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Live: Opening of the #EB146 with @DrTedros pscp.tv/w/cQfYSTI2MTAy…

@DrTedros "Thank you for your moving tributes to our late friend & colleague, Dr Peter Salama. The expressions of sorrow over the past week & of admiration for everything Pete did & everything he was say it all. We miss Pete now & we will always miss him"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO "2019 was a very rewarding year, and a very tough year, as we pushed hard to finalize the design phase of transformation, while fighting emergencies, launching new initiatives and striving towards the “triple billion” targets"-@DrTedros at #EB146 #HealthForAll

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO "2019 was the year our new division of healthy populations was born, reflecting the new emphasis we are putting on health promotion and disease prevention, by addressing the root causes of ill-health"-@DrTedros at the #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO "We reached a historic agreement with the International Food and Beverage Association, which has committed to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fat from the global food supply by 2023"-@DrTedros #BeatNCDs #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO "Together with the @FAO, we launched a new tool which allows countries to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of national food safety systems, and prioritize interventions"-@DrTedros #SafeFood #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO "We published new guidelines to help frontline #healthworkers to recognize children who have suffered sexual abuse, and to provide evidence-based first line support"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO "We worked with civil society and other partners to improve #RoadSafety in 🇨🇱, 🇰🇿, 🇲🇾, 🇸🇮, 🇹🇹 & more.

We established a new department on the social determinants of health to deepen WHO’s work in this area over the next four years"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO "Over 80 cities in more than 50 countries committed to WHO’s air quality guidelines"-@DrTedros #BreatheLife #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO "We began implementing the initiative on #ClimateChange and Health in Small Island Developing States. Our vision is that by 2030, every island in the Pacific will have a health system that is resilient to climate change"-@DrTedros #ClimateAction #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO "We saw many countries making progress [towards #HealthForAll] – South Africa and the Philippines both passed new laws on universal health coverage, while Greece, India and Kenya rolled out ambitious programmes to expand coverage"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO "At the #UNGA last year, all 193 @UN Member States approved the political declaration on universal health coverage, the most comprehensive international health agreement in history"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN "Then at the #IPU141 in Belgrade, legislators adopted a resolution on universal health coverage, committing to leverage the power of parliaments to translate political commitment into policies"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN "Together with 11 other global health agencies, WHO launched the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives & Well-Being for All, laying the foundation for the UN Decade of Action for the @GlobalGoalsUN"-@DrTedros

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN "For the first time last year, WHO prequalified a biosimilar medicine – a cheaper version of the #breastcancer drug trastuzumab, making this life-saving therapy more affordable for countries & more accessible for women who need it most"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN "We also launched a pilot procedure for the prequalification of biosimilar human #insulin, published a cancer medicines pricing report and held our second Fair Pricing forum"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN "The Year of the Nurse & the Midwife gives us a wonderful opportunity to highlight the incredible role nurses and midwives play & to draw attention to the shortfall of 9 million nurses & midwives the world is facing between now and 2030"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN "Globally, the number of men using tobacco has finally started to decline.
At the same time, we have seen growing evidence about the threat posed by e-cigarettes. This is an increasing area of focus for WHO"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN "12 countries scaled up #hypertension management using the WHO HEARTS technical package, and more than 700,000 people globally are now on protocol-based treatment"-@DrTedros #BeatNCDs #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN "With the @ITU, we launched standards for #SafeListening, to reduce the risk of hearing loss among users of personal audio devices. These standards have already been integrated in the health application on iPhones"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "We launched the Global Initiative for #ChildhoodCancer in six countries
We have developed a draft strategy on eliminating #CervicalCancer
We launched the WHO Special Initiative for #MentalHealth, with the aim of increasing access to quality and affordable care"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "By the end of 2019, 77 countries had national policies that support #HIV self-testing, helping to reach people at higher risk from HIV, including those who are most marginalized and not accessing health services"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "🇪🇬, which has one the world’s highest burden of #hepatitis C, is now on track to be one of the first countries to eliminate it.
🇦🇺, 🇫🇷, 🇬🇪 and 🇲🇳 are also moving towards hepatitis C elimination, enabled by dramatic reductions in the price of direct-acting antivirals"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "🇦🇷 & 🇩🇿 were certified as #malaria-free.

And we launched a pilot program for the world’s first malaria vaccine in three countries – 🇬🇭, 🇲🇼 & 🇰🇪.
Despite these gains, we continue to see over 200 million cases of malaria annually"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "7 million people were diagnosed and treated for #tuberculosis in 2018, up from 6.4 million in 2017. Our aim for this year is 8 million"-@DrTedros #EndTB #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "🇾🇪 and 🇰🇮 eliminated lymphatic filariasis, and 🇲🇽 eliminated rabies.
And for the first time, the number of human African sleeping sickness cases reported globally fell below 1000"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "WHO published a new report which shows that the 60 antimicrobials currently in development bring little benefit over existing treatments & few target the most critical resistant bacteria"-@DrTedros #AntibioticResistance #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU "To stimulate R&D into new & much-needed medicines, we are working with the @EIB on a new investment fund.
We’re striving to protect the #antibiotics we have by working with countries to strengthen infection prevention, stewardship, hygiene & water & sanitation"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "During 2019, WHO responded to 58 emergencies in 50 countries.

