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WHO launches the third edition Health for All Film Festival call for short films

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching the third edition of the Health for All Film Festival call for short films. The first two editions demonstrated its relevance for health promotion and health education and yielded great candidates and winners (Please, see the related links). The third call for short film (three to eight minutes of length) opens on 28… Read More
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New ACT-Accelerator strategy calls for US$ 23.4 billion international investment to solve inequities in global access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests & treatments

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New ACT-Accelerator strategic plan sets out urgent actions to address crucial gaps in access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccines and personal protective equipment in low- and middle-income countries, using the latest epidemiological, supply and market information.   Delivering this plan is crucial to reaching globally agreed targets for COVID-19 tools, to help prevent at least 5 million potential additional deaths,… Read More
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On World Cities Day 2021 WHO calls on countries to build resilient and healthy cities

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Well over half the world’s population already lives in towns and cities.  By 2050, that  proportion is expected to increase to almost 70%. On World Cities Day 2021, we see how this rapid urban growth presents both challenges and opportunities. The climate and COVID-19 crises have exacerbated existing social injustices and vulnerabilities in our communities and our health systems, especially… Read More
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World Health Organization Secretariat announcement regarding the election of the next WHO Director-General

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The appointment of the next Director-General of the World Health Organization will take place at the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly in May 2022 (WHA75). The Director-General is WHO’s chief technical and administrative officer. The election process began when Member States, through a circular letter sent by the WHO Secretariat in April 2021, were invited to submit proposals for candidates for the Director-General… Read More
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An appeal to G20 leaders to make vaccines accessible to people on the move

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We are writing to you on behalf of the millions around the world struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic far from home. Some have been forced to flee wars, conflict, persecution and human rights violations. Others are on the move to escape socioeconomic hardship or the consequences of climate change. As strangers far from home, many are at risk of… Read More
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Urgent need for vaccine to prevent deadly Group B streptococcus

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The global burden of Group B streptococcus is far higher than previously recognized, linked to over half a million preterm births annually, and leading to nearly 100,000 newborn deaths, at least 46,000 stillbirths, and significant long-term disability. Although the bacterium is harmless for most pregnant women who carry it, it can be extremely serious when it passes to babies during… Read More
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WHO issues emergency use listing for eighth COVID-19 vaccine

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Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for COVAXIN® (developed by Bharat Biotech), adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. WHO’s EUL procedure assesses the quality, safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and is a prerequisite for COVAX vaccine supply. It also allows countries… Read More
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Europe hits highest weekly COVID-19 cases since pandemic began 

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Almost 27 thousand deaths were reported in the continent last week, more than half of all COVID-19 deaths globally.   Speaking to journalists in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus explained that the virus is not only surging in countries with lower vaccination rates in Eastern Europe, but also in nations with some of the world’s highest vaccination rates in Western Europe.   “It’s another reminder, as we have said again and again,… Read More
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Insulin still out of reach for many 100 years after its discovery: WHO

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Keeping the 100-year-old promise – making insulin access universal details the main barriers to accessing the lifesaving medicine, namely high prices, low availability of human insulin, a market dominated by just a few producers, and weak health systems.  Profit over solidarity  The 🆕 WHO report on global access to #insulin shows how a century after its discovery, insulin remains inaccessible or… Read More
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Tedros calls for new high-level working group to get 40% vaccinated by year’s end 

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The call was made this Wednesday by WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a meeting with foreign ministers hosted by the United States.   “Nearly 80 countries, half of them in Africa, will not reach our 40% vaccination target without your help. To reach that target, we need an additional 550 million doses”, Tedros informed.   Urgent action  The WHO chief asked countries which have already reached high coverage rates, to give their place in the queue to COVAX and… Read More
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