WHO strongly recommends supporting women to have a chosen companion during labour and childbirth, including during COVID-19. 

When a woman has access to trusted emotional, psychological and practical support during labour and childbirth, evidence shows that both her experience of childbirth and her health outcome

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  • Leprosy: countries should step-up prevention initiatives to stimulate sluggish decline in new cases

    New cases of leprosy are decreasing, but not at the anticipated rate. In order to accelerate the annual decline, countries should screen contacts and treat eligible contacts with single-dose rifampicin, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its guidelines.

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  • Malaria and COVID-19: country perspectives

    How have country-based malaria experts adapted to the double challenge of malaria and COVID-19? What successes have they achieved, and where are the remaining gaps?  In a virtual forum on 3 September, 10 Ministry of Health representatives shared their experiences and reflections; you can watch their presentations below.

    On 4 September, participants heard from senior political and health leaders from 2 regions that are heavily impacted by malaria; you will find below the presentations of WH

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  • Letter to malaria partners (September 2020)

    This letter will focus largely on WHO’s efforts to address the double challenge of malaria & COVID-19. Our work in recent months has been carried out in close collaboration with country-based experts and global partners. We are very grateful to all of our partners for their ongoing commitment and contributions.

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  • Togo is first African country to end sleeping sickness as a public health problem

    Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first country in Africa to reach this milestone.

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  • World Mental Health Day: an opportunity to kick-start a massive scale-up in investment in mental health

    Joint release by the World Health Organization, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health

    Mental health is one of the most neglected areas of public health. Close to 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder, 3 million people die every year from the harmful use of alcohol and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. And now, billions of people around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is having a furth

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  • 172 countries and multiple candidate vaccines engaged in COVID-19 vaccine Global Access Facility

    • Nine CEPI-supported candidate vaccines are part of the COVAX initiative, with a further nine candidates under evaluation, and procurement conversations on-going with additional producers not currently receiving research and development (R&D) funding through COVAX – giving COVAX the largest and most diverse COVID-19 vaccine portfolio in the world
    • 80 potentially self-financing countries have submitted non-binding expressions of interest to the Gavi-coor

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    • Happy International Youth Day!

      My message to the young and the young at heart:

      Today as we commemorate International Youth Day, we would like to recognize the role young people play towards shaping a better future in health and beyond. The theme this year ‘Youth engagement for Global Action’ puts the spo

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    • International Youth Day 2020

      Meaningful youth engagement to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights  

      Every day, young people are enriching institutions and processes at the local, national, and global levels.  

      This year, the theme of International Youth Day is "Youth Engagement for Global Action

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    • European Medicines Agency (EMA) approval of the dapivirine ring for HIV prevention for women in high HIV burden settings

      The European Medicines Agency announced today that its human medicines committee provided a positive benefit-risk opinion on the use of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring (DPV-VR) for HIV prevention. WHO stresses that when providing HIV prevention for women it is always critical to provide these alongside other services including STI diagnosis and treatment, HIV testing and links to antiretroviral therapy for all women who test positive and a range of contraception options.

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    • Amid continued progress, trachoma elimination programmes set their sights on 2030

      Almost two decades of global work has drastically reduced the number of people at risk of blindness from trachoma from 1.5 billion in 2002 to under 137 million in May 2020 – a 91% decrease. Also in 2002, there were an estimated 7.6 million people with trachomatous trichiasis (TT); by May 2020, this figure had dropped by 74% to 2 million. The 2020 figures represent decreases of 4% and 20%, respectively, since the corresponding 2019 estimates.

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    • More than 150 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility

      • Seventy-five countries submit expressions of interest to COVAX Facility, joining up to 90 further countries which could be supported by the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC)
      • The COVAX Facility, and the AMC within it, is designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for every country in the world, rich and poor, to make rapid progress towards slowing the pandemic 
      • Interest from governments represen

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      • WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

        WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly

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      • #EndTB Webinar: From Policy to Practice: Rolling out new WHO guidelines on rapid diagnostics and drug-resistant TB treatment

        A special #EndTB Webinar organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide key updates on recently released new WHO guidance on rapid diagnostics and drug-resistant TB treatment. The aim of the webinar is to facilitate better understanding of the guidance to enable its rapid uptake in countries by national programmes and other key stakeholders. This will translate to earlier access to quality diagnosis and treatment, and better outcomes for the millions affected by TB and drug-resistant TB.

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      • As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

        Rome – More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition.

        Independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response announced

    • WHO Director-General today announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    In remarks to WHO Member States, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Panel will be co-chaired by former Prime Minister of New Zea

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  • Information for Healthcare Professionals

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  • New Ebola case confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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  • Statement on the 5th meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 14 April 2020

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  • WHO Director-General’s Statement on IHR Emergency Committee on Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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  • Cases in U.S.

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  • #BeActive for the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

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  • Alcohol does not protect against COVID-19; access should be restricted during lockdown

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  • World Chagas Disease Day: bringing a forgotten disease to the fore of global attention

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  • First UN solidarity flight departs Addis Ababa carrying vital COVID-19 medical supplies to all African nations

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  • Caring for someone at home

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  • Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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  • Print Resources

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  • Videos

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  • Healthcare Provider and Facility Guidance for Non-US Settings

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  • Public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development

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  • Animals and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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  • Children and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Tips to keep children healthy while school's out

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  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Pregnancy

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  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) and Children

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  • How Coronavirus Spreads

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  • Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19

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  • COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Settings: Questions and Answers

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  • For Child Care Programs That Remain Open

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  • Frequently Asked Questions: Funeral and Burial Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives

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  • Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

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  • Interim Guidance for Conserving and Extending Filtering Facepiece Respirator Supply in Non-Healthcare Sectors

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  • FAQs for administrators, staff, people who are incarcerated, families

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  • Interim Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings

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  • Interim Guidance for Administrators of US K-12 Schools and Childcare Programs

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  • Interim Guidance for Public Health Personnel Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) and Asymptomatic Close Contacts of Confirmed Cases at Their Home or Non-Home Residential Settings

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  • Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities (Interim Guidance)

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  • Running Essential Errands

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  • Yellow fever – Republic of South Sudan

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  • CDC Announces Modifications and Extension of No Sail Order for All Cruise Ships

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  • Medical Product Alert N°4/2020

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  • A meeting on digital innovations, TB and implementation research organised by WHO and the European Respiratory Society

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  • Strengthening accountability to end TB

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  • CDC's role in helping cruise ship travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Considerations for Providing Hemodialysis to Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Acute Care Settings

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