"It’s a real pleasure to be here in Washington, D.C., on #WorldHealthDay. Over the past few days, I’ve had a series of very productive meetings with representatives of the Administration, senators, house members and other leaders"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "We renewed old friendships & forged new ones. We discussed #COVID19, the war in #Ukraine, and WHO’s 5 major priorities for the next 5 years, incl. supporting countries to make a paradigm shift towards promoting health and preventing disease, not just treating it"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "...
radically reorienting health systems towards primary health care;

strengthening global capacities for pandemic preparedness and response;

harnessing the power of science, research, innovation, data and digital technologies for health"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "...
and continuing to strengthen WHO as the leading and directing authority on global health"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "#WorldHealthDay marks the day that the Constitution of the World Health Organization came into effect, on the 7th of April 1948"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "Although our headquarters are in 🇨🇭, in one way, WHO was born here in the 🇺🇸.
It was in 1945, during the Conference to establish the United Nations in San Francisco, that the idea of an international health organization was first proposed"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "And at the International Health Conference in New York City the following year, the Constitution of the World Health Organization was adopted by 51 Members of the @UN, including the 🇺🇸"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN "For the past 75 years, the 🇺🇸 has been a strong partner in global health. The 🇺🇸 played a pivotal role in eradicating smallpox – which remains one of the greatest achievements in the history of global health"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN "The 🇺🇸 has continued to be a leader in global health, through @PEPFAR, as well as its support for the response to malaria, tuberculosis, polio and many other diseases"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR "The 🇺🇸 has also been a strong supporter of WHO’s work to respond to health emergencies, including the war in #Ukraine"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR "With support from the 🇺🇸, WHO is working with #Ukraine’s Ministry of Health to keep the country’s health system running, and we’re working with neighbouring countries to support access to care for refugees"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR "WHO and our partners have so far delivered more than 180 metric tonnes of medical supplies to the hardest hit areas in #Ukraine, and we are preparing to deliver more"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR "We are outraged that attacks on health care are continuing. Today, we crossed a grim milestone of over 100 attacks – as of now, WHO has verified 103 incidents of attacks on health care, with 73 people killed & 51 injured, including health workers and patients"-@DrTedros #Ukraine
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR "Attacks on health care are a violation of international humanitarian law.

Peace is the only way forward. I again call on the Russian Federation to stop the war"-@DrTedros #Ukraine
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR "As @SecBecerra described, the 🇺🇸 has also been a strong supporter of the global response to the #COVID19 pandemic. The 🇺🇸 is the largest financial donor to the @ACTAccelerator since it began, and the largest donor of vaccines to #COVAX"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "And we continue to look to the 🇺🇸 for its support to end the #COVID19 pandemic globally, and to address the many other challenges to health we face"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "I'm painfully aware that #COVID19 has taken a heavy toll in the 🇺🇸. I offer my deep condolences to all Americans who have lost someone they love; & my deep appreciation to every 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ who has put themselves in harm’s way to serve others in the course of the pandemic"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "The #COVID19 pandemic has highlighted the intimate links between the health of humans, animals, and our environment. And yet we are rapidly making the 🌍 on which all life depends uninhabitable. Which is why #WorldHealthDay 2022’s theme is: Our planet, our health"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "The #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.

Air pollution kills 7 million people every year, & 99% of the 🌍’s population breathes unhealthy air, mainly as a result of burning fossil fuels.

Our warming 🌍 is facilitating the spread of mosquitoes & the diseases they carry"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "Extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, land degradation and water scarcity are displacing people and damaging their health"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "Systems that produce highly processed, unhealthy foods are driving a wave of obesity, increasing cancer and heart disease, and generating one-third of greenhouse gas emissions"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "There are solutions at hand. WHO’s Manifesto for a Healthy Recovery from #COVID19 recommends more than 80 concrete actions governments can take in 6 policy areas, with dividends for the health of our planet and the health of humans"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "The health sector must lead by example, and I applaud the 🇺🇸, under the leadership of Admiral Rachel Levine for its commitment to decarbonizing its health system, as part of WHO’s COP26 health programme"-@DrTedros #HealthierTomorrow
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "At WHO, we have also committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2030"-@DrTedros #HealthierTomorrow
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "This #WorldHealthDay, as the 🌍 recovers & rebuilds from #COVID19, we have a choice. We can go back to the way things were or we can change course. We can create societies, economies & products that nurture health & well-being, & stop subsidising those that destroy it"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "Because we cannot afford to pump carbon into the atmosphere at the same rate and still breathe clean air. We must choose"-@DrTedros #HealthierTomorrow
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "We cannot afford the same patterns of consumption and expect less diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancer. We must choose"-@DrTedros #HealthierTomorrow
@DrTedros @UN @PEPFAR @SecBecerra @ACTAccelerator "We cannot afford ever-deepening inequalities, and expect continued prosperity. We must choose.

And so this #WorldHealthDay, we call on all governments to choose our planet, our health"-@DrTedros #HealthierTomorrow

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In 2022 WHO already responded to 7⃣4⃣ emergencies 🚨 around the 🌎🌍🌏

WHO launches an urgent appeal for funding to support:
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✅ humanitarian needs
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In 2021 WHO:
✅ responded to 76 health emergencies
✅ delivered supplies & maintained essential health services in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Syria & Yemen
✅ helped fight #COVID19
✅ coordinated emergency response with over 1600 partners
✅ & much more

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Funding is 🔑 to sustain these efforts, amidst ongoing crises globally.

The appeal for US$2.7 billion represents financial requirements for WHO in 2022 to cover all 6 Regions, & country-level emergency response operations, including for #COVID19.

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