Tag: WHO

14/05/2021

More Europeans have now been vaccinated, than the number infected, and although new cases are falling, “the threat remains present”. ...

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Made in China vaccine gets WHO global approval for emergency use

13/05/2021

The COVID-19 China vaccine got the WHO green light for global rollout, potentially paving the way for its use in ...

Health: Keep mothers and newborns together

16/04/2021

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers with a new research. WHO found ...

Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of UNWTO, on the left, and Margaritas Schinas

UNWTO urges Commissioner Schinas to lead the way in Tourism Restart

30/03/2021

As the latest data shows an 85% fall in tourist arrivals across Europe at the start of 2021, UNWTO has ...

Hagia Sophia Turkey İstanbul Constantinople

UN calls Turkey not to abandon International accord protecting women

22/03/2021

United Nations agencies called on Turkey to reconsider its withdrawal from a key regional treaty on preventing violence against women. ...

When will we travel again in Europe?

17/03/2021

The Commission adopted a common Digital Green Certificate to travel again covering vaccination, testing and recovery. A technical framework will ...

Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission

President von der Leyen looks to speed up vaccine rollout

17/03/2021

European Union has secured up to 2.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far and negotiations are underway to speed ...

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WHO: Do not STOP vaccinations of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Many more countries have suspended the AstraZeneca vaccinations as a precautionary measure, after thromboembolic events with vaccines. EU countries have ...

Astrazeneca Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in a fridge

EMA investigates AstraZeneca Vaccine and thromboembolic events

Several authorities responsible for national vaccine campaigns in EU countries have temporarily paused vaccination with COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. This is ...

A shipment of Astrazeneca Covid-19 is received and checked in Coimbra

WHO and European Medicines Agency investigate AstraZeneca vaccine

Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several ...

Hearing loss: A Common Health Problem for 2.5 bn people worldwide

By 2050, around one-in-four people will be living with some degree of hearing loss, the UN health agency warned, in ...

Bulgaria gets €63 million to improve drinking water quality

07/03/2021

Bulgaria gets more than €63 million to provide better access to drinking water for the people living in Burgas, near ...

A nurse holding a syringe donated by COVAX

WHO calls to ramp up COVAX production of COVID-19 vaccines

07/03/2021

WHO chief called for urgent action to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the COVAX global ...

Croatia improves drinking water and treatment system in Dubrovnik

02/03/2021

Cohesion policy plays a crucial role in the public investment in Croatia getting money to improve now drinking water in ...

Doctor at Afghan refugee camps - people of Afghanistan

Pandemic pushing people and human rights ‘even further behind’

02/03/2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, people and human rights worldwide are “being left behind – or pushed even further ...

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Côte d’Ivoire receive vaccine doses via COVAX Facility

27/02/2021

Côte d'Ivoire and COVAX global initiative bring the African continent closer to the common goal of equitable access to COVID-19 ...

WHO chief urges global leaders: ‘Don’t Undermine COVAX’

25/02/2021