Breast Cancer, Mental health at Work, Protecting your Vision and Updates on Marburg – World Health Organization

World Health Organization shared a post on LinkedIn:

“With 60% of the global population in work, urgent action is needed to ensure work prevents risks to mental health and protects and supports mental health at work.

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Mental health at work: policy brief his is what employers can do to create work environments where everyone feels supported and valued.

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Sight seeing- More than 2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment and about 1 billion of these cases could have been prevented or fixed.

Take these simple steps to take care of your eyes.

Breast cancer risks – what you need to know.

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Marburg

On 27 September 2024, the Ministry of Health of Rwanda confirmed the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD), with health-care workers in Kigali particularly affected. While sporadic outbreaks have occurred in various parts of Africa since the first recognized cases in 1967, this outbreak is the third largest outbreak of MVD ever recorded to date. Read updates here.

World Health Summit: Don’t miss!

World Health Summit: The Signature Event of this year’s World Health Summit will support the World Health Organization (WHO) Investment Round, a pivotal moment designed to mobilize resources and deliver a pledge, foster partnerships, and accelerate progress towards achieving global health equity.

Catch it here on Monday, 14 October at 18:00 CET.