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Mexico is, so far, the only country validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated dog-mediated human rabies as a public health problem. To encourage countries that have implemented elimination programmes as recommended by WHO and the Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), international procedures have been developed jointly by WHO and OIE, following a One Health approach. The procedures involve several steps in the preparation, submission and review of a dossier.

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Regions: Mexico

Topics: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • 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

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

    • Seventy-five countries submit expressions of interest to COVAX Facility, joining up to 90 further countries which could be supported by the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC)
    • The COVAX Facility, and the AMC within it, is designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for every country in the world, rich and poor, to make rapid progress towards slowing the pandemic 
    • Interest from governments represen

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      Regions: Argentina, Canada , Norway , United Kingdom

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

    • WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

      WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly

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      Regions: Ethiopia , Haiti , Nepal

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

    • 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.

      WHO and partners to help more than 1 billion people quit tobacco to reduce risk of COVID-19

    • GENEVA — A new Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco aims to help the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users quit. Stopping smoking is more important than ever as evidence reveals that smokers are more likely than non-smokers to have severe outcomes from COVID-19.

    The project gives people free access to nicotine replacement therapy and to Florence, a digital health worker, based on artificial intelligence that dispels myths around COVID-19 and tobacco and helps people develop a personalized plan

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    Regions: Jordan , New Zealand

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

  • Statement on the 5th meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 14 April 2020

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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

  • Updated WHO Information Note: Ensuring continuity of TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • 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

  • 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

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