Search Results:  EUR — European & Eurasian Affairs  (48)

  • Statement from the first ACT-Accelerator Facilitation Council meeting

    We acknowledge the urgency of catalysing a step-change in political support and financing for the ACT- Accelerator in order to enable it to deliver on its mission of accelerating the discovery and deployment of new COVID-19 tools to all people, everywhere.

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    Regions: Norway , South Africa

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Coronavirus Global Response: Access to COVID-19 Tools-Accelerator Facilitation Council holds inaugural meeting

    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

  • 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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    Regions: India , Indonesia , Sri Lanka

    Topics: Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues

  • 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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      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

    • 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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      Regions: Kenya

      Topics: Global Health, Global Women's Issues

    • 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.

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

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Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

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

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    Topics: Energy, Global Health

  • 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

  • New WHO tools launched to help hospitals manage surge in COVID-19 patients

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • New WHO tools launched to help hospitals manage surge in COVID-19 patients

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • Reconfiguring health systems vital to tackling COVID-19

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • Reconfiguring health systems vital to tackling COVID-19

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • COVID-19 hotline in Romania provides up-to-date public advice with WHO support

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    Regions: Romania

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • WHO calls on governments to invest in nurses for a healthy Europe

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  • New WHO/Europe tool for behavioural insights: critical to inform COVID-19 response

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

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

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • “China shows COVID-19 responses must be tailored to the local context”

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    Regions: China

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • WHO project on cultural contexts of health and well-being adopted in the United States

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    Regions: United States

  • Supporting older people during the COVID-19 pandemic is everyone’s business

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Supporting older people during the COVID-19 pandemic is everyone’s business

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • WHO releases guidelines to help European countries maintain essential health services during the COVID 19 pandemic

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Health System Response Monitor: new tool to analyse COVID-19 response measures across European countries launched

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • WHO/Europe works with European Commission to fight COVID-19 in countries across eastern Europe and the Caucasus

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • COVID-19: Kyrgyzstan scaling up its preparedness, readiness and response capacities

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    Regions: Kyrgyzstan

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • WHO/Europe calls for “unity on all fronts” during briefing for ambassadors as COVID-19 pandemic accelerates

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    Regions: Denmark

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • WHO/Europe calls for “unity on all fronts” during briefing for ambassadors as COVID-19 pandemic accelerates

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    Regions: Denmark

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Measures against COVID-19 need to include refugees and migrants

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

  • Mental health and psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Mental health and psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Food and nutrition tips during self-quarantine

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Physical and mental health key to resilience during COVID-19 pandemic

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Physical and mental health key to resilience during COVID-19 pandemic

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • How to stay physically active during COVID-19 self-quarantine

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Reduction in tuberculosis cases but Europe on course to miss eradication target

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    Topics: Global Health

  • Reduction in tuberculosis cases but Europe on course to miss eradication target

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    Topics: Global Health

  • Preventing COVID-19 outbreak in prisons: a challenging but essential task for authorities

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • We can beat COVID-19 virus through solidarity: WHO Regional Director for Europe

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    Regions: Denmark

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • COVID-19 epidemic can be pushed back: WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • COVID-19: Multisectoral measures should be evidence-based: WHO Regional Director for the African Region

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • World Water Day 2020 highlights the essential role of handwashing

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Global solidarity across countries and continents needed to fight COVID-19

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • Global solidarity across countries and continents needed to fight COVID-19

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • Moving towards a multisectoral approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance

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    Topics: Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Every country needs to take boldest actions to stop COVID-19

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • Every country needs to take boldest actions to stop COVID-19

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • Dengue fever – French Territories of the Americas – French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, and Saint-Barthélemy

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    Regions: Guadeloupe , Martinique

    Topics: Global Health

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