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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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    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

  • 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

    • 2 in 5 schools around the world lacked basic handwashing facilities prior to COVID-19 pandemic — UNICEF, WHO

      As schools worldwide struggle with reopening, the latest data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) reveal that 43 per cent of schools around the world lacked access to basic handwashing with soap and water in 2019 – a key condition for schools to be able to operate safely in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

      “Global school closures since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have presented an unprecedented challenge to children’s education and

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

    • Study provides comprehensive view of terrestrial venomous snakes and snakebite in the Middle East

      Snakebite envenoming is a common problem in many parts of the world, but little is known about its magnitude in the Arab countries of the Middle East, where cases are not widely reported. The aim is to halve the numbers of deaths and cases of disability due to snakebite envenoming over the next 12 years through a programme that targets affected communities and their health systems, and by ensuring access to safe, effective treatment through increased cooperation, collaboration and partnership at all leve

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      Regions: Jordan , Kuwait , Syria , United Kingdom , Yemen

      Topics: Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

    • New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response

      Launching today, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 countries across the world to help states establish and implement strong legal frameworks to manage the pandemic. The goal is to ensure that laws protect the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities and that they adhere to international human rights standards.

      The new Lab (at www.COVIDLawLab.org) is a joint project of United Nations D

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      Regions: United Kingdom

      Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

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

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