Thread by @WHO

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@DrTedros "Yesterday marked six months since the Russian Federation’s invasion, which has had a devastating impact on the health and lives of #Ukraine’s people. Although shaken, the health system has not collapsed"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1562441311545741313?s=20&t=hGMO7NrI9U9KRa6Dck6YXA

@DrTedros "WHO continues to support @MoH_Ukraine to restore disrupted services, displaced #healthworkers and destroyed infrastructure, which is essential not only for the health of #Ukraine’s people, but for the country’s resilience and recovery"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "WHO has helped to deliver more than 1300 metric tonnes of critical medical supplies, with more on the way, incl. power generators, ambulances, oxygen supplies for medical facilities; supplies for trauma & emergency surgeries; & medicines to #BeatNCDs"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "We have also helped to train more than 9000 #healthworkers on trauma surgery, mass casualties, chemical exposure, epidemiology and laboratory diagnostics"-@DrTedros #Ukraine

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1562795197398159361?s=20&t=yVxUuJkJB9owFYFWB528yg

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "#MentalHealth is another key focus. Stress management training is being provided to health workers and the general population on how to safeguard mental health given the sharp rise in war-related psychological distress"-@DrTedros #Ukraine

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "Attacks on health continue unabated. In the past 6 months, WHO has verified 473 attacks on health, with at least 98 deaths & 134 injuries. No health system can deliver optimum health to its people under the stress of war. We continue to call on Russia to end this war"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "We crossed the tragic milestone of 1 million reported #COVID19 deaths so far this year. We can't say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when 1 million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone, when we have all the tools necessary to prevent these deaths"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "Once again, we ask all governments to strengthen their efforts to vaccinate all #healthworkers, older people and others at the highest risk, on the way to 70% vaccine coverage for the whole population"-@DrTedros #VaccinEquity #COVID19

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "It is pleasing to see that some countries with the lowest vaccination rates are now making up ground, especially in Africa"-@DrTedros #VaccinEquity #COVID19

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@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine "In January this year, WHO, @UNICEF and partners established the #COVID19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership to accelerate vaccine coverage in the 34 countries that were below 10% coverage – all but six of which are in Africa"-@DrTedros #VaccinEquity

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "Only 10 countries still have <10% coverage, most of which are facing humanitarian emergencies. It’s pleasing to see that coverage of high-priority groups is improving, with many countries making impressive progress towards vaccinating 100% of 👩‍⚕️ & older people"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "However, much more needs to be done. 1/3 of the world’s population remains unvaccinated, including two-thirds of #healthworkers and three-quarters of older adults in low-income countries"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #VaccinEquity

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "All countries at all income levels must do more to:
-vaccinate those most at risk
-ensure access to life-saving therapeutics
-continue testing & sequencing
-set tailored, proportionate policies to limit #COVID19 transmission & save lives"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "Last week, the number of weekly reported #monkeypox cases fell by >20% globally, although new cases increased in the Americas, where we are continuing to see intense transmission"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "In the early stages of the #monkeypox outbreak, most reported cases were in Europe, with a smaller proportion in the Americas. That has now reversed, with less than 40% of reported cases in Europe and 60% in the Americas"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "There are signs that the #monkeypox outbreak is slowing in Europe, where a combination of effective public health measures, behaviour change and vaccination are helping to prevent transmission"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "However, in Latin America in particular, insufficient awareness or public health measures are combining with a lack of access to vaccines to fan the flames of the #monkeypox outbreak"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF "Yesterday, Bavarian Nordic signed an agreement with @pahowho to support access to its vaccine in Latin America and the Caribbean. We thank Bavarian Nordic for this agreement, & we hope that it will help to bring the #monkeypox outbreak under control in the region."-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "WHO continues to encourage all countries to establish vaccine effectiveness studies to ensure data collection even while enhancing access"-@DrTedros #monkeypox

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1562800027789012998?s=20&t=hGMO7NrI9U9KRa6Dck6YXA

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "Last week, I spoke about the drought & famine in the Greater #HornOfAfrica, where WHO has launched an appeal for $124 million to prevent & control outbreaks, treat malnutrition & provide essential health services & 💊. So far, we've received 12% of the funds we need"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "In the Ethiopian region of #Tigray, fighting resumed yesterday. It’s tragic to see the resumption of active conflict, but in reality, the war had never stopped"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "For more than 21 months, the 6 million people of #Tigray have been under a suffocating siege that has killed people not only with bullets or bombs, but by weaponizing banking, fuel, food, electricity and health care"-@DrTedros

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@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "That’s why we have been calling for the resumption of essential services, & an end to the blockade systematically enforced by the governments of Ethiopia & Eritrea. The only solution is peace & we continue to call for a peaceful resolution"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1562801336239869960?s=20&t=hGMO7NrI9U9KRa6Dck6YXA

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "The emergencies in Tigray and the Greater Horn are far from the only crises in Africa. The Sahel region is facing one of the largest, fastest-growing and longest-lasting crises in the world"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "Across Burkina Faso, Far North Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and North-East Nigeria, more than 33 million people are in need and there are 6.7 million displaced people due to conflict, the worst drought in 40 years, and disease outbreaks"-@DrTedros

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@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "Last year, more than 3600 people in the Sahel died with cholera, and transmission of Yellow Fever is at the highest in 20 years. Disrupted immunization campaigns due to #COVID19 have led to increasing transmission of measles and vaccine-derived polio"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "WHO has released $8.3 million from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies to cover lifesaving services in the Sahel, but that’s a fraction of the almost 63 million dollars we need this year. We continue to urge donors not to forget the Sahel"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "Earlier this week health authorities in #DRC confirmed a case of #Ebola in Beni, which was the epicentre of the 2018 to 2020 outbreak. So far, 179 contacts have been identified. Vaccination of contacts & contacts of contacts began today"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/OMSRDCONGO/status/1562738273419927553?s=20&t=Ud_GT3KAmeeJwc93NHDbgA

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "Since the last major #Ebola outbreak ended in 2020, there have been occasional flare-ups, which have been brought under control. WHO will continue to support health authorities in #DRC & the North Kivu province to respond to this case & to prevent further transmission"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "Last week, WHO published new guidelines recommending the use of two therapeutics against #Ebola, which have demonstrated clear benefits in reducing deaths by about 60%. #DRC has supplies of these medicines, should they be needed"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1560550446137311232?s=20&t=Ud_GT3KAmeeJwc93NHDbgA

@DrTedros @MoH_Ukraine @UNICEF @pahowho "With highly effective vaccines and therapeutics, #Ebola is now a preventable and treatable disease"-@DrTedros

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