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Statement on the thirteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

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The WHO Director-General has the pleasure of transmitting the Report of the thirteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic, held on Thursday, 13 October 2022, from 12:00 to 16:00 CEST. The WHO Director-General concurs with the advice offered by the Committee regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and determines that… Read More
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World Health Organization (WHO) response to the External Evaluation of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A)

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WHO appreciates the broad range of views on the ACT-Accelerator (ACT-A) setup, operations and results that are captured in the External Evaluation, which was commissioned by the ACT-A Facilitation Council.  Of particular value in this report are the perspectives expressed by a number of countries in Africa, South America and Asia that used ACT-A processes and services during the pandemic,… Read More
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Henrietta Lacks’ family appointed World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassadors for Cervical Cancer Elimination

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WHO’s Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today appointed the Lacks family as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Cervical Cancer Elimination. The appointment recognizes their efforts to champion cervical cancer prevention and to preserve the memory of Henrietta Lacks, who died from cervical cancer in 1951. Henrietta Lacks’ story is one of injustice, with the vast contribution she made to science hidden… Read More
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International Association of National Public Health Institutes partners with WHO

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At the World Health Summit today in Berlin, WHO and the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining their joint efforts to achieve their common objectives to strengthen public health functions and health emergency preparedness. WHO and IANPHI share the same vision that essential public health functions are a comprehensive and cost-effective approach… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness

Global Author
And the price of inaction and staying on the couch, will be severe, WHO said – around $27 billion in extra healthcare costs. The Global status report on physical activity 2022, measures the extent to which governments are implementing recommendations to increase physical activity across all ages and abilities.  Data from 194 countries show that overall, progress is slow and… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Cholera vaccine shortage forces shift to one-dose regimen

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The International Coordinating Group (ICG), is made up of members from the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Unprecedented outbreaks The switch to a single-dose approach will help conserve stocks, allowing the oral vaccine to combat the potentially fatal waterborne disease in more countries,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people, and ‘the world is not paying attention’: Tedros

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Highlighting that there is no other situation globally in which six million had been kept under siege for almost two years, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that there is a very narrow window to prevent genocide in Tigray. “Yes, I’m from Tigray, and yes, this affects me personally. I don’t pretend it doesn’t. Most of my relatives are in the most… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Global health: Women and children pay heaviest price for ‘gaping inequities’

Global Author
Data presented in the report show a clear and critical regression across virtually every major measure of childhood wellbeing, and many key indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since the last Every Woman Every Child Progress Report published in 2020, food insecurity, hunger, child marriage, risks from intimate partner violence, and adolescent depression and anxiety have all increased. ‘Protect… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Guterres calls for ‘sustained political commitment’ for a healthier world

Global Author
To accomplish this, “wealthier countries and international financial institutions need to support developing countries to make these crucial investments”, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.  In an address to the opening of the World Health Summit in Berlin, via a video message, he began by noting how poorly prepared most of the world is, for crises. The annual gathering is being hosted by… Read More
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Unique Friendship Benches initiative inaugurated to promote mental health, featuring competing FIFA World Cup nations

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32 benches – representing each participating FIFA World Cup nation – are being built to promote mental health. Benches announcement coincides with today’s World Mental Health Day and symbolic inauguration event at 974 Stadium, Doha H.E. Sheikha Hind and Sir Mo Farah unveiled England bench during World Innovation Summit for Health   A unique project involving custom-made public benches to… Read More
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