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26 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you for the papers and presentations. The UK has been a strong advocate for the World Health Emergencies programme since its inception in 2016. The programme has achieved a huge amount in its first five years, saving countless lives and stopping dozens of health emergencies in their tracks. COVID-19 has demonstrated, however, that we must go further and faster in strengthening global preparedness for health emergencies. I...

I N MARCH, President Joe Biden asked his spooks how the covid-19 pandemic had started. Contradicting claims made last year by Donald Trump, who said the intelligence services had shown him very strong evidence on the matter, they told him that that they did not know. So on May 26th he asked them again, publicly this time, admonishing them to try harder and to report back in 90 days. This is a direct rebuke to China’s secretive government. When experts convened by the World Health Organisation...

COVID-19: WHO, world leaders warn against unequal vaccine distribution There is no diplomatic way to say it: a small group of countries that make and buy the majority of the world’s vaccines control the fate of the rest of the world... 3 min read The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off this week with a resounding warning from world leaders on the inherent consequences of an unequal distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Lack of access to vaccines in the developing world an...

Date Time IOAC statement at Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly, 25 May 2021 1. Thank you, Mr Chairman. Honourable ministers, excellencies, heads of delegation, Director-General, and distinguished colleagues. On behalf of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme – IOAC, I thank you for inviting us to present our report to this 74th session of the World Health Assembly. In presenting the report, we wish to pay tribute to all those working tirel...

Is it safe to travel internationally? Consider these 4 factors before booking a ticket. ⋮ Recent media reports suggest fully vaccinated people from the U.S. may soon be able to travel internationally for leisure—but experts say several international focuses, including global Covid-19 surges and local restrictions abroad, may complicate that timeline, the New York Times reports. In its latest guidance easing masking and social distancing requirements for fully vaccinated people, CDC a...

As CDC Eases Mask Restrictions, WHO Says 2nd Year of Pandemic Will Be Far More Deadly Than First On 5/14/21 at 12:19 PM EDT The World Health Organization warned on Friday that despite progress with vaccinations, COVID-19 is likely to claim more lives in its second year than it did in the first. After cases spread worldwide, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020, and in the following year, more than 2.6 million people were reported to have died of the virus. In just...

19 May 2021 To support the Health Emergency Interventions Department analyze the humanitarian trends in priority countries with fragile, conflict and vulnerable settings and producing risk analysis and mapping of needs in the these settings. The mission of WHOs Health Emergencies Programme (WHE Programme) is to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain ou...

WHO and Federal Republic of Germany establish new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and analytics innovation. The Hub, based in Berlin and working with partners around the world, will lead innovations in data analytics across the largest network of global data to predict, prevent, detect prepare for and respond to pand...

The World Health Organization has launched what it called a "Global Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence" in Germany on Wednesday.