Test Module 2

The World Health Organization convened its first Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world that public health agencies and experts need a better understanding of how people and societies behave and make decisions in relation to their health," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, to whom the Technical Advisory Group will report. "WHO wants to ensure that such understanding and evid

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

• 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

• Global polio eradication initiative applauds WHO African region for wild polio-free certification

  Today, the Africa Regional Certification Commission certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after four years without a case. With this historic milestone, five of the six WHO regions – representing over 90% of the world’s population – are now free of the wild poliovirus, moving the world closer to achieving global polio eradication.

  Only two countries worldwide continue to see wild poliovirus transmission: Pakistan and Afghanistan.

  The Global Polio Eradicat

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  Regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan

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

• Mexico’s feat against rabies through cross-sectoral collaboration is possible in other countries

  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

• WHO, WIPO, WTO launch updated study on access to medical technologies and innovation

  The second edition provides an improved basis for policy debate and informed decision-making at a critical time for global health.

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

• #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

• Joint Leader's statement - Violence against children: A hidden crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic

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

• WHO and partners call for urgent investment in nurses

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  Regions: United Kingdom

  Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Science, Technology, and Innovation

• 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 and UNICEF to partner on pandemic response through COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

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

• Digital technology for COVID-19 response

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• Moving towards a multisectoral approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance

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  Topics: Science, Technology, and Innovation