COVID-19 – News Updates
Recent Updates
- One in 100 deaths is by suicide
- Soaring e-waste affects the health of millions of children, WHO warns
- The ACT Accelerator partnership welcomes commitment of 870 million vaccine doses and calls for more investment in all tools to end the pandemic
- G7 announces pledges of 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, of which at least half to be delivered by the end of 2021
- Statement for healthcare professionals: How COVID-19 vaccines are regulated for safety and effectiveness
- Countries reaffirm commitment to ending polio at launch of new eradication strategy
- New WHO guidance seeks to put an end to human rights violations in mental health care
- WHO validates Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations
- New US$50 billion health, trade and finance roadmap to end the pandemic and secure a global recovery
- The Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly closes
- Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 29 May 2021
- World Health Assembly approves development of implementation roadmap for achieving SDG target on noncommunicable diseases
- World Health Assembly Resolution paves the way for better oral health care
- New WHA Resolution to bring much needed boost to diabetes prevention and control efforts
- Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 28 May 2021
- Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 27 May 2021
- COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021
- WHO supports people quitting tobacco to reduce their risk of severe COVID-19
- WHO and Switzerland launch global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis
- G20 leaders boost support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator but urgent and immediate action is needed to maintain momentum
- New international expert panel to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases
- World Health Assembly to focus on ending COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for next one
- WHO issues new guidance for research on genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria and other vector-borne diseases
- Dynamic WHO dashboard for island states highlights barriers and progress on climate change and health
- Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease and stroke: WHO, ILO
- WHO lists additional COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations
- Joint Statement on transparency and data integrity International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) and WHO
- Global experts of new WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All announced
- WHO Director-General commends United States decision to support temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines
- WHO, Germany launch new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
- WHO calls for better hand hygiene and other infection control practices
- New WHO benchmarks help countries reduce salt intake and save lives
- New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900 000 midwives
- WHO Director-General congratulates the Democratic Republic of the Congo as 12th Ebola outbreak is declared over; stresses need to maintain vigilance to prevent virus’s return
- WHO welcomes Sweden’s announcement to share COVID-19 vaccine doses with COVAX
- WHO lists Moderna vaccine for emergency use
- Immunization services begin slow recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, though millions of children remain at risk from deadly diseases – WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
- ACT-Accelerator one year on
- COVID-19 continues to disrupt essential health services in 90% of countries
- Statement of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization: Continued review of emerging evidence on AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines
- World Malaria Day: WHO launches effort to stamp out malaria in 25 more countries by 2025
- Driving Global Health: Romain Grosjean announces his support for the WHO Foundation
- Statement on the seventh meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
- Greta Thunberg, climate and environment activist, joins World Health Organization’s call for vaccine equity
- WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people’s ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic
- Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) review of latest evidence of rare adverse blood coagulation events with AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (Vaxzevria and Covishield)
- Digital technologies for health financing:
- New WHO Global Compact to speed up action to tackle diabetes
- WHO calls for comprehensive, equitable access to healthcare for every Chagas disease patient
- WHO and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen access to health in Francophone countries
- Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
- US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use – New tobacco tax manual shows ways to save lives, money and build back better after COVID-19
- Meeting of the Guidelines Development Group (GDG) for the update and consolidation of guidelines for safe abortion care
- Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance
- COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery
- WHO launches Progress Indicators to measure access to assistive technology
- Interim statement of the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
- Alisson Becker and WHO Foundation launch campaign to raise resources and support treatment for COVID-19 patients starting in the Americas
- WHO urges countries to build a fairer, healthier world post-COVID-19
- Living with the Times: new toolkit helps older adults maintain good mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
- Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, appointed WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator
- VSN membership
- WHO calls for further studies, data on origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus, reiterates that all hypotheses remain open
- Global leaders unite in urgent call for international pandemic treaty
- Medical Product Alert N°2/2021: Falsified COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2
- Joint Statement on prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination for seafarers and aircrew
- COVAX updates participants on delivery delays for vaccines from Serum Institute of India (SII) and AstraZeneca
- WHO Urban Health Initiative releases report on sustainable transport in Ghana
- WHO validates Cote d’Ivoire for eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem
- The Clock is ticking – it’s time to end TB deaths among people with HIV!
- WHO announces updated guidance on the systematic screening for tuberculosis
- Introducing the WHO technical package on quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings
- Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Tigray region of Ethiopia
- COVID-19 highlights urgent need to reboot global effort to end tuberculosis
- WHO announces 2nd edition Health for All Film Festival shortlist and jury composition
- Campaign launched to make 30 km/h streets the norm for cities worldwide
- Statement of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) COVID-19 subcommittee on safety signals related to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: closing the gap to end neglected tropical diseases
- Reframing child and adolescent health for the SDG era
- WHO statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safety signals
- WHO publishes new clinical and service delivery recommendations for HIV prevention, treatment and care
- PUBLIC REVIEW of the 6th edition of the WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen
- Ageism is a global challenge: UN
- New research highlights risks of separating newborns from mothers during COVID-19 pandemic
- ACT-Accelerator releases prioritised strategy and budget for 2021 to change the course of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic
- WHO adds Janssen vaccine to list of safe and effective emergency tools against COVID-19
- WHO and partners urge countries to fast-track implementation and scale-up of HIV self-testing and other innovative HIV testing approaches in Asia and the Pacific
- WHO signs MoU with Women in Global Health on International Women’s Day
- Medical Product Alert N°1/2021: Falsified Vitamin A
- New brief outlines devastating harms from tobacco use and exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke during pregnancy and throughout childhood – Report calls for protective policies
- Devastatingly pervasive: 1 in 3 women globally experience violence
- GACVS COVID-19 Vaccine Safety subcommittee meeting to review reports on influenza-like illness in individuals vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines
- New global breast cancer initiative highlights renewed commitment to improve survival
- WHO publishes materials that aim to provide high-quality care to people affected by lymphatic filariasis
- No-fault compensation programme for COVID-19 vaccines is a world first
- WHO Director-General’s statement on Tanzania and COVID-19
- G7 leaders commit US$ 4.3 billion to finance global equitable access to tests, treatments and vaccines in 2021
- World Waking Up To Vaccine Equity
- Statement of the Twenty-Seventh Polio IHR Emergency Committee
