Friday, 9 April 2021, 6:03 am
5 APRIL 2021
As COVID-19 Reveals Immoral
Inequities in Health System, Secretary-General Observance
Message Calls for Applying Policies, Assigning Resources to
Ensure Everyone Thrives
Following is UN
Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World
Health Day, observed on 7 April:
On this World Health
Day, we highlight the inequalities and injustices of our
health systems.
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed how
unequal our societies are. Within countries, illness and
death from COVID-19 has been higher among people and
communities that contend with poverty, unfavourable living
and working conditions, discrimination and social
exclusion.
Globally, the vast majority of vaccine
doses administered have been in a few wealthy countries or
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April 07, 2021
Elderly people at a remote village in Nepal hold up their vaccination cards after receiving COVID-19 vaccines. A sign behind them encourages everyone to receive the vaccines and highlights ways to protect oneself from the disease. courtesy UNICEF/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi
GENEVA Addressing misinformation and countering vaccine hesitancy features prominently in a political declaration launched at the United Nations General Assembly, as countries pledged to “work together as one” to defeat the pandemic, and help people and the planet to recover better.
More than 181 member states voiced support for the text entitled “The Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines”, which was unveiled at an informal meeting of the Assembly on Friday.
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 6:07 am
Addressing misinformation and countering vaccine
hesitancy features prominently in a political declaration
launched at the United Nations General Assembly, as
countries pledged to “work together as one” to defeat
the pandemic, and help people and the planet to recover
better.
More than 181 Member States voiced
support for the text entitled “The
Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19
Vaccines”, which was unveiled at an informal meeting
of the Assembly on Friday.
“We strongly believe that
‘no one can be safe, until everyone is safe’, and that
equitable and affordable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines