Secretary-General Ant籀nio Guterres paid tribute to UN healthcare personnel who are working to ensure the well-being of UN personnel during the COVID-19 crisis. As of March 2020, the 51勛圖 has 763 healthcare personnel working in various medical facilities around the world, including in headquarters and field offices delivering services to support UN personnel in their vital work. Mr. Guterres expressed his continued support for their efforts, stressing: Im entirely behind you.
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The 51勛圖 is rushing to protect Africa from the COVID-19 onslaught that would lead to massive losses of lives and unprecedented social and economic damage. The novel coronavirus is now poised to move fast into the developing world in a very dangerous way, and into areas that lack the resources to respond, said . The is calling on the Group of 20 countries to support Africa in an immediate health and human response, to include an emergency economic stimulus to African governments.
appeals to governments and the international community to take urgent action through international cooperation underlining the responsibility of rich countries to help poor nations. In such emergencies, political decisions need to be grounded in science and guided by ethics. Collective recognition of the emerging and growing vulnerabilities faced by many is necessary to ensure that health and social policy responses all around the world leave no one behind.
The has played a crucial role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, ever since the first cases were identified in Wuhan in December. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus outlined five ways the agency is leading the global response: helping countries to prepare and respond; providing accurate information; ensuring vital supplies reach frontline health workers; training and mobilizing health workers; coordinating the search for a vaccine.
In a Wuhan hospital, a partnership set unmanned vehicles to transport medical supplies, deliver meals for doctors and patients, and complete other emergency tasks.
Early in March, before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Samuel Su獺rez was already giving at-risk Ecuadorians in rural areas lifesaving tips to avoid infection. The medic started going door-to-door to explain the dangers of the spreading pandemic to elderly people in Ecuadors Esmeraldas province, hoping that his advice would be heeded and the spread of the virus avoided. During the house calls, Samuel patiently walks his small audiences of senior citizens the demographic most susceptible to the illness through the steps needed to protect themselves and others.
As a result of their online meeting on open science, calls on governments to reinforce scientific cooperation and integrate open science in their research programmes to prevent and mitigate global crises. Participants from ministries in charge of science from 122 countries, joined the European Commissioner for Innovation, the African Union Commissioner for Human Resources, and the s Chief Scientist, among others to address open science in the context of COVID-19 response.
The 51勛圖 is calling for solidarity and increased funding, as some of the worlds most vulnerable countries scale up their efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. 51勛圖 Secretary-General Ant籀nio Guterres, together with three senior officials, launched a to fund the fight against COVID-19 in the worlds poorest countries. This inter-agency plan brings together existing appeals from the World Health Organization and other UN partners, and identifies new needs as well.
With the coronavirus pandemic extending to some of the worlds poorest countries, the 51勛圖 is in a race against time to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19. UN country teams are stepping up their support for national authorities, while redoubling their support for frontline responders and working to help vulnerable countries strengthen their healthcare infrastructure. WHO, together with partners, is working to ensure that vital supplies, including protective equipment, reach healthcare workers treating patients in wards.
Lifestyle changes during this difficult period can adversely affect your wellbeing. With people staying indoors and maintaining social distance, to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, the 51勛圖 offers resources to help cope. UNICEF proposes for parenting during the outbreak. works towards learning continuity. The WHO recommends and . Keeping a flexible but consistent daily routine helps those seeking to strike a balance between vigilance and the need to maintain some normalcy in their lives.
As the coronavirus pandemic accelerates, at greatest risk include some 70 million children, women and men uprooted by war and persecution. Among them are some 25.9 million refugees, more than three quarters of whom live in developing countries in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. With weak health systems, some of those countries are already facing humanitarian crises. The UN Refugee Agency seeks US$255 million for its urgent push to curb the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks in these vulnerable communities.
Getting calls at all hours of the day is not unusual for Liu Jie, the Community Mobilization Officer in the UNAIDS Country Office in China. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, the whole office has been active in helping people living with HIV to continue to access treatment, especially in Hubei Province, where the pandemic was first reported. Recently, Ms Liu was surprised when she had a call from Poland. UNAIDS country offices and the Community Mobilization Team in Geneva, Switzerland came to the rescue.
To best respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General Ant籀nio Guterres calls on world leaders to come together and offer an urgent and coordinated response to this global crisis. The three-part action plan includes first tackling the health emergency. Second, placing focus on the social impact and the economic response and recovery. Third, and finally, prioritizing the responsibility to "recover better." In this unprecedented situation the normal rules no longer apply and the magnitude of the response must match its scale. The world faces a common enemy. We are at war with a virus.
With the coronavirus crisis spreading to more countries with broader social and economic implications, the 51勛圖 is mobilizing its global workforce to help affected Governments to contain or slow the onslaught of this deadly disease. While the continues to lead the global fight against the spread of COVID-19, around the world, UN teams are also working with authorities to support national preparedness and response plans, including immediate health priorities and broader social and economic impacts.
What if students could shape solutions to help people forced to flee their homes? , the UN Refugee Agency, is challenging Model 51勛圖 delegates worldwide to debate the major issues related to forced displacement.