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WHO and Global Citizen announce: ‘One World: Together at home’ Global Special to support healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

  ‘One World: Together At Home’ global special to air on Saturday, 18 April 2020 in celebration and support of healthcare workers, broadcast to feature real experiences from doctors, nurses and families around the world. Powered by commitments from supporters and corporate partners in benefit of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, Broadcast special to also […]

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Making available free paediatric medicine can accelerate elimination of congenital Chagas disease

The donation of an essential antiparasitic medicine can potentially accelerate the elimination of Chagas disease infection in children. A pediatric presentation of benznidazole with accurate dosage and will soon be made available freely to address a long-standing gap in the treatment of congenital infections of Chagas disease.   The donation, by the Mundo Sano Foundation1 and

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National Ethics Committees and COVID-19

On Monday April 6, WHO will host a digital assembly to facilitate communication, collaboration and alternate between National Ethics Committees from across the world to assist international locations reply to the moral challenges offered by COVID-19. This assembly will likely be chaired by Hugh Whittall from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Related sources A selection

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

WHO and UNICEF as we speak introduced an settlement to work collectively on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund powered by the United Nations Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.   The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund has been arrange to facilitate an unprecedented world response by supporting the WHO Strategic Preparedness and Response

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Digital technology for COVID-19 response

WHO has acquired overwhelming pro-bono help from technology firms to struggle the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 April, 30 of the world’s main digital technology specialists gathered in a digital roundtable to assist advance WHO’s collaborative response to COVID-19.  This pandemic has triggered an unprecedented demand for digital well being technology options and has revealed profitable options

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Chagas disease: providing free paediatric medicine can enhance diagnosis and treatment

Documentation resulting in the donation of an important antiparasitic medicine for the treatment of Chagas illness to the World Health Organization (WHO) is within the ultimate stage of preparation. A 3-year settlement, between the Mundo Sano Foundation1 (Brazil) and WHO, is anticipated to make obtainable 108 000 tablets of the paediatric formulation of benznidazole2 –

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WHO to continue support for Chagas disease programme that promotes patient self-care

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Catalan Ministry of Health say they’ll collectively support the dissemination of a programme that gives support to sufferers affected by Chagas disease to handle their very own well being and promote self-care. The Catalonian ‘Expert Patient Programme on Chagas disease’ includes interplay and sharing of knowledge amongst individuals

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World Health Worker Week – April  5 – 11, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and different international emergencies present us as soon as once more the heroic efforts well being staff on the entrance traces make day-after-day to maintain their communities—and the world—protected and wholesome.  The WHO and the Global Health Workforce Network is happy to associate with civil society companions—the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and

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WHO to accelerate action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol

The harmful use of alcohol causes roughly Three million deaths yearly and the general burden of illness and accidents attributable to alcohol consumption stays unacceptably excessive. The tempo of improvement and implementation of alcohol insurance policies has been uneven in WHO areas, and assets and capacities for implementation of the WHO Global technique to reduce

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