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Purpose of this notice: To ensure users of Thermo Fisher Scientific TaqPath™ COVID-19 CE-IVD RT-PCR kit are aware of a mandatory software update and reinforce certain parts in the instructions for use that must be followed to avoid misclassification of test results.

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

• 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

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• 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

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

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• Public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development

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

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• Healthcare Professionals: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

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

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• Yellow fever – Republic of South Sudan

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• FAQs for Administrators and Leaders at Community- and Faith-Based Organizations

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• Homelessness and COVID-19 FAQs

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• FAQs about Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Personnel

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• Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19

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• Frequently Asked Questions about Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Personnel Responding to COVID-2019

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• Institutes of Higher Education

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• Institutes of Higher Education - FAQs for Administrators

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• FAQs for Event Organizers & Individuals

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