“I will start with the good news, because I got a Christmas gift earlier
today, and this is the 🇪🇺 contribution to universal health coverage, in
the amount of €125 million. We just came from signing with
Commissioner @JuttaUrpilainen”-@DrTedros
“The new 🇪🇺 Global Health Strategy comes at a critical time, as our 🌍 faces so many threats to health:
from continuing #COVID19 pandemic to the silent pandemics of noncommunicable diseases & antimicrobial resistance; conflicts; rising inequality; & the #ClimateCrisis”-@DrTedros
“Each of these challenges transcends borders, sectors, languages,
ethnicities and political divides. No single country or organization can deal with them in isolation. Which is why multilateralism is more important than ever”-@DrTedros
“In recent years, the 🇪🇺 and its Member States have played a vital leadership role in global health, through internal cooperation and working towards a genuine European Health Union, and by external cooperation and solidarity”-@DrTedros
“I’m grateful to #TeamEurope for its decisive contribution to the 🌍 response to #COVID19. The 🇪🇺 has been a driving force behind the @ACTAccelerator & remains one of the largest funders of #COVAX, providing 💉 to 150+ countries, along with critical investments in R&D”-@DrTedros
“I also thank the 🇪🇺 for its leadership in strengthening the global health security architecture for pandemic preparedness, prevention and response, incl. through the #PandemicAccord,
and for being at the forefront of the establishment of the Pandemic Fund”-@DrTedros
“I’m pleased to see that the strategy’s key priorities are well aligned with WHO’s 5 priorities for global heath:
For promoting health and preventing disease;
For providing health, through strong primary health care as the foundation of universal health coverage…”-@DrTedros
“…For protecting health, through an enhanced 🌍 architecture for
health emergency preparedness, response and resilience;
For powering health, by harnessing science, research, innovation,
data and digital technologies…”-@DrTedros
“…For performing for health, by building a stronger and
sustainably-financed WHO”-@DrTedros
“The #COVID19 pandemic is a powerful demonstration that when health is at risk, everything is at risk. But when health is promoted, provided and protected, it creates the conditions for individuals, families, communities, economies and nations to thrive”-@DrTedros
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@DrTedros@EU_Commission "The 🇪🇺 is a key partner for WHO, and has played a leading role in global health. It was a driving force behind the creation of the @ACTAccelerator, and has been one of the largest funders of #COVAX"-@DrTedros
To prevent online violence against children, the report highlights the importance of implementing educational programmes directed at children and parents.
Inequalities still persist for the most basic services like testing and treatment.
We must ensure that everyone, everywhere has equal access to #HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care bit.ly/3H0umi3
Congratulations to Ministry of Food and Drug Safety @TheMFDS, Republic of Korea🇰🇷, to have achieved maturity level 4, the highest level in WHO’s classification of regulatory authorities for medical products bit.ly/3EMDELY
WHO’s 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 world’s 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
12,000.
🚗 12,000 people.
🔪 12,000 people die from injuries & violence.
🌊 12,000 people die from injuries & violence around the world.
☠️ 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