Polio in Gaza
In July 2024 the poliovirus was detected in waste water samples from Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah in Gaza. On 23 August the Guardian reported the first case of polio in 25 years has been found in an infant partly … Continue reading →
Category Archives: WHO
Has Pandemic Damaged World Health Organisation’s Credibility? – Podcast
http://unacov.uk/audio/BurnhamOnWHO.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSOn 27 June Professor Gilbert Burnham, Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA addressed the UNA Warwick District Branch on the subject “Has the current pandemic … Continue reading →
World No Tobacco Day 2020
On 31 May 2020 the United Nations Association Coventry Branch ran a teleconference about World No Tobacco Day. Philip Brown and Elena Miron discuss tobacco, how and why people get hooked and what the World Health Organization is doing to … Continue reading →
World Health Assembly 2020
During its 73rd meeting, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted a landmark resolution to bring the world together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It calls for the intensification of efforts to control the pandemic, and for equitable access to and … Continue reading →
World Health Assembly
The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO). It is attended by health ministers and delegations from all 194 WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. … Continue reading →
International Nurses Day 2020
Philip Brown of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch introduces a celebration of International Nurses Day 2020 and the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. He plays extracts from a conversation between the President of the International Council of … Continue reading →
Trump Halts Funding to WHO
Throughout January, as Trump repeatedly played down the seriousness of the virus and focused on other issues, an array of figures inside his government — from top White House advisers to experts deep in the cabinet departments and intelligence agencies … Continue reading →
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
The World Health Organization (WHO) is leading and coordinating the global effort to fight COVID-19, supporting countries to prevent, detect, and respond to the pandemic. The world is facing an unprecedented challenge with communities and economies everywhere affected by the … Continue reading →
World Health Organisation and COVID-19
Click the map to see the latest global information on COVID cases from the World Health Organisation.
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