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  • 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

  • More than 3 billion people protected from harmful trans fat in their food

    Two years into the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ambitious effort to eliminate industrially produced trans fats from the global food supply, the Organization reports that 58 countries so far have introduced laws that will protect 3.2 billion people from the harmful substance by the end of 2021. But more than 100 countries still need to take actions to remove these harmful substances from their food supplies.

    Consumption of industrially produced trans fats are estimated to cause arou

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    Regions: Canada , Iran , Nigeria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health

  • 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

  • WHO Information Notice for Users of Medical Devices 2020/3

    Date: 7 August 2020

    Subject: Substandard/Falsified medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

    WHO-identifier: 2020/3, version 1

    Type of action: Advice to users of medical devices and PPE used for prevention, treatment and care for COVID-19.<

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    Regions: United Kingdom

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

  • Statement on the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

    The fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took place on Friday, 31 July 2020 from 12:00 to 17:45 Geneva time (CEST). 

    Proceedings of the meeting

    Members and advisors of the Emergency Committee were convened by vid

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    Regions: United Kingdom

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

  • Children are the key to behaviour change to reduce infection

    Schoolboy Yangyang was growing weaker by the day. When his symptoms worsened into diarrhoea and abdominal pain, his parents took him to the nearest hospital in Guangxi, southeastern China, where the doctor examined him on arrival and administered treatment. To confirm his suspicion, the doctor ordered a fecal examination. The result confirmed that Yangyang was suffering from a parasitic infection of the liver that can be caused by eating raw fish – a traditional dietary practice that has developed into a gr

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    Regions: China, United Kingdom

    Topics: Energy, Global Health, 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

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

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy

  • 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 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

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