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The WHO Executive Board Special Session #EBSpecial on the #COVID19 response will start today at 12h00 CEST.
Watch LIVE here: https://bit.ly/33t7raO pic.twitter.com/n739VYQMuI
The WHO Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for 3-year terms.
The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions & policies of the Health Assembly, advise & generally to facilitate its work https://bit.ly/3ngx9r8
#EBSpecial
Director-General @DrTedros following consultation with the Board Chair, has called for an #EBSpecial session on #COVID19 response to follow up on the World Health Assembly resolution approved by Member States earlier in Mayhttps://bit.ly/33t7raO
In #EBSpecial Member States will discuss and seek guidance on developments around efforts to implement the strategic preparedness & response plan, as well as the actions taken to initiate the review by an independent panel.
#COVID19https://bit.ly/33t7raO
At the #EBSpecial, @DrTedros will submit an interim report of a brief summary of WHO’s activities since Jan 2020 in response to the #COVID19 pandemic & will set out the steps taken to ensure that appropriate lessons are learned & best practices implemented as the pandemic evolves
WHO works across the world with >7000 staff, 150 country offices, 6 regional offices directing, coordinating & strengthening health systems, health through the life-course; non- & communicable diseases; preparedness, surveillance & response.
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The Access to #COVID19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is a ground-breaking global collaboration to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.
More: http://bit.ly/2S0Lx8h
#ACTogether
#EBSpecialpic.twitter.com/mVrEjAzHav
"No #COVID19 vaccine is going to be mass-deployed before regulators, governments & WHO are confident that it has met the minimum standards of efficacy & safety."
-@doctorsoumya
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WHO is only able to protect health, humanity’s most precious resource, because of the generosity and collaboration of our Member States, the private sector, foundations, academic institutions, civil society and other partners.
http://bit.ly/3g0DNhI #EBSpecialpic.twitter.com/13v23do8DF
WHO strives to be a good partner in global health by showing the results of our work - people's health improving, unnecessary death from diseases reduced, and overall quality of life elevated for people everywhere.
http://bit.ly/2FAuUen #EBSpecialpic.twitter.com/UerDZirb3w
Investing in WHO is not about investing in an organization. It’s about investing in a healthier, safer, fairer world.
http://bit.ly/3cUVb6g #EBSpecialpic.twitter.com/n739VYQMuI
While health has often been viewed as a cost, #COVID19 pandemic shows how critical health investment is to national security. It has pushed health systems, both weak & strong, to the limits. No country has been left untouched.
It's time for #HealthForAllpic.twitter.com/SdQaRJWp3l
Canada, WHO & @WFP deliver 25 tons of personal protective equipment to #Honduras
through #COVID19 supply chain, a global commitment to accelerate the procurement of PPE and basic health supplies.
http://bit.ly/3nlgVgf #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/7WkcXjRzrU
Thanks to support from New Zealand, WHO boosted efforts in controlling and preventing #COVID19 transmission in #Ecuador & #Galapagos through:
enhanced health sector response
multi-level coordination
epidemiological surveillance
http://bit.ly/3nk3k9a #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/v50XP8XGKp
.@pahowho Strategic Fund for Public Health Supplies helps provide 
million #COVID19 tests and protection equipment across the Americas.
More in detail http://bit.ly/33tYXQQ #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/pupSIaIWkh
WHO sent logistics, infection prevention, control & management experts to help strengthen hospitals & health workers’ capacity to fight #COVID19 in #GuineaBissau 
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http://bit.ly/2Ss6nOd #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/v6lMzlzaeL
WHO built a newly equipped public health laboratory in #Sudan 
to provide faster #COVID19 response to all Darfur states, covering 13 million people, including refugees and internally displaced persons.
http://bit.ly/33w1mL1 #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/d5TFZGfKqb
WHO & @EU_Commission delivered personal protective equipment, medical supplies & laboratory devices to support health care workers, patients & vulnerable people in #Moldova
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More info http://bit.ly/2GCooqq #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/PUWHzsSJ2X
Kuwait, WHO & @eu_echo launched 'Your Health Is Important' campaign with health promotion and awareness messages to limit transmission of #COVID19 in heavily populated and COVID-19-affected districts in #Iraq 
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More in detail http://bit.ly/2Gx4Off #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/JaBM5kZC1E
WHO helped #LaoPDR 
provide trainings to community health workers to learn how to identify and report signals of possible #COVID19 outbreaks immediately on a daily basis
http://bit.ly/2GhkELn #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/euotJlJxGm
Thanks to support from Japan, WHO is able to sustain the mental health care system in #Yemen 
, ensuring capacity-building, strengthening mental health governance and human resources development.
http://bit.ly/3cYMp7f #WHOImpact
With support from WHO & @AfricaCDC, #Ghana
has expanded #COVID19 testing centers, easing the load on the country’s only facility able to test for the virus.
More detailshttp://bit.ly/3jwHYmt #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/B3WqWFbPB1
WHO & partners work together to reach and support healthcare facilities and the most vulnerable in #Syria 
, delivering essential medicines, health kits, ventilators & testing supplies.
http://bit.ly/2HZ1w5d #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/PgaOpHxj4I
WHO response to #COVID19 reaches all corners of 
thanks to our donors. Those who provide flexible funds allow us to be agile and deliver what’s needed most.
More details http://bit.ly/2GNFOk9 #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/QsZk6n1X2X
With support from many donors, WHO has been able to
develop #COVID19 guidelines & strategies
conduct community outreach
launch physical & #MentalHealth campaigns
More details http://bit.ly/2GNFOk9 #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/s8UPYQk6mh
To help the world fight #COVID19, WHO sent supplies & personal protective equipment to 173 countries, incl.
million medical masks
million respirators
million face shields
and many more http://bit.ly/35NL5Rg #WHOImpactpic.twitter.com/quVfg9CwW0
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World Health Organization (WHO)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus