"On Monday, the governments of Sweden and Switzerland and the @UN will host a virtual High-Level Pledging Event for #Yemen.
Yemen is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with more than 20 million people in need of humanitarian assistance"-@DrTedros
"More than 5 million people are now at risk of famine. And already, half a million children under five could die from hunger in the coming weeks, unless they receive urgent treatment. All of this, even as the already fragile health system has had to deal with #COVID19"-@DrTedros
"This current crisis comes at a time, after years of conflict, when there is now a real opportunity for peace in #Yemen. We have to act on it"-@DrTedros
"Two years ago, generous funding helped hold off famine. It is time to step up again. The situation now is even more grave.
The 2021 Response Plan includes an ask of $3.85 billion. I urge donors to be generous"-@DrTedros#Yemen
"On Wednesday, #Ghana became the first country outside India to receive doses of #COVID19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility"-@DrTedros#ACTogether
"Just a few hours ago, Côte d’Ivoire received its 1st doses, & more doses will be shipped to more countries in the coming days & weeks, as we move towards our target of starting vaccination in all countries within the 1st 100 days of the year. We now have 43 days left"-@DrTedros
"I would like to thank our COVAX partners at @gavi, @CEPIvaccines and @UNICEF, who have helped bring us to this point, and the Member States who have provided the resources"-@DrTedros#ACTogether
"We have made great progress. But that progress is fragile. We need to accelerate the supply & distribution of #COVID19 vaccines, and we cannot do that if some countries continue to approach manufacturers who are producing vaccines that COVAX is counting on"-@DrTedros#ACTogether
"These actions undermine COVAX and deprive #healthworkers and vulnerable people around the world of life-saving vaccines"-@DrTedros#VaccinEquity
"Now is the time to use every tool to scale up production, including licensing and technology transfer, and where necessary, intellectual property waivers. If not now, then when?"-@DrTedros#VaccinEquity
"I understand full well that all governments have an obligation to protect their own people.
But the best way to do that is by suppressing the #COVID19 virus everywhere at the same time"-@DrTedros#ACTogether
"It’s also important to remember that although #COVID19 vaccines are a very powerful tool, they’re not the only tool.
We still need to accelerate the distribution of rapid diagnostics, oxygen and dexamethasone"-@DrTedros#ACTogether
"In that regard, we welcome the @EUCouncil’s statement of solidarity today, committing to contributing the European Union’s share of funding to the @ACTAccelerator"-@DrTedros#ACTogether
"We must also remember that for more than a year now, many countries have successfully prevented or controlled #COVID19 transmission without vaccines, and with proven public health measures"-@DrTedros
"On Wednesday, WHO officially launched our Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for 2021, which outlines six objectives and the 10 essential pillars of the response"-@DrTedros
"The 2021 SPRP outlines how WHO will support countries in meeting these objectives & the resources we need to do it. Many countries used last year’s SPRP as the basis for their natl response, adapting & applying it to their own context"-@DrTedros#COVID19
"One of the countries that has averted a major crisis despite the predictions of various models is #Nigeria. With Africa’s largest population, its largest economy & its largest city, what happens in 🇳🇬 affects what happens in Africa"-@DrTedros#COVID19
"Today I’m delighted to be joined by Dr @Chikwe_I, the Director of #Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control, and the head of @WHONigeria Office, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo"-@DrTedros#COVID19
"Dr @Chikwe_I is one of Africa’s – and the world’s – leading public health experts. My brother, thank you so much for joining us today to talk about Nigeria’s experience and response to #COVID19"-@DrTedros
"At these press briefings every week, the 🌍’s media see staff from WHO HQ & our 6 Regional Offices also hold their own briefings. What you don’t see often enough are colleagues in WHO’s 150 country offices, who are supporting countries every day to respond to #COVID19"-@DrTedros
"WHO doesn’t just parachute in to countries when there’s an emergency. Our staff are there every day of every year, working with the government and communities to address the full range of health threats they face"-@DrTedros#WHOImpact#HealthForAll
"So I’m very pleased today to welcome Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, the @WHONigeria Representative. I send my greetings to all our colleagues in the #Nigeria country office. You have my deep thanks and respect.
1⃣ module of mDementia aims to encourage middle-aged or older people 👩🏽🦱👨🏻🧓👴🏾 to manage modifiable risk factors to delay or slow the progression of #dementia.
More than half a million #COVID19 patients are estimated to need oxygen in low- and middle-income countries.
25 countries are currently reporting surges in demand, the majority in Africa bit.ly/2Mp4z9k
Oxygen was in short supply in several countries even before #COVID19, which can increase demand in health facilities as much as 5-7 times above normal times bit.ly/2Mp4z9k
Oxygen is an essential medicine used to care for many types of patients, including for:
- Surgery
- Trauma
- Heart failure
- Asthma
- Pneumonia
- Maternal and child care
- #COVID19 bit.ly/2Mp4z9k
The 🌎🌍🌏 faces new challenges such as new virus variants, inequitable access to #vaccines, long-term effects of #COVID19, disruptions in health systems & the socio-economic impact of the pandemic.
The 2021 #COVID19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan sets out the coordinated action that we must take at national, regional, and global level to overcome these challenges and plot a course out of the pandemic.
Today, #Ghana🇬🇭 became the first country to receive #COVID19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility.
This is a 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 towards our goal to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally. #VaccinEquity
➡️ bit.ly/3khXvru
On 23 February, COVAX shipped 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford #COVID19 vaccine, from the @SerumInstIndia from Pune, #India🇮🇳 to Accra, #Ghana🇬🇭, arriving on the morning of 24 February
The Accra batch is the first shipped & delivered in Africa by the COVAX Facility as part of an unprecedented effort to deliver at least 2 billion doses of #COVID19 vaccines by the end of 2021 - what will be the largest vaccine procurement & supply operation in history.
"The first major speech I gave after my election as Director-General in 2017 was at the World Leaders Forum at @Columbia, on the subject of health security"-@DrTedros
"I began my remarks by describing the 1918 flu pandemic, which erupted during the First World War, and although it killed more people than the war itself, the pandemic was quickly forgotten and its lessons went unheeded"-@DrTedros
"The #COVID19 pandemic has changed our world in ways we could never have imagined when it started just over a year ago"-@DrTedros
"Beyond the death and disease caused by the #COVID19 virus itself, health systems have been disrupted, millions of jobs have been lost, schools have closed, poverty and hunger have been exacerbated and the global economy has been thrown into turmoil"-@DrTedros