Test Module 2

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched target product profiles to drive the rapid development of novel tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment today. The target product profiles characterise the most important product attributes to be considered for developing the best suited TB prevention treatments in future.

One quarter of the global population is estimated to be infected with TB and are at greater risk of developing TB disease, especially those with weakened immunity. Treatment of T

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Regions: Canada , France , Italy , United Kingdom

Topics: Global Health

• 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

• INCB, WHO and UNODC statement on access to internationally controlled medicines during COVID-19 pandemic

  Scope (COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients affected by the pandemic)

  The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) call on governments to ensure that the procurement and supply of controlled medicines in countries meet the needs of patients, both those who have COVID-19 and those who require internationally controlled medicines for other medical conditions.

  There is a need to ensure access t

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  Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

• 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

• Member States adopt the Global Strategy for TB Research and Innovation at 73rd World Health Assembly

  Member States have adopted the global strategy for TB research and innovation through an unprecedented written silence procedure of the 73^rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) last week. The global strategy was developed to support efforts by governments and other partners

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

• WHO at the virtual High-level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020

  The United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF), a mechanism that tracks and advances the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, was convened virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 7–16 July 2020, on the theme "Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development ". Given the considerable impact of the pandemic on human health and the global economy, the Forum strongly focused on the p

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  Regions: Qatar

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

• Plane carrying WHO trauma and surgical supplies arrives in Beirut, Lebanon

  A plane carrying 20 tonnes of WHO health supplies has landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to support the treatment of patients injured by the massive blast that occurred in the city on 4 August. The supplies will cover 1000 trauma interventions and 1000 surgical interventions for people suffering from injuries and burns resulting from the blast.

  The shipment was airlifted from WHO’s logistics hub in Dubai earlier this afternoon using a plane donated by the Government of the United Arab Emirates, a key

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  Regions: Lebanon

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

• Framework for the evaluation of new tests for tuberculosis infection

  WHO and the Stop TB Partnership’s New Diagnostics Working Group (NDWG) launched today a framework for the evaluation of new tests for tuberculosis infection. The document provides details on study design, populations, reference standards, sample size calculation and data analysis to guide the future development of these tests.
  

  Approximately a quarter of th

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  Regions: Italy

  Topics: Global Health

• 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

• Eleven New Psychoactive Substances to be considered for international control by 43rd ECDD

  Eleven New Psychoactive Substances to be considered for international control by 43rd ECDD

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  Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime

• 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

  • #EndTB Webinar: From Policy to Practice: Rolling out new WHO guidelines on rapid diagnostics and drug-resistant TB treatment

    A special #EndTB Webinar organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide key updates on recently released new WHO guidance on rapid diagnostics and drug-resistant TB treatment. The aim of the webinar is to facilitate better understanding of the guidance to enable its rapid uptake in countries by national programmes and other key stakeholders. This will translate to earlier access to quality diagnosis and treatment, and better outcomes for the millions affected by TB and drug-resistant TB.

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    Regions: United Kingdom

    Topics: Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • 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