It was a difficult year in our fight to #EndPolio.
There were 173 cases of wild poliovirus last year & many outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus, mostly in Africa"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "But there were also several reasons for cheer. We certified the global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3, and no wild poliovirus has been detected in the African region for over three years"-@DrTedros #EndPolio #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "Last July, I declared the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC a public health emergency of international concern.
Since the outbreak began in August 2018, there have been 3421 cases & 2242 deaths"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "Thanks to the incredible efforts of thousands of frontline responders and the solidarity of the international community, the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC has been steadily declining"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "The rapid approval and prequalification of the #Ebola vaccine after a trial involving 250,000 people & the advent of experimental therapeutics, have also helped us to save lives"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "But even as we focus on ending this outbreak, we must also think beyond #Ebola to strengthening #DRC’s weak health system.
Strengthening health systems in fragile & conflict-afflicted states is something we must prioritize if we are to achieve our 2030 goals"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "Last week I declared a public health emergency of international concern over the outbreak of #2019nCoV.
As of this morning, there are 17,238 confirmed cases in 🇨🇳 & 361 deaths. Outside 🇨🇳, there are 151 confirmed cases in 23 countries & 1 death"-@DrTedros

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "The decision to declare a PHEIC was taken primarily because of the signs of human-to-human transmission outside 🇨🇳 and our concern of what might happen if the virus were to spread in a country with a weaker health system"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "We call on all countries to implement decisions that are evidence-based and consistent. WHO stands ready to provide advice to any country that is considering which measures to take"-@DrTedros #2019nCoV #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "[We must] accelerate the development of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

Our global connectedness is a weakness in this outbreak, but it is also our greatest strength. We need strong public-private partnership to find solutions"-@DrTedros #2019nCoV #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "[We must] combat the spread of rumours & misinformation.

[We must] review preparedness plans, identify gaps & evaluate the resources needed to identify, isolate and care for cases, and prevent transmission"-@DrTedros #2019nCoV

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "We call on all countries to share data, sequences, knowledge & experience with WHO & the 🌍.
The only way we will defeat the #2019nCoV outbreak is for all countries to work together in a spirit of solidarity & cooperation"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "Both the #2019nCoV and #Ebola outbreaks underscore once again the vital importance for all countries to invest in preparedness, not panic"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "Last year the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board published its first report, which concluded the 🌍 remains dangerously unprepared for a global pandemic"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "For too long, the world has operated on a cycle of panic and neglect. We throw money at an outbreak, and when it’s over, we forget about it and do nothing to prevent the next one"-@DrTedros #EB146

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@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "In March, we will bring together ministers of health, finance and foreign affairs at the Marrakech Meeting on Health Diplomacy, to discuss what can be done to improve preparedness globally"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @FAO @UN @GlobalGoalsUN @ITU @EIB "Both #Ebola & #2019nCoV illustrate that the current binary PHEIC-or-no-PHEIC system is too blunt an instrument for dealing with complex emergencies. We have a green light, a red light & nothing in between.
It’s too restrictive, too simplistic & not fit for purpose"-@DrTedros

"We are therefore exploring options for tools that would allow us to signal an intermediate level of alert, without reopening negotiations on the text of the International Health Regulations"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros "2019 was an extremely challenging yet productive year.

2020 promises to be no different.

To maximize the opportunities and rise to the challenges before us, the world needs a WHO that is agile, responsive and fit for purpose"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros "In our era of fake news & misinformation, more than ever the 🌍 needs a WHO that brings reliable science & evidence to bear on the decisions we make about health.
For each of the “triple billion” targets, we need to invest in WHO’s core business, norms & standards"-@DrTedros

"Our new Science Division at headquarters reflects our commitment to being at the forefront of science, and producing the world-class and evidence-based norms and standards the world expects of us"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros "We have come to the end of one part of WHO transformation journey – the design period. But we have not come to the end of the road.

Transformation involves 5 major areas of work: a new strategy, processes, operating model, approach to partnerships, culture"-@DrTedros #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @pahowho "I wish to thank all Member States – and all our other partners – for your support for WHO, as we work together to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable"-@DrTedros #HealthForAll #EB146

@DrTedros @WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @pahowho The full report by @DrTedros to the #EB146 Member States 👉 bit.ly/31naI9i