Thread by @WHO

WHO's mission is to
promote health,
keep the 🌍 safe,
serve the vulnerable.

By 2023 we aim for:

1B more people benefiting from #HealthForAll

1B more people better protected from health emergencies

1B more people living with better health & well-being.

#WHOImpact

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1262198391255306240

To achieve 1B more people benefiting from #HealthForAll:
WHO welcomes:
- #UNGA 2019 political declaration on Universal Health Coverage
-@IPUparliament Resolution on UHC
WHO Results Report 2018-2019: bit.ly/2yabnR1

https://twitter.com/who/status/1176143368314920960?s=21

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1176143368314920960

Although access to health services has expanded, the 🌍 is still far short of the 1B target & financial protection has weakened.
SO WHO has created a special programme on primary health care to provide more broad-based support to countries. bit.ly/2yabnR1

Availability of accessible, affordable medicines is key to achieving #HealthForAll. WHO prequalified 213 products in 2018–2019, including:
-biosimilar life-saving drug for #breastcancer
-#Ebola vaccine
-biosimilar insulin
bit.ly/2yabnR1

WHO supported the dramatic price reductions of antivirals, enabling more people to afford #hepatitis B & C medicines & more countries to strive for hepatitis C elimination.
WHO Results Report 2018-2019: bit.ly/2yabnR1 #WHOImpact

In 2019, WHO launched a pilot programme for the world’s first #malaria vaccine that may save many children’s lives in future; some 200 000 children have now been vaccinated in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

WHO Results Report 2018-2019: bit.ly/2yabnR1 #WHOImpact

Expanded coverage and access to quality healthcare have helped many countries
-decrease maternal mortality
-eliminate a neglected tropical disease
-eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis.
bit.ly/2yabnR1 #WHOImpact #HealthForAll

Recent #HealthForAll gains include the expansion of:
-HIV self-testing
-treatment for tuberculosis
-hepatitis C curative treatment to low- and middle-income countries
-treatment for neglected tropical diseases
bit.ly/2yabnR1

Significant progress has been made in ramping up the capacity to #BeatNCDs within #primaryhealthcare, in particular those for hypertension, heart disease, childhood cancer and mental health.
bit.ly/2yabnR1 #WHOImpact

Achieving 1B more people better protected from health emergencies:
During 2018–19, WHO picked up thousands of public health threat “signals” every month, of which over 980 (in 140 countries) were assessed to be emergency events: bit.ly/2yabnR1

Following the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC, WHO coordinated a huge and complex operation, made more difficult by violence, a mobile population and a dearth of health facilities. Thousands of front-line responders braved considerable risks to defeat the virus.

In November 2019, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board published its first report, which warned that the 🌍
was dangerously unprepared for a “very real threat of a rapidly moving, highly lethal pandemic of a respiratory pathogen” – a risk that remains today.
#COVID19

Some crises never made the headlines due to successful prevention efforts.

#Cholera cases declined by 60% in 2018 thanks to the delivery of 18M vaccines.

Mass vaccination against #yellowfever protected over 100M people in 2018–2019.

500M people were vaccinated for flu in 2019.

Achieving 1B more people living with better health & well-being:

At the 2019 #ClimateAction Summit 2019, 50 countries – representing over 1B people
– answered WHO’s call to provide citizens with clean air by 2030. bit.ly/2yabnR1
#WHOImpact

bit.ly/2mEAIfV

4300 cities are monitoring air quality measurements through a WHO air quality database,
quadrupling since 2011.

30 countries have already made significant progress in meeting their commitments to improve safe water, sanitation and hygiene in health facilities. #WHOImpact

Currently, about 2/3 of the 🌎🌍🌍 population are covered by at least one tobacco control measure
recommended by WHO.
bit.ly/2yabnR1
#WHOImpact #NoTobacco

WHO reached agreement with @IFBAlliance, which has committed to eliminate industrially produced trans-fats from the global food supply by 2023.

54 countries have established legislation to eliminate industrial trans-fats.

60 countries have a tax on sugar sweetened beverages.

WHO is finding innovative ways of engaging with non-health sectors & partnerships.
Under the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives & Well-Being for All, WHO partnered with 11 other global health agencies to align & focus support to countries to achieve SDG3 bit.ly/2yabnR1

In 2018-2019, WHO received US$181.5 M in corporate voluntary contributions, up by 23% from the previous 2 years.

THANK YOU.

Together, for a healthier, safer, fairer world.

bit.ly/2yabnR1
#WHOImpact

How is WHO funded?

Through:
✅Assessed Contributions or “members' dues” based on states’ gross domestic product
✅Voluntary Contributions from Member States, philanthropic & international organizations, private sector and others.

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