"The #COVID19 pandemic has brought us a tsunami of suffering. Over 3.4M lives have been lost. Some 500M jobs have gone. Trillions of $ have been wiped from global balance sheets. The most vulnerable are suffering most. And I fear this is far from over."
-🇺🇳@antonioguterres #WHA74
"I pay tribute to the healthcare workers who are the heroes of this pandemic. Millions of healthcare professionals continue to put themselves in harm's way every day. We owe them our deepest appreciation. This includes our colleagues at WHO."
-🇺🇳@antonioguterres at #WHA74
"Sadly, unless we act now, we face the situation in which rich countries vaccinate the majority of their people and open their economies while [#COVID19] continues to cause deep suffering by circulating & mutating in the poorest countries."
-🇺🇳@antonioguterres at #WHA74
"The 🌍 must respond resolutely & in solidarity to stop [#COVID19]. World leaders must urgently step up with a global plan for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests & treatments. This starts with financing the @ACTAccelerator & its #COVAX Facility."
-🇺🇳@antonioguterres
"We are at war with [#COVID19]. We need the logic and urgency of a war economy to boost the capacity of our weapons: the vaccines."
-🇺🇳@UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres at #WHA74

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28 May
Today the 74th World Health Assembly #WHA74 saw new resolutions on the health and care workforce and strategic directions for nursing and midwifery.
Read more ⬇️bit.ly/3fW2GeS
The #COVID19 pandemic has underscored the critical role of all health and care workers at the forefront of the pandemic, who have faced multiple risks related to their health, well-being and safety. #WHA74

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New resolution stresses the need for decent pay, recognition, a safe working environment, and protection of the rights of health and care workers. #WHA74
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28 May
Media briefing on #COVID19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) with @DrTedros

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"As you know, this week is the #WHA74 – the annual meeting of nations to discuss common health challenges and agree on a common way forward. The range of issues being discussed is immense: from diabetes to malaria, disabilities, oral health and much, much more"-@DrTedros
"And of course, #COVID19 has been the focus of a lot of discussion. There has been broad consensus this week that equitable access to vaccines is essential for ending the pandemic"-@DrTedros #VaccinEquity
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28 May
"May all be happy.
May all be free from illness.
May all see what it is auspicious.
May no one suffer.
May peace prevail."
-🕊️Nobel Peace Laureate @k_satyarthi at #WHA74
"I am here as the voice of the millions of voiceless children who are left behind. They are the children who live with inter-generational poverty & hunger... [who] are forced to work & sell their bodies. They are the same who face the worst health outcomes."
-@k_satyarthi #WHA74
"While the 🌍 has suffered as one, we have not suffered equally. Two-thirds of the world's largest companies made an additional USD109 billion in 2020. At the same time 140 million children & their families will be pushed into acute poverty.
This is unacceptable."
-🕊️@k_satyarthi
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28 May
🏆 The 2021 Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion goes to @thaihealth!

Congratulations to the Thai Health Promotion Foundation on its stellar work around building healthier communities in #Thailand 🇹🇭. Image
Over 2 decades, @thaihealth has been promoting healthy lifestyles among people & helping WHO advance public health agendas in #Thailand 🇹🇭, incl:

✅ alcohol & tobacco control
✅ road safety
✅ disaster management
✅ healthy diets
#PhysicalActivity Image
.@thaihealth's work has contributed to

🔸 a 2/3 reduction of dangerous alcohol consumption
🔸 improved workplace health at over 20,000 organizations
🔸 over 5000 disabled individuals getting a job

and many more.
Read 4 tweets
28 May
At #WHA74, the Sasakawa Health Prize was awarded to Dr Amal Saif Al-Maani, for boosting awareness of antimicrobial resistance and the importance of #HandHygiene, and for advocating for rational use of antimicrobials in #Oman 🇴🇲 Image
To help combat antimicrobial resistance, Dr Al-Maani engaged in the national project “Be Role Model for Hand Hygiene” as part of her advocacy work for #HandHygiene in the community and health care settings in #Oman 🇴🇲 Image
🏆 The 2021 Sasakawa Prize goes to Dr Wu Hao from Fangzhuang Community Health Service Centre in #China 🇨🇳.

Dr Wu has devoted his career to improving community health & integrating the use of technology to ensure more people can access care close to home. Image
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27 May
.@DrTedros, @GaviSeth, @DrRHatchett, Henrietta Fore @unicefchief issued a call to action to equip #COVAX to deliver 2 billion #COVID19 vaccine doses in 2021
👉 bit.ly/3fPe1xr #VaccinEquity
To enable #COVAX to deliver on the promise of #VaccinEquity, the following immediate actions are needed:
1. Fund the @gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment
2. Share doses, now
3. Free up supply chains by removing trade barriers, export control measures & other transit issues
Countries that are advanced in their vaccination programmes are seeing cases of #COVID19 decline, hospitalisations decrease & early signs of some kind of normality resume. However, the 🌍 picture is far more concerning bit.ly/3fPe1xr #VaccinEquity
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