Internationella teckenspråksdagen

Varje år den 23 september firas den internationella teckenspråksdagen och dagen är en del av den internationella dövveckan.

Varje år den 23 september firas den internationella teckenspråksdagen och dagen är en del av den internationella dövveckan. Anledningen till datumet är att World Federation of the Deaf bildades den 23 september 1951.

Vill du veta mer om dagen rekommenderar vi den här videon framtagen av UR. https://urplay.se/program/214975-vi-forklarar-internationella-teckenspraksdagen

The World health Organization (WHO) bjuder också in till ett webinär! Som du kan läsa mer om nedan.

The World Health Organization is pleased to invite you to join the webinar: Task sharing for EHC (ear and hearing care) in times of COVID and beyond –World Report on Hearing webinar series 

 The purpose of the webinar is to share:

• Share information on the concept of task sharing for EHC, as reflected in the World Report on Hearing.
• Share experiences from countries on EHC provision through task sharing.
• Outline steps to maintain and strengthen EHC services during the pandemic and beyond.

Agenda

• Welcome and Opening – Dr Bente Mikkelsen, WHO
• Need for task sharing WHO – Dr Kaloyan Kamenov, WHO
• Experiences from the field

• • Kribati – Ms Kahn Bury
  • India – Dr Suneela Garg
  • Malawi – Dr Wakisa Mulwafu

• Recommendations of the World Report on Hearing on task sharing – Dr Shelly Chadha, WHO
• Questions and answers

 The same webinar will be held twice to be accessible to all time zones:

• Tuesday, 22 September 2020 from 19h00 to 20h30 (CEST)
• Thursday, 24 September 2020 from 08h30 to 09h30 (CEST).

Everyone is welcome to join any of the two sessions, but kindly do inform us by which one you will plan to attend so we know how many people to expect ahead of time. Registration link.

Please feel free to share this information widely with anyone who is interested in the World Report on Hearing.

We look forward to seeing you!

Kind regards,

WHO Ear and Hearing Care team

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 Note: The last day to submit your application to join the World Hearing Forum in 2020  is Friday, 30 October.