WHO & Regional Offices [to 29 May 2021]
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29 May 2021
News release
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 29 May 2021

28 May 2021
Statement
Statement by the Malaria Policy Advisory Group on the urgent need to address the high prevalence of pfhrp2/3 gene deletions in the Horn of Africa and beyond

28 May 2021
Departmental news
World Health Assembly adopts new resolution on malaria

28 May 2021
News release
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 28 May 2021

28 May 2021
News release
WHO supports people quitting tobacco to reduce their risk of severe COVID-19

28 May 2021
Departmental news
Public notice and comment on new Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) members

27 May 2021
Statement
The President of the Republic of Costa Rica and the Director-General of the World Health Organization call once again on all WHO Member States to actively support the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP)

27 May 2021
News release
Update from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly – 27 May 2021

27 May 2021
Statement
COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021

27 May 2021
Departmental news
World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day

26 May 2021
Departmental news
Kangaroo mother care started immediately after birth critical for saving lives, new research shows

26 May 2021
Statement
COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) reviews cases of mild myocarditis reported with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

25 May 2021
Statement
IOAC statement at the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly, 25 May 2021

24 May 2021
Departmental news
World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards – the winners

24 May 2021
News release
WHO and Switzerland launch global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis

 

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Weekly Epidemiological Record, Vol. 96, No. 21, pp. 173–196 28 May 2021
:: Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2020194
:: Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-March 2021196
:: Elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis as public health problem)

 

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WHO Regional Offices
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
WHO African Region AFRO
:: Inside Africa’s drive to boost medicines and vaccine manufacturing 27 May 2021
With COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa slowing down, the continent is working to boost its own manufacturing capacities for vaccines, medicines and vital health technologies.

WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
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WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
:: 23 May 2021 News release
As COVID-19 cases surge, WHO provides over 340 MT of essential supplies to countries in South-East Asia Region

WHO European Region EURO
:: WHO recognizes decades of service of Ukrainian researchers in radiation medicine 28-05-2021
:: The Beautiful Game: keeping spectators, players and communities safe 28-05-2021
:: World No Tobacco Day 2021: awards for tobacco control in the WHO European Region 26-05-2021
:: Using big data to inform health care: opportunities, challenges and considerations 26-05-2021
:: WHO/Europe launches a new Russian-language podcast on the hottest health topics 25-05-2021

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Many countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region lagging behind in vaccination efforts
Cairo, 26 May 2021 – Almost 6 months into 2021, the Eastern Mediterranean Region is still far from vaccinating 20% of each country’s population, the initial goal that WHO had set for 2021. Only 2 out of 22 countries in the Region have administered at least 1 dose of vaccine to over 50% of their populations. Most of the other countries have…

WHO Western Pacific Region
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