Media Advisory: WCC to observe World Immunization Week, encouraging vaccinations for global health

Invitation to the WCC Press Briefing 28 April at 3pm CET A health professional in Porto Alegre, Brazil, holds an ampoule of the CoronaVac vaccine, which was developed by China's Sinovac Biotech and is partly manufactured locally by the Butantan biomedical institute. Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC 22 April 2021 With World Immunization Week approaching, the World Council of Churches (WCC) intensifies its long-time engagement in health-related issues. On Wednesday, 28 April at 3 pm CET, a half-hour online media briefing will be held to present the latest WCC initiatives to meet health challenges across the globe. This includes the appointment of Vaccination Champions, as well as the Health-promoting Churches Handbook and other tools designed to facilitate implementation of life-saving vaccination programmes and other health initiatives. After a 15-minute presentation, questions will be answered by a panel consisting of: WCC deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri.  WCC president for Europe Archbishop emeritus Dr Anders Wejryd, who also serves as a Vaccination Champion.   Dr Mwai Makoka, WCC programme executive for Health and Healing. The WCC cordially invites you to learn more about our comprehensive Health and Healing programme, with particular focus on our engagement in World Immunization Week and the opportunity it offers to ramp up support for COVID-19 vaccination programmes and other initiatives.    Looking forward to seeing you online, we kindly ask you to accredit yourself by email to media@wcc-coe.org with your name and your media outlet and we will revert with a zoom-link prior to the briefing.     Where: on Zoom for media  asking questions  to the panel, for just following and listening visit www.oikoumene.org/live and www.youtube.com/wccworld  For media unable to attend, the briefing will be live streamed and available on YouTube afterwards.       Most welcome! Media contact: Marianne Ejdersten, WCC Communication director Email: mej@wcc-coe.org +41 79 507 6363 +41 22  791 6018 More information: WCC to observe World Immunization Week, encouraging vaccinations for global health | World Council of Churches (oikoumene.org) COVID-19 Resources | World Council of Churches (oikoumene.org) See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC acting general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, from the Orthodox Church in Romania. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland