"TUBERCULOSIS"

To reduce the spread of HIV, a drop-in clinic in Dakar offers free opioid substitution to people who inject drugs. UNAIDS

Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) World report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO

Launching the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022, the Under-Secretary-General and head of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs said that “the world is facing a confluence of crises” that “are threatening the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the very survival of humanity.” UNIFEED

WHO Member States today re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency. Ghebreyesus was first elected in 2017. WHO

UNITAID advocates for strong support for Africa’s response to the pandemic and welcomes Second Global COVID-19 Summit. UNITAID

Speaking in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, Secretary-General António Guterres said, the war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

WHO’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, WHO’s priority in Ukraine remains to “support health workers and the health system to continue to provide care to meet immediate health needs.” WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO), the Republic of Korea and the WHO Academy announced on Tuesday the establishment of a global biomanufacturing training hub that will serve all low- and middle-income countries wishing to produce biologicals, such as vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatments. WHO

Ahead of the International Migrants Day, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) urgently called on governments and health providers for better access to Covid-19 vaccines for migrants two years into the pandemic. UNTV CH