Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO) The World Health Organization is the global coordinating agency for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic The Organization works with Member States and partners on all aspects of the pandemic response, including facilitating research, developing guidance, coordinating vaccine development and distribution, and monitoring daily case numbers and
The changing face of pandemic risk: how we need to adapt, protect and . . . As new diseases emerge and old ones resurge, pandemic preparedness has become a critical concern for global health The new Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) report – The changing face of pandemic risk: Adapt – Protect – Connect – outlines essential strategies to build resilience against future outbreaks by adapting to changing risks, protecting communities and strengthening
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic preparedness: Introducing WHO's Investigations and Studies (Unity Studies) approach 5 June 2023 Nurses Facing COVID - 2023 Health Emergencies "GRAND PRIX" at the 4th Health for All Film Festival
Pandemics - World Health Organization (WHO) A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges and spreads around the world, and most people do not have immunity Viruses that have caused past pandemics typically originated from animal influenza viruses
World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the . . . Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by the goal of making the world safer from – and
Member States approve WHO Pandemic Agreement in World Health Assembly . . . World Health Organization Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the World Health Assembly, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of an historic global compact to make the world safer from future pandemics The WHO Pandemic Agreement will next be considered for final adoption by the Assembly on Tuesday during the plenary session
Impact of COVID-19 on peoples livelihoods, their health and our food . . . The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, while the number of undernourished people, currently estimated at nearly 690
Preparing and preventing epidemics and pandemics the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework; and the Global Strategy for Influenza 2018-2030 WHO is also the secretariat for the governance of global emergency stockpiles, including the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, which manages and coordinates the provision of emergency vaccine supplies and antibiotics to
WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant progress . . . After more than three years of intensive negotiations, WHO Member States took a major step forward in efforts to make the world safer from pandemics, by forging a draft agreement for consideration at the upcoming World Health Assembly in May The proposal aims to strengthen global collaboration on prevention, preparedness and response to future pandemic threats