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Vaccine crisis is ‘scandalous inequity perpetuating Covid’ GENEVA, 4 hours, 22 minutes ago The vaccine crisis is a “scandalous inequity that is perpetuating the Covid pandemic,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, in his opening remarks to the World Health Assembly.   Dr Ghebreyesus urged Member States to support a “sprint to September” to vaccinate at least 10% of the population of every country by September, and a “drive to December” to achieve our goal of vaccinating at least 30% by the end of the year as a minimum.   Paying special tribute to ...

UN United Nations : Director-General's opening remarks at the World Health Assembly - 24 May 2021 05/24/2021 | 08:57am EDT Send by mail : Message : Your Excellency Alain Berset, Federal Counsellor of Switzerland, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues and friends, Lucy Nyambura is a health promotion officer in Mombasa City, Kenya. When COVID-19 arrived last year, a strict lockdown was introduced, but it was met with strong resistance by the local community, who refused to be tested, isolated or treated. As she made her daily rounds, providing informati...

Statement from Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice -President, Pandemic Prevention and Response, The Rockefeller Foundation NEW YORK | May 21, 2021 – The

Photo: Doug Mills/Getty Images The Biden Administration on Thursday said it planned to invest $7.4 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to hire and train more public health workers with the goal of being better prepared for future pandemics. The funding is intended to expand the country's public health workforce and strengthen the national infrastructure by creating what the administration expects will be "tens of thousands of jobs." These jobs will support vaccinations, testing, contact tracing and community outreach. Spurred largely by the still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the plan calls fo...