The communication of the WHO Director-General decision would still be an opportunity to convey the needed continuity of the full range of necessary public health actions, beyond a mere high visibility determination.
Following the deliberations, Committee Members provided input to the proposed Temporary Recommendations previously outlined, should the WHO Director-General determine that the Multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a PHEIC.
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世卫组织呼吁到2020年逐步淘汰含汞体温计和血压测量器械
WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure measuring devices by 2020
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2013年10月11日 | 媒体说明 | 日内瓦
11 October 2013 | Note for Media | Geneva
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“到2020年实现无汞卫生保健计划”要求在医疗测量器械中去除汞
Mercury-Free Healthcare by 2020 initiative aims to end mercury exposure from medical measuring devices
11 October 2013 | Geneva - WHO and Health Care without Harm have joined forces to launch a new initiative to get mercury removed from all medical measuring devices by 2020.
The initiative Mercury-Free Healthcare by 2020, launched today to mark the signing of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure devices containing mercury.
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为实现这项目标，将停止这些器械的生产、进口和出口，并支持采用精确、实惠和更安全的无汞替代品。
This will be done by ending the manufacture, import and export of these devices and by supporting the deployment of accurate, affordable, and safer non-mercury alternatives.
Mercury and its various compounds are of global public health concern and have a range of serious health impacts including brain and neurological damage especially among the young.