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  • Statement from the first ACT-Accelerator Facilitation Council meeting

    We acknowledge the urgency of catalysing a step-change in political support and financing for the ACT- Accelerator in order to enable it to deliver on its mission of accelerating the discovery and deployment of new COVID-19 tools to all people, everywhere.

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    Regions: Norway , South Africa

    Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

  • Coronavirus Global Response: Access to COVID-19 Tools-Accelerator Facilitation Council holds inaugural meeting

    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.

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    Regions: Canada , China, France , Italy , Norway , Rwanda , South Africa , United Kingdom , Uzbekistan

    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

  • 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

    • Independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response announced

      WHO Director-General today announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

      In remarks to WHO Member States, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Panel will be co-chaired by former Prime Minister of New Zea

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      Regions: Liberia , New Zealand

      Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health

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