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Addressing an ECOSOC Special Ministerial Meeting on a Vaccine for All, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “vaccine equity is the challenge of our time. And we are failing.” UNIFEED

WHO’s chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that in Papua New Guinea, there is large-scale community transmission in the capital Port Moresby and the Western Province, and all 22 provinces have now reported COVID-19 cases. WHO

WHO’s chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "around the world, cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," adding that “this is approaching the highest rate of infection that we have seen so far during the pandemic. Some countries that had previously avoided widespread transmission are now seeing steep increases in infections." WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over,” but stressed that with a “concerted effort to apply public health measures alongside equitable vaccination, we could bring this pandemic under control in a matter of months.” WHO

Transmitted by the blood-sucking triatomine bug called Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), Chagas disease, a neglected disease, currently affects between 6 and 7 million people worldwide and kills an estimated 10,000 people annually. UNITAID

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to support the COVAX facility adding that bilateral arrangements to deliver COVID-19 vaccines “run the risk of fanning the flames of vaccine inequity” and stressed that “this is a time for partnership, not patronage.” WHO

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday that a critical shortage of vaccines has left some countries unable to start their COVID-19 inoculation campaigns. UNTV CH

In Colombia, vulnerable indigenous communities in the Amazon region are among the priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination. In the riverside settlement of Paujil Indigenous reserve, health teams go door-to-door to vaccinate as many eligible community residents as possible. WHO

In Colombia, vulnerable indigenous communities in the Amazon region are among the priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination. Near the city of Inírida, health teams set up a “pop-up” vaccination site in order to reach a large number of people quickly. WHO

Ahead of World Health Day, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that COVID-19 has “exacerbated” inequalities both between and within countries and said, “While we have all undoubtedly been impacted by the pandemic, the poorest and most marginalized have been hit hardest - both in terms of lives and livelihoods lost.” WHO