The IHR create rights and obligations for countries, including the requirement to report to WHO public health events with risk of international spread.
They also outline the criteria to determine if a particular event constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, WHO’s highest level of alarm under the IHR, which in turn triggers specific response actions for countries to prevent the further spread of the epidemics and reduce their impact on population health and societies at large.
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联合国儿童基金会执行主任亨丽埃塔·福尔女士和世卫组织总干事谭德塞博士在世界母乳喂养周发表的联合声明
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week
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2021年8月1日 | 声明 | 纽约/日内瓦
1 August 2021 | Statement | NEW YORK/GENEVA
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今年年初，各国政府、捐助方、民间社会和私营部门联手发起了“营养促成长行动年”。
At the start of this year, governments, donors, civil society and the private sector united to launch the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action.
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该行动年为改变各国履行关于消除儿童营养不良问题的全球承诺的方式提供了历史性机会。
The Year of Action is a historic opportunity to transform the way the world tackles the global commitment to eliminate child malnutrition.
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母乳喂养是兑现这一承诺的核心。
Breastfeeding is central to realising this commitment.
Initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of birth, followed by exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond offer a powerful line of defence against all forms of child malnutrition, including wasting and obesity.
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母乳喂养也是婴儿的“最初疫苗”，能够保护他们免受许多常见儿童疾病的危害。
Breastfeeding also acts as babies’ first vaccine, protecting them against many common childhood illnesses.
While there has been progress in breastfeeding rates in the last four decades – with a 50 per cent increase in the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding globally – the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fragility of those gains.