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 – manufactured by AstraZeneca and licensed for production by Serum Institute of India – to #COVAX Facility participants.
Deliveries for this round of allocations has begun, with India 🇮🇳, Ghana 🇬🇭 & Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 receiving doses of the Serum Institute of India/AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine. Both Ghana & Cote d’Ivoire began vaccination campaigns utilising these doses.
Further #COVID19 vaccine deliveries are underway this week, and as readiness criteria are fulfilled and doses become available, will continue on a rolling basis over the coming months.
Hearing loss is on the rise.
2⃣0⃣1⃣9⃣ 1.5 billion
2⃣0⃣5⃣0⃣ 2.5 billion
Countries must act now to provide access to ear and #HearingCare for all bit.ly/3sLnMBK
Today is World #BirthDefects Day
Most birth defects can be prevented and treated with access to quality maternal and newborn care services. Yet, close to 300000 newborns 👶 die within 4 weeks of birth every year due to birth defects.
When a baby is born with #BirthDefects, receiving the right care as soon as possible gives them the best chance at life. This care can include:
🔸 Detection
🔸 Safe transport
🔸 Referral to specialized care
🔸 Paediatric surgery
🔸 Follow-up
🔸 Rehabilitation and support
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 🚂 in the Russian Federation🇷🇺 has delivered healthcare to people in #Siberia for many years, providing a health lifeline directly to remote communities.
The train 🚂 is fitted with modern equipment incl.:
✅ an X-ray machine,
✅ ultrasound diagnostics,
✅ laboratory diagnostics,
✅ a dental office,
✅ urological and surgical rooms,
✅ a telemedicine consulting department & more.
"I join you in celebrating the 1st delivery of vaccines to 🇨🇴, 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 #Italy🇮🇹 have been working to fight malnutrition in #Yemen🇾🇪 meeting the needs of children 👦👧 who suffer from severe acute malnutrition & saving the lives of thousands of children.
Thanks to @GermanyDiplo🇩🇪, WHO provided nutrition services to internally displaced people at primary health care centres in #Yemen🇾🇪. Mothers & children were also screened & referred to appropriate health facilities.