team of 12 healthcare workers, comprising of different skills including medical doctors, nurses, a lab technician and a pharmacist. Supported by WHO, the team was quickly deployed to work in the Lake Tanganyika Stadium #cholera  treatment centre, set up here in the Kigoma region in #Tanzania  to respond to the ongoing cholera outbreak in the area. One of the key successes has been to put proper triage in place, isolate the patients and ensure adequate infection, prevention and control (IPC) measurements are adhered to."
-Dr Nassoro Ally Matuzya, Rapid Response Team Leader, WHO Tanzania

Photo: WHO/P. Desloovere