Cities hold the key: prioritizing equity in the COVID-19 recovery
Date:
16/04/2021
Cities were at the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak and have mounted a remarkable response. Urban centres now face the challenge of vaccine distribution. Speakers will highlight their response to the pandemic, steps to ensure equitable vaccine distribution and recovery, and how their policies can serve as models for governments and regions worldwide.
See more details
Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Immunization Programs/organization & administration, Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution, Betacoronavirus/immunology, Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology, Epidemiological Monitoring, Local Health Systems/organization & administration, Access to Essential Medicines and Health Technologies, Health Equity, Urban Health, 34658, Risk Groups, Health Communication, COVID-19
The choice is ours
Date:
13/04/2021
"Intensive care units in many countries are overflowing and people are dying – and it’s totally avoidable. With a concerted effort to apply public health measures alongside vaccine equity, we could bring this pandemic under control in a matter of months. The choice is ours."
See more details
Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Quarantine/organization & administration, Social Isolation, Health Communication, COVID-19
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros message: COVID-19 anniversary and looking towards 2021
Date:
30/12/2020
December 31, 2020, marks the first anniversary of a report of a cluster of cases of “pneumonia of unknown cause” in Wuhan, China, which was later identified as a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and led to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, says there is light at the end of the tunnel in the fight against COVID-19. But going in...
See more details
Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Health Communication, Healthcare Financing, Universal Health Coverage, Holidays, Masks, Social Isolation, Quarantine, COVID-19
Live Q&A on violence against women in time of COVID-19
Date:
10/03/2021
See more details
Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Social Isolation/psychology, Quarantine/psychology, Violence Against Women, Health Communication, 57433, Health Services Accessibility, Health Personnel/education, Health Human Resource Training, Social Stigma, Women's Health Services/organization & administration, Battered Women/psychology, COVID-19
Live Q&A on COVID-19 and vulnerable populations with Dr Mike Ryan, Filippo Grandi, Teresa Zakaria
Date:
24/02/2021
See more details
Coronavirus Infections/immunology, Pneumonia, Viral/immunology, Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Betacoronavirus/immunology, Pandemics/prevention & control, Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution, Epidemiological Monitoring, Health Communication, Social Isolation, Quarantine, Vulnerable Populations, Refugee Camps, Health Services Accessibility, Immunization Programs/organization & administration, COVID-19, Covax
Live Q&A on tuberculosis with Tereza Kasaeva in time of COVID-19. Ask WHO on how to end TB!
Date:
23/03/2021
See more details
Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Epidemiological Monitoring, Americas/epidemiology, Tuberculosis/epidemiology, Vulnerable Populations, Health Communication, Tuberculosis/prevention & control, Triage, Risk Groups, Health Services Accessibility, Health Human Resource Training, Health Personnel/education, COVID-19
Experts and gamers join forces to fight COVID-19 via Plague Inc: the Cure game
Date:
31/03/2021
Ndemic Creations and WHO are launching a public awareness campaign bringing together gamers and experts to promote actions everyone can take to stay healthy and learn to detect and act upon misinformation. WHO and GOARN experts comment on decisions made by gamers in real-time and compare it with public health management in real-life scenarios. The game also showcases WHO health and safety COVID-19...
See more details
Video Games, Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Health Promotion, Health Education, Epidemiological Monitoring, Health Communication, World Health Organization, Communication, COVID-19, Misinformation, Plague Inc
Live Q&A on COVID-19 with Dr Mike Ryan and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove
Date:
31/03/2021
See more details
Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology, Pandemics/statistics & numerical data, Epidemiological Monitoring, Americas/epidemiology, Health Communication, Risk Groups, Immunization Programs/organization & administration, Betacoronavirus/immunology, Coronavirus Infections/immunology, Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution, Pneumonia, Viral/immunology, Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use, COVID-19
COVID-19 & discrimination
Date:
22/03/2021
"COVID-19 has peeled back some of the covers we had over the existing prejudices in our society, existing stigma. We need to learn about how we educate and socialize our kids, because we create those systems of discrimination that the virus has exploited" said Dr Mike Ryan, WHO Executive Director of Health Emergencies
See more details
Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Social Stigma, Health Communication, COVID-19
Live Q&A on pregnancy and childbirth during COVID-19. Ask your questions!
Date:
24/03/2021
Pregnant women or recently pregnant women who are older, overweight, and have pre-existing medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes seem to have an increased risk of developing severe COVID-19. When pregnant women develop severe disease, they also seem to more often require care in intensive care units than non-pregnant women of reproductive age.
Due to changes in their bodies and i...
See more details
Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity, Coronavirus Infections/complications, Pneumonia, Viral/complications, Pandemics/prevention & control, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology, Maternal-Child Health Services/organization & administration, Health Communication, Social Isolation, Quarantine, Breast Feeding, Child Health Services/organization & administration, COVID-19
