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."
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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...
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Live Q&A on violence against women in time of COVID-19
Date:
10/03/2021
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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
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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 COVID-19 virus variants & control measures with Dr Mike Ryan & Dr Maria Van Kerkhove.
Date:
17/03/2021
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Epidemiological Monitoring, Betacoronavirus/genetics, Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution, Coronavirus Infections/genetics, Pneumonia, Viral/genetics, Mutation/genetics, DNA, Viral/genetics, Social Isolation, 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...
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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
Media briefing on COVID-19 - 22/03/2021
Date:
22/03/2021
00:00:22
CL Good day and welcome wherever you are listening to us today. It's Monday 22nd March 2021. My name is Christian Lindmeier and I am welcoming you to today's global COVID-19 press conference. Simultaneous interpretation is provided in the six official languages, Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish and Russian plus Portuguese and Hindi. Let me introduce the participants.
In the room...
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Pandemics/prevention & control, Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution, Immunization Programs/organization & administration, Health Communication, Americas/epidemiology, Tuberculosis/prevention & control, Betacoronavirus/immunology, Coronavirus Infections/immunology, Pneumonia, Viral/immunology, Health Equity, Social Isolation, Quarantine, Masks, Schools/standards, COVID-19, Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom , Covax
Media briefing on COVID-19 - 14/12/2020
Date:
14/12/2020
00:00:37
FC Hello, all. This is Fadela Chaib, speaking to you from WHO headquarters in Geneva and welcoming you to our global COVID-19 press conference today, Monday 14th December. We are happy to be joined today by representatives from youth organisations whom Dr Tedros will introduce to you. We will be talking about a new global initiative called Global Youth Mobilisation for Generation...
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Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Pandemics/prevention & control, Betacoronavirus/immunology, Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution, Personal Protective Equipment, Health Personnel/organization & administration, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Developing Countries, Schools, United Nations, Health Communication, Health Systems/organization & administration, Americas/epidemiology, Adolescent Health, Healthcare Financing, Universal Health Insurance, Quarantine/organization & administration, Mental Health, Social Isolation/psychology, Masks, COVID-19, Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom, Big 6
Tools to fight COVID-19
Date:
09/12/2020
Tools to fight COVID-19:
Physical distancing
#WearAMask
Hand Hygiene
Ventilation
Accurate information
Be your own superhero! We are in this together!
learn more: https://www.who.int/emergencies/disea...
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Live: Dr Tedros' opening remarks at the Executive Board Special Session on COVID-19
Date:
05/10/2020
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Betacoronavirus/immunology, Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis, Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections/immunology, Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis, Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral/immunology, Pandemics/prevention & control, Pandemics/statistics & numerical data, Health Systems/organization & administration, Epidemiological Monitoring, Quarantine/organization & administration, Social Isolation, Personal Protective Equipment/supply & distribution, Healthcare Financing, Masks, Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods, Security Measures/organization & administration, Health Personnel/education, Health Human Resource Training, 50207, Strategic Stockpile/organization & administration, Viral Vaccines/immunology, Viral Vaccines/supply & distribution, Dexamethasone/therapeutic use, Health Communication, COVID-19, Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom, Covax
