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.
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Canada , China, France , Italy , Norway , Rwanda , South Africa , United Kingdom , Uzbekistan
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health
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
Countries implementing control programmes to treat people infected with or at risk of epilepsy-associated tapeworm infection can now benefit from medicines donated to WHO. Under a five-year agreement, the German pharmaceutical company, Bayer, has agreed to donate 2.8 million tablets of niclosamide and 1.5 million tablets of praziquantel to WHO for distribution to affected countries. To benefit from this donation, a few steps and forms need to be completed.
Topics: Energy, Global Health
Regions: Argentina, Canada , Chad , China, Norway , United Kingdom
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation
Regions: Canada , China, Singapore , United Kingdom