"On the one hand, vaccination is a triumph of science & 🌍 solidarity. Alongside public health measures, vaccination is key to controlling this pandemic & I'm very grateful to the #healthworkers at the @Hopitaux_unige for helping me play my part"-@DrTedros
"When it was passed in 2016, @UN Security Council Resolution 2286 brought critical attention to the issue of attacks against #healthworkers, patients, and facilities, especially in conflict situations"-@DrTedros#NotATarget
"Now, as the world struggles with the #COVID19 pandemic, attacks on health care are continuing. Fragile, conflict-affected settings with already weakened health systems are suffering the most"-@DrTedros#NotATarget
"More than 157 million #COVID19 cases have now been reported to WHO, and more than 3.2 million people have lost their lives. Those numbers are near double what they were at the beginning of this year"-@DrTedros at the 6th @ACTAccelerator Facilitation Council meeting
"The shocking global disparity in access to vaccines & other #COVID19 tools remains one of the biggest risks to ending the pandemic. High- & upper-middle income countries represent 53% of the world’s population, but have received 83% of the world’s vaccines"-@DrTedros#ACTogether
Elizabeth Iro, WHO Chief Nursing Officer, takes us through her journey on becoming a nurse and what it means to be a nurse. Who is your favourite nurse?
On this #InternationalNursesDay, let’s show our gratitude by doing our part and following public health advice from WHO and national health authorities.
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In #Zambia only 5 👂, 👃 & throat specialists & 1 audiologist serve a population of 17 million. Nurses like Carol Sinkende, who works in a clinic in a remote area of 🇿🇲, are fundamental in doing community outreach & raise awareness about hearing loss.
In #India's 🇮🇳 most populous state Uttar Pradesh, the state gov. has initiated house-to-house active case finding of #COVID19 in rural areas to contain transmission by testing people with symptoms for rapid isolation, disease management & contact tracing
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Monitoring teams visit homes in 97,941 villages to test everyone with #COVID19 symptoms. Those who tested positive are:
✅isolated
✅given a medicine kit with advice on disease management
All contacts of those who tested positive are quarantined & tested. bit.ly/3vOEz8m
People without signs of #COVID19 are urged to get vaccinated & follow COVID-appropriate behaviours to prevent transmission in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh 🇮🇳, home to 230 million people.