Not all information you find on #socialmedia is true. Some use it to spread misleading news and content. Protect yourself and your friends from false information about #COVID19, vaccines and more: #CheckBeforeYouShare
The world has failed to provide people with the #MentalHealth services they need: new Mental Health Atlas
Read more➡️bit.ly/3uTfIRs
Issued every three years, the #MentalHealth Atlas is a compilation of data provided by countries around the world on mental health policies, legislation, financing, human resources, availability and utilization of services & data collection systems bit.ly/3uTfIRs
Government health budgets spent on #MentalHealth has scarcely changed during the last years, still hovering around 2% bit.ly/3uTfIRs
Since the beginning of the #COVID19 pandemic, WHO & partners have mounted a response at an unprecedented global scale.
We continue to provide critical support and guidance to countries with the Strategic Preparedness Response Plan (SPRP) 👉bit.ly/3oFCP0U
WHO’s Strategic Preparedness Response Plan (SPRP) provides
✅ implementation & operational support
✅ guidance & capacity building
✅ partnership, planning & coordination
✅ public health intelligence
✅ research & innovation
✅ monitoring
The 🆕 Strategy launched today aims to help bring an end to what has become a two-track #COVID19 pandemic: people in poorer countries continue to be at risk while those in richer countries with high vaccination rates enjoy much greater protection.
The 🆕 Strategy outlines a plan to achieve targets of vaccinating 40% of the population of all countries against #COVID19 by the end of 2021 and 70% by mid-2022.
To achieve the global #COVID19 vaccination targets, there should be a 3-step vaccination approach in every country:
1⃣ First all older adults, health workers & high-risk groups of all ages
2⃣ Followed by the full adult age group
3⃣ Then all adolescents
@DrTedros@antonioguterres "At this press conference almost exactly one year ago, I said that the world was eagerly anticipating the results of trials of vaccines against #COVID19.
I said that once we had a 💉, we must use it effectively, by making sure it’s available to all countries equitably"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros@antonioguterres "The development and approval of #COVID19 vaccines in record time took us to the summit of scientific achievement; now we stand on the precipice of failure, if we don’t make the benefits of science available to all people in all countries, right now"-@DrTedros#VaccinEquity
A child dies from #malaria every two minutes.
One death is one too many.
🚨 Today, WHO recommends RTS,S, a groundbreaking malaria vaccine, to reduce child illness & deaths in areas with moderate and high malaria transmission bit.ly/3iEa4hd
Over 800K children have so far received the RTS,S #malaria vaccine & are benefiting from this additional protection against malaria.
The vaccine significantly reduces malaria & life-threatening severe cases and could save tens of thousands of young lives each year. #VaccinesWork
RTS,S #malaria vaccine was introduced in a pilot programme two years ago.
Since then, more than 2.3 million doses of the vaccine have been administered across Ghana, Kenya and Malawi bit.ly/3iEa4hd