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    Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, and recognising the sacrifice of health and care workers alongside discrimination, violence, poor working conditions and other violations of their rights, health and safety, in 2021 the World Health Assembly requested WHO to develop a global health and care worker compact, building on existing normative documentation, to provide guidance to ‘protect health and care workers and safeguard their rights’. Methods A review of existing international law and other normative documents was conducted. We manually searched five main sets of international instruments: (1) International Labour Organization conventions and recommendations; (2) WHO documents; (3) United Nations (UN) human rights treaties and related documents; (4) UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and (5) the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols. We included only legal or other normative documents with a global or regional focus directly addressing or relevant to heal

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    As decision makers are getting ready for the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly (21-30 May 2023), children speak out on what the health sector should do to end violence against children.

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      Violence against children is a prevalent #HumanRights violation that affects the health, well-being, and life opportunities of children everywhere. Child maltreatment is widespread, but often hidden. https://t.co/qjWwYBbEC4 #EndViolence https://t.co/EcTmRkscEm

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    GENEVA, 8th February 2023 – The formula milk industry’s marketing tactics are exploitative and urgent clampdowns are needed to tackle misleading claims and political interference, according to a new three-paper series published in The Lancet today. Industry influence – which includes lobbying against vital breastfeeding support measures – seriously jeopardizes the health and rights of women and…

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      #Breastfeeding is systematically undervalued by societies and exploited by industry: A new research series in @TheLancet from WHO & partners. This compromises the #HumanRights, health and well-being of women and children https://t.co/MXPizNJukw https://t.co/pFFXRdJyfG

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    Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional harmful practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation in the countries where the practice is concentrated. In addition, every year an…

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      Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM is an extreme form of discrimination against women, violates #HumanRights, and causes serious health harms. It must be prevented: #EndFGM! 👉 https://t.co/3patABwfva https://t.co/4RFvTEW9XI