#Rabies still kills!
Every 9 minutes 🕘 a person dies in the world from the disease, most of them are children 👧🏾👦🏾, in 2/3 of the countries.
Rabies is 100% preventable with vaccination.
NO ➕ deaths from rabies, vaccinate 💉 your pet 🐕🦺!
💉 Vaccines are a shield for you and your pet!
#Rabies is a viral zoonosis that affects all mammals, domestic and wild, including human. It is transmitted through contact with infected saliva through bites and scratches.
“Leaders of cities and municipalities have the opportunity to listen to their communities to understand where problems lie and to seek solutions” – Dr. @gerryeijkemans #CitiesSummit
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As the deadline for achieving the @UN #2030Agenda for Sustainable Development reaches its halfway mark, progress towards achieving the #SDG3 (related to health) has been insufficient in countries of the Americas, despite advances.
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Did you know that PAHO/WHO #CollaboratingCentres help us to advance safety and health at work?
Learn about the PAHO/WHO activities that a Canadian Centres 🇨🇦 supported️⬇️
Most informal workers are unprotected, ❌receive little or no health care and have no social security through their national systems.
It is urgent to promote health equity for workers in the informal sector❗️
Workers' health 👷🏻🧑🏽🏫 👩🏾💼 depends on working and employment conditions, including access to health services and social security.
✅Employers, contractors, workers, and governments are called to defend the right to a decent and dignified, safe and healthy work.
📢 Countries of the Caribbean agree to strengthen national immunization programs through Declaration of Nassau.
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👌🏿🧑🏾⚕️Influenza vaccine can reduce the doctor visits because of flu by up to 60%.
RT @UN: Vaccines:
➡️reduce child deaths & disease
➡️protect against outbreaks
➡️prevent malnutrition
➡️defend against antimicrobial res…
