Recent Press Releases & Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Press Conferences
WHO Press Conference20 June 2013 14:00 - 14:45
Press briefing to launch a first global report on the worldwide prevalence of violence against women and the serious impacts it has on women’s health. Global and regional estimates of violence against women: Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual. Alongside the report, WHO will launch new clinical and policy guidelines to help health services better respond to this global crisis ( embargo to be lifted at 3 pm Geneva time on Thursday 20 June 2013)
• Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director-General for Family, Women and Children’s Health, WHO
• Doctor Claudia Garcia Moreno, Lead Specialist, Gender, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Health and Adolescence, WHO
WHO Press Conference24 June 2013 14:00 - 14:45
New horizons for HIV antiretroviral treatment.
Launch of new WHO guidelines and global progress report.
Gottfried Hirnschall, Director, HIV/AIDS Department, World Health Organization
Gundo Weiler, Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Department, World Health Organization
UNCTAD Press Conference24 June 2013 15:00 - 15:45
Presentation of the World Investment Report 2013: Global Value Chains: Investment and Trade for Development
(Under embargo until 26 June at 5 p.m. GMT)
Supachai Panitchpakdi, UNCTAD Secretary-General
James Zhan, Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD