WHO & Regional Offices [to 02 Apr 2022]
https://www.who.int/news
News [Selected]
1 April 2022
Departmental news
Parliaments promote women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in the time of COVID-19
31 March 2022
Departmental news
Letter to malaria partners (March 2022)
31 March 2022
Departmental news
WHO launches guidance on digitally documenting SARS-CoV-2 test results
31 March 2022
News release
Indian manufacturer new recipient of mRNA technology through the mRNA technology transfer hub
30 March 2022
News release
Egypt and Nigeria medicines regulators achieve high maturity level in WHO classification and WHO launches list of regulatory authorities that meet international standards
30 March 2022
Departmental news
WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth
30 March 2022
News release
WHO releases 10-year strategy for genomic surveillance of pathogens
29 March 2022
Departmental news
European Union funding boosts COVID-19 vaccination in Africa
28 March 2022
Departmental news
The Netherlands and WHO: Partners for health and human rights around the world
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WHO Director General Speeches [selected]
https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches
Selected
30 March 2022
Speech
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the WHO press conference – 30 March 2022
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WHO Regional Offices
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
WHO African Region
:: 29 March 2022 European Union funding boosts COVID-19 vaccination in Africa
:: 29 March 2022 What is impeding Africa’s TB fight?
:: 28 March 2022 Kenyan lab boosting Africa’s genome surveillance
WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
:: 31 Mar 2022 New WHO 10-year strategy aims to scale up genomic surveillance
PAHO regional network forms part of worldwide effort to track pathogens Washington, D.C., 31 March 2022 (PAHO) – The World Health Organization (WHO) released a strategy this week to strengthen genomic surveillance around the world. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network, created at the…
:: 30 Mar 2022 WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth
New recommendations stress urgency of both physical and mental health support in postnatal period Geneva, 30 March 2022- The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and newborns in the postnatal period – the first six weeks after birth. This is a critical time for ensuring newborn and…
WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
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WHO European Region EURO
:: Battling to protect their patients: how health workers from three Ukrainian hospitals have adapted to working in wartime 01-04-2022
:: WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth 31-03-2022
:: Fighting COVID-19 in prisons: WHO report presents best practices from countries 31-03-2022
WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Djibouti conducts round two of nationwide polio vaccination campaign 28 March 2022
:: Training workshop on medical journalism and countering misinformation concludes in Iraq
28 March 2022
:: World TB Day 2022: Getting back on track to diagnose and report TB cases, to save lives
27 March 2022
WHO Western Pacific Region
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WHO Events
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/1
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Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) – April 2022
4 – 7 April 2022
Public hearings regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response
12 – 13 April 2022
In a consensus decision aimed at protecting the world from future infectious diseases crises, in December 2021 the World Health Assembly agreed to kickstart a global process by establishing an intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument under the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said the decision by the World Health Assembly was historic in nature, vital in its mission, and represented a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen the global health architecture to protect and promote the well-being of all people.
As part of this historic decision, the World Health Assembly requested the Director-General to hold public hearings, in line with standard WHO practice, to support the work of the INB.
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New WHO Publications
https://www.who.int/publications/i
Selected Titles
31 March 2022
31 March 2022
Digital documentation of COVID-19 certificates: test result: web annex: DDCC:TR core data dictionary,…
31 March 2022
Digital documentation of COVID-19 certificates: test result: technical specifications and implementation…
31 March 2022
Emergency in Ukraine: external situation report #5, published 31 March 2022: reporting period: 24–30…
30 March 2022
WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience
28 March 2022
Weekly epidemiological record, 2022, vol. 97, 10 (full issue)
28 March 2022
Global genomic surveillance strategy for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential, 2022–2032 [WHO]
Overview
The Strategy provides a high-level unifying framework to leverage existing capacities, address barriers and strengthen the use of genomic surveillance in the detection, monitoring and response to public health threats. Genomic surveillance is part of the broader surveillance and laboratory system, and its implementation should reinforce end-to-end capacities including sample collection, diagnostics, data sharing and analysis. The strategy aims to facilitate the connectivity between different disease control programs and surveillance networks. This interoperability will strengthen the cross-cutting essential public health laboratory functions underpinning genomics holistically. The strategy articulates the overarching goal, objectives and strategic actions needed. These are dependent on commitments from countries, partners and WHO for their implementation.
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