WHO has released 3 documents that aim to strengthen efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through a behavioural insights approach: the TAP Quick Guide, the TAP Toolbox and the TAP Process poster. A fourth document – the TAP Manual – will be available by the end of the year.
Copenhagen, 11 May 2021
In some countries of the WHO European Region, 1 in 3 children aged 6 to 9 years is living with overweight or obesity. Mediterranean countries have the highest rates of obesity, but the situation there is starting to improve.
These are some of the findings of a new WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) report on the fourth round of data collection (2015–2017). The report gives the latest data available on 6- to 9-year-olds in 36 countries in the Region. A questionnaire collecting data from 2021 on the impact of the pandemic will follow from some countries.
“COVID-19 could potentially amplify one of the most worrying trends in the WHO European Region – growing childhood obesity,” said Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
People in Tajikistan have a relatively high risk of developing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer. The recently published WHO/Europe report “STEPS prevalence of noncommunicable disease risk factors in Tajikistan 2017” reveals the major health risk factors for the country, and how they can be reduced.
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People in prisons have a much higher risk of COVID-19 transmission than outside communities
People living and working in prisons should not be neglected as national programmes of COVID-19 vaccination roll out across the WHO European Region and globally. That is the main message of a recent article published by WHO/Europe in the Lancet journal.
During the pandemic, immunization activities in detention facilities can play a big role in reducing inequities in countries.
Vaccination for prisoners: the WHO European Region can do better
WHO research shows that the risk of transmission of COVID-19 is higher in prisons, where people live in close proximity to each other and have limited access to testing and personal protective equipment. Compared to the wider community, people living in prisons have a disproportionally higher burden of comorbidities, including noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which increases their chances of suffering severe outcomes from COVID-19.
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