WHO / HEALTH EMERGENCIES
06-Apr-2023
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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that this Friday marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization, saying the vision of the founders “was clear, but bold: the highest possible standard of health, for all people.” WHO
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STORY: WHO / HEALTH EMERGENCIES
TRT: 06:56
SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
TRT: 06:56
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 APRIL 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, press briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The nations of the world had a vision. After years of war, they realized that it was better to work with each other than fight with each other. They realized that a healthier world was a safer world. Their vision was clear, but bold: the highest possible standard of health, for all people.”
3. Wide shot, press briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“They debated and agreed what this organization would be and do in a document called the Constitution of the World Health Organization. Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the day that constitution came into force.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The WHO Constitution was the first document in history to formally recognize health as a human right. Since then, the world has made significant progress towards realizing that vision.”
7. Wide shot, press briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Life expectancy globally, for both sexes, has increased from 46 to 73 years, with the biggest gains in the poorest countries. Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio is on the brink.”
9. Wide shot, press briefing room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Forty-two countries have eliminated malaria. The epidemics of HIV and TB have been pushed back. 47 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease.”
11. Wide shot, press briefing room
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Just in the past five years, new vaccines for Ebola and malaria have been developed and licensed; And for the past three years, WHO has coordinated the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the most severe health crisis in a century. WHO can’t claim sole credit for these achievements, but we have played a leading role in all of them.”
13. Wide shot, press briefing room
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“And although we have many achievements of which to be proud, we still face many challenges – some old, some new.”
15. Wide shot, press briefing room
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Noncommunicable diseases now account for more than 70 percent of all deaths globally. Rates of diabetes and obesity have increased dramatically, driven by unhealthy diets and physical inactivity. Progress against malaria and TB has stalled; Antimicrobial resistance threatens to unwind a century of medical progress; Air pollution and climate change are jeopardizing the very habitability of our planet; And as COVID-19 has exposed so brutally, there remain serious gaps in the world’s defences against epidemics and pandemics. For all these reasons and more, the world needs WHO now more than ever.”
17. Wide shot, press briefing room
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO also today launched a new campaign to improve emergency care training for nurses and midwives. Nurses and midwives play a key role in emergency situations. When emergency care is delivered well, the chance of surviving an injury or life-threatening illness increases dramatically, while the risk of a long-term disability is significantly reduced. To provide high quality emergency care, nurses and midwives require high quality education and training. Our new campaign is called 25 by 25 by 25: our goal is to support 25 countries to train 25 percent of their nurses and midwives in WHO's Basic Emergency Care course by the end of 2025.”
19. Wide shot, press briefing room
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“There is always investigations that happen in that market and we know that samples were collected. We have seen the data now, where that exists. The challenge is that data was collected in January, February, 2020. More than three years ago.”
21. Wide shot, press briefing room
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“We have asked repeatedly in the March 2021, WHO, China joint report, there are recommended studies that are in there. And to this date we don't know if those studies have been conducted. SAGO published a report in June 2022 outlining studies that need to be done, and to this day, I cannot tell you if those studies have been done.”
23. Wide shot, press briefing room
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“And with regards to the lab there is lab audit data which could be evaluated and needs to be evaluated so as the Director-General has said many times, so that the hypothesises that are on the table can be evaluated and assessed and either we keep going with them or we are able to take them off but at the present time we cannot take any of these hypothesis off the table.”
25. Wide shot, press briefing room
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“We have requested from the United States the reports that they have, where they have made their own assessments. Not only the reports, the latest one from the Department of Energy, but the data underlying those reports.”
27. Wide shot, press briefing room
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“If some of these studies have not been done, then for some of them, and in particular studies of the animals and the markets, it is too late. But it is possible those studies have been done and if they have, we are asking for that information to be reported to us, to be shared with us, so it can be discussed with SAGO.”
29. Wide shot, press briefing room
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The first step and which was a milestone was the agreement of the Member States to have a legally binding agreement, which is very crucial. And second, they have opened up a very open, transparent and inclusive process and many stakeholders have already contributed and that is why the zero draft is very rich.”
31. Wide shot, press briefing room
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“This week there are areas where progress has been made and there are areas that need continued engagement and negotiation. But in general, I think there is readiness by the Member States. There is no difference actually on the need to have an accord and on the content, at the end of the day, I believe they will come to a balancing act that will address the important issues and make this document as good as possible.”
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The nations of the world had a vision. After years of war, they realized that it was better to work with each other than fight with each other. They realized that a healthier world was a safer world. Their vision was clear, but bold: the highest possible standard of health, for all people.”
3. Wide shot, press briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“They debated and agreed what this organization would be and do in a document called the Constitution of the World Health Organization. Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the day that constitution came into force.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The WHO Constitution was the first document in history to formally recognize health as a human right. Since then, the world has made significant progress towards realizing that vision.”
7. Wide shot, press briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Life expectancy globally, for both sexes, has increased from 46 to 73 years, with the biggest gains in the poorest countries. Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio is on the brink.”
9. Wide shot, press briefing room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Forty-two countries have eliminated malaria. The epidemics of HIV and TB have been pushed back. 47 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease.”
11. Wide shot, press briefing room
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Just in the past five years, new vaccines for Ebola and malaria have been developed and licensed; And for the past three years, WHO has coordinated the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the most severe health crisis in a century. WHO can’t claim sole credit for these achievements, but we have played a leading role in all of them.”
13. Wide shot, press briefing room
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“And although we have many achievements of which to be proud, we still face many challenges – some old, some new.”
15. Wide shot, press briefing room
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Noncommunicable diseases now account for more than 70 percent of all deaths globally. Rates of diabetes and obesity have increased dramatically, driven by unhealthy diets and physical inactivity. Progress against malaria and TB has stalled; Antimicrobial resistance threatens to unwind a century of medical progress; Air pollution and climate change are jeