The right to health means ending all kinds of discrimination in healthcare settings. Everyone has a right to health. Together we can achieve #HealthForAll
People living with #HIV continue to face stigma, discrimination.
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You will not get HIV from showing you care:
Let's end discrimination against ๐ง๐จโ๐ฆณ๐ต๐จโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ณโโ๐ต๐ง๐ง living with HIV
Stigma related to COVID-19 can lead to cases not being reported, more people being exposed to the virus which makes responding to the pandemic more difficult.
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People living with #tuberculosis also face discrimination. Stigmatizing people with TB can prevent those most in need from accessing prevention, treatment and care services. It is also socially devastating.
If we want to become a fairer, more equitable world, to tackle climate change & share responsibilities for the future, #VaccinEquity is the first opportunity to demonstrate we can do that. We must start with #ZeroDiscrimination:
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The #COVAX initiative for equitable global access to #COVID19 vaccines has published the 1st round of allocations, providing information on provision of doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to COVAX Facility participants, through May 2021 bit.ly/3qhw96x
This first round of allocation outlines delivery of doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford #COVID19 vaccine โ manufactured by AstraZeneca and licensed for production by Serum Institute of India โ to #COVAX Facility participants.
Deliveries for this round of allocations has begun, with India ๐ฎ๐ณ, Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ & Cote dโIvoire ๐จ๐ฎ receiving doses of the Serum Institute of India/AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine. Both Ghana & Cote dโIvoire began vaccination campaigns utilising these doses.
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The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should NOT be used to prevent infection in people who do not have #COVID19, according to the latest WHO clinical care guidance bit.ly/3e8tsBP
This strong recommendation is based on high certainty evidence from six randomised controlled trials involving over 6,000 participants with and without known exposure to a person with #COVID19 infection.
The Saint Lukas medical train ๐ in the Russian Federation๐ท๐บ has delivered healthcare to people in #Siberia for many years, providing a health lifeline directly to remote communities.
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"I join you in celebrating the 1st delivery of vaccines to ๐จ๐ด, the 1st country in the Americas to receive vaccines through #COVAX. I congratulate our COVAX partners @gavi, @CEPIvaccines & my colleagues in @pahowho, @OPSOMS_Col for hard work in bringing us to this point"-@DrTedros
"This has been made possible because of the hard work you have done to get ready for #COVID19 vaccine rollout, with a national plan for vaccination"-@DrTedros#VaccinEquity#ACTogether
Since 2018, WHO and #Italy๐ฎ๐น have been working to fight malnutrition in #Yemen๐พ๐ช meeting the needs of children ๐ฆ๐ง who suffer from severe acute malnutrition & saving the lives of thousands of children.
Thanks to @GermanyDiplo๐ฉ๐ช, WHO provided nutrition services to internally displaced people at primary health care centres in #Yemen๐พ๐ช. Mothers & children were also screened & referred to appropriate health facilities.
"Today, Ghana and Cรดte dโIvoire started vaccinating #healthworkers against #COVID19, becoming the first countries to begin vaccination campaigns with doses supplied through #COVAX"-@DrTedros#VaccinEquity
"A further 11 million doses will be delivered this week.
Between now and the end of May, 237 million doses of #COVID19 vaccines will be allocated to 142 participating economies in #COVAX"-@DrTedros#VaccinEquity