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Today Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, and Dr Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, co-hosted the inaugural meeting of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Facilitation Council.

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Regions: Canada , China, France , Italy , Norway , Rwanda , South Africa , United Kingdom , Uzbekistan

Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health

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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Regions: Chad , China, France , Italy , Rwanda , Sierra Leone , United Kingdom

Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

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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Regions: Ghana , Togo , United Kingdom

Topics: Global 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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Regions: Argentina, Peru , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

• 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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  Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Canada , Chile, China, France , Ireland , Norway , Tonga , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank , Zambia

  Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

• 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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  Regions: Turkey , United Kingdom

  Topics: Global Women's Issues

• 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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    Regions: Argentina, Canada , Norway , United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • #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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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

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

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy

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

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    Regions: United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development

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    Regions: Argentina, Canada , Chad , China, Norway , United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

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

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    Regions: Tanzania , Ukraine , United Kingdom

    Topics: Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • WHO Timeline - COVID-19

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    Regions: Canada , China, Singapore , United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Statement of the Twenty-Fourth IHR Emergency Committee

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Angola , Chad , China, Ghana , Indonesia , Iran , Kenya , Malaysia , Mozambique , Pakistan , Somalia , United Kingdom

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • WHO lists two COVID-19 tests for emergency use

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    Regions: United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • WHO and partners call for urgent investment in nurses

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • WHO and Global Citizen announce: 'One World: Together at home' Global Special to support healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Regions: Canada , United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Laura Lupi, COVID-19 nurse: together, we can beat this virus

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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