International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 12, 11 days before the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games. "The next steps on the organisational front after this Coordination Commission meeting .
World Health Assembly highlights the urgency to end COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the next one
In a year when COVID-19 threatens the health and well-being of everyone on the planet, the seventy-fourth
session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will stress the urgency of ending the current pandemic and preventing the next one by building a healthier, safer and fairer world.
The Health Assembly is WHO s highest decision-making body and is attended by delegations from all around the world. It will also be open to Associate Members, Observers, invited representatives of the UN and other participating inter-governmental organizations, and non-State actors. This year s session will run from 24 May to 1 June 2021, and be held virtually.
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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 the two months since, that number has risen to more than 3.3 million and with vaccines in low supply in lower-income countries, the situation could get worse.
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 WHO s 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 outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations.
The Health Emergency Interventions Department of the Emergency Response Division is responsible for ensuring that emergency-affected populations have access to timely and effective health services. This includes ensuring a strong emergency management system (based on incident management), effective and inclusive coordination mechanisms, joint assessments and planning by partners, implementation of operations and s