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  • WHO issues new 10-year plan to end suffering from neglected tropical diseases
    02/01/2021 - A new World Health Organization (WHO) road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) proposes ambitious targets and innovative approaches to tackle 20 diseases which affect more than a billion mainly poor people and which thrive in areas where access to quality health services, clean water and sanitation is scarce. Targets include the eradication of dracunculiasis (guinea worm) and yaws and a 90% reduction in the need for treatment for NTDs by 2030. `Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030´ aims to accelerate programmatic action and renew momentum by proposing concrete actions focused on integrated platforms for delivery of interventions, and thereby improve programme cost– effectiveness and coverage. It was endorsed by the World Health Assembly (WHA 73(33)) in November 2020.
  • WHO chief warns against ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in COVID-19 vaccine access
    01/18/2021 - A “me-first approach” to COVID-19 vaccines on the part of some countries and manufacturers is putting equitable access to these lifesaving treatments at risk, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday (18/01).
  • Citizens globally affirm belief in international cooperation
    01/08/2021 - People worldwide have overwhelmingly highlighted their faith in multilateralism to address global challenges, the results of a year-long survey by the United Nations have shown. The UN75 initiative was launched by Secretary-General António Guterres, in January last year, to understand the global public’s hopes and fears for the future, as well as their expectations and ideas for international cooperation, and for the UN in particular. More than 1.5 million people from 195 countries took part in the campaign through surveys and dialogues.
  • A child infected with HIV every 100 seconds, new UN report reveals
    11/25/2020 - Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, calling on governments to “protect, sustain and accelerate” efforts to combat childhood HIV.
  • 2021 designated as the International Year of Health and Care Workers
    11/16/2020 - Member States at the resumed virtual, 73rd World Health Assembly, recognizing the dedication and sacrifice of the millions of health and care workers at the forefront of the Covid-19 pandemic, unanimously designated 2021 as the International Year of Health and Care Workers (YHCW).
  • Can ‘Open Science’ speed up the search for a COVID-19 vaccine? 5 things you need to know
    11/10/2020 - The UN is calling for authoritative scientific information and research to be made freely available, to accelerate research into an effective vaccine against the COVID-19 virus, help counter misinformation, and “unlock the full potential of science”.
  • Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: Experts Warn Worse Crises to Come Options Offered to Reduce Risk
    10/30/2020 - Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world.
  • COVID-19 vaccine: UNICEF to stockpile more than half a billion syringes by year’s end
    10/22/2020 - With countries and pharmaceutical companies around the world gearing up to distribute COVID-19 vaccines following trials, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery by buying and pre-positioning syringes and other necessary equipment. To begin preparations, this year, UNICEF will stockpile 520 million syringes in its warehouses, part of a larger plan to have a billion syringes ready for use through 2021, to guarantee initial supply and help ensure that syringes arrive before vaccines are distributed.
  • Protect health workers to save patients, WHO reiterates on World Patient Safety Day
    09/21/2020 - COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering and saving lives, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, underlining the need to ensure their safety and protection.
  • Interprofessional education: colloquium shows the importance of the subject for the training of health technicians
    09/12/2020 - On the 13th and 20th of August, from 4pm to 7pm (Brasilia time), the 1st Latin American Colloquium on Interprofessional Education and the training of Health Technicians was held. The event, which would take place in May in Colombia, ended up taking place digitally, in two sessions, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Colloquium, coordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service of Colombia (SENA), and by the Executive Secretariat of the International Health Technicians Education Network (RETS), supported by the Colombian Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Fundação Universitaria da Área Andina (Areandina). The Colloquium, for which almost 1,000 participants from various countries in the region signed up, had the following objectives: socializing initiatives from the Latin American and Caribbean region in interprofessional education (IPE); share knowledge and experiences of incorporating health technicians in the IPE; promote the implementation of national interprofessional education plans (IPE); and making technical education visible and strengthening in the development of the implementation of national IPE plans.

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