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.
WHO has been working with partners to ensure that the health needs of the people in #Yemen๐พ๐ช are addressed, during the years of armed conflict, along with natural disasters, disease outbreaks, displacement of its people, and the #COVID19 pandemic. #YemenCantWait
WHO & @KSRelief_EN have been working together to sustain the health system in #Yemen๐พ๐ช, incl.
โ essential health services,
โ #COVID19 preparedness & response,
โ nutrition response,
โ water & environmental sanitation services
โ malaria control & prevention
Through the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project, WHO, @UNICEF & @WorldBank have made health care accessible for millions of people in #Yemen๐พ๐ช.
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.
The train ๐ is fitted with modern equipment incl.:
โ an X-ray machine,
โ ultrasound diagnostics,
โ laboratory diagnostics,
โ a dental office,
โ urological and surgical rooms,
โ a telemedicine consulting department & more.
"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
"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
The right to health means ending all kinds of discrimination in healthcare settings. Everyone has a right to health. Together we can achieve #HealthForAll