Thread by @WHO

.@EmmanuelMacron, President of #France, and @DrTedros today broke ground for the #WHOAcademy’s campus in Lyon, 🇫🇷
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The event marks a milestone in fulfilling a previous commitment by President @EmmanuelMacron & @DrTedros to establish a #WHOAcademy in Lyon’s bio-medical district to meet the needs of WHO Member States for access to lifelong learning, health guidance & competency-building.

The #WHOAcademy will provide millions of people around the 🌍 with rapid access to the highest quality life-long learning in health. It will offer multilingual, personalized learning programmes in digital, in-person and blended formats.

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The #WHOAcademy aims to expand access to critical learning to #healthworkers, managers, public health officials, educators, researchers, policy makers and people who provide care in their own homes and communities, as well as to WHO’s own workforce.

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The vast majority will use online means to access the #WHOAcademy’s programmes, which will be made available via desktop and mobile devices and in low-bandwidth settings, thereby ensuring an equitable, global and diverse cohort of learners.

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The #WHOAcademy will:
1⃣Harness the capabilities of new, high-impact technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and serious educational games to deliver health learning for maximum impact.

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The #WHOAcademy will:
2⃣ Formally recognize the competencies gained by learners through “digital credentials” that they can show to employers and regulatory agencies to help advance their careers.
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3⃣ Offer 100+ major learning programmes by 2023, with flagship credentialed programmes for #VaccinEquity, Universal Health Coverage, Health Emergencies and Healthier Lives.
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The #WHOAcademy will offer its learners streamlined access to WHO’s full breadth of hundreds of e-learning programmes currently spread over 20 digital learning platforms as well as access to high quality learning programmes developed by others.
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#WHOAcademy will also host a world-class health emergencies simulation centre that will use high-fidelity technologies to enable health workers to sharpen their competencies amid realistic scenarios including mass casualties and disease outbreaks.

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As a WHO Member State and a key actor in global health, #France 🇫🇷 is the lead investor in the #WHOAcademy’s development, having committed more than 120 million euros to support its establishment and infrastructure.

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"Investing in health systems is the best way to prepare for future pandemics. Success requires unprecedented coordination of all actors. WHO is a key player and #WHOAcademy will be an essential platform for disseminating learning"
- President @EmmanuelMacron

“The ambitions of the #WHOAcademy are not modest: to transform lifelong learning in health globally. [...]The Academy is an investment in health, education, knowledge and technology, but ultimately it’s an investment in people, and in a healthier, safer, fairer future”- @DrTedros

#WHOAcademy is possible thanks to the collective actions, commitment & financial support of Lyon & the @auvergnerhalpes region, which contributed 25 million euros of the total investment. The region will own the campus and lease it to WHO.
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