Congratulations to Ministry of Food and Drug Safety @TheMFDS, Republic of Koreaπ°π·, to have achieved maturity level 4, the highest level in WHOβs classification of regulatory authorities for medical products bit.ly/3EMDELY
WHOβs assessment of regulatory authorities is based on an evaluation tool that checks regulatory functions against a set of over 260 indicators, e.g. product authorization, testing of products, market surveillance and the ability to detect adverse effects bit.ly/3EMDELY
Only about 30% of the worldβs regulatory authorities have the capacity to ensure medicines, vaccines and other health products are produced to required standards, work as intended and do not harm patients bit.ly/3EMDELY
Other than Republic of Korea, only #Singapore has attained maturity level 4 in medicines regulation while 11 countries have attained maturity level 3.
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πͺ 12,000 people die from injuries & violence.
π 12,000 people die from injuries & violence around the world.
β οΈ 12,000 people die from injuries & violence around the world every day.
3 of the top 5 causes of death among people aged 5-29 years are injury-related: road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide: New WHO report bit.ly/3Vm6B8r
Many effective and low-cost interventions are available to prevent injuries and violence, such as setting speed limits, providing swimming training, raising the age of sexual consent bit.ly/3Vm6B8r
Nearly 4β£0β£ million children missed a measles vaccine dose in 2021.
π¨ According to the latest data from WHO & @CDCgov, global progress toward #measles elimination is threatened by major setbacks that started in 2020 during the #COVID19 pandemic.
@DrTedros "#AntimicrobialResistance is one of the most urgent & complex challenges of our time, & yet perhaps because it is not as dramatic as a pandemic, a war or a humanitarian emergency, it doesnβt attract the same attention from governments, donors or the media"-@DrTedros#AMROman2022
@DrTedros "The scale of the problem β and its consequences β cannot be ignored. #AntimicrobialResistance is estimated to lead to 5 million deaths every year. It threatens health, food security, and economic development"-@DrTedros#AMROman2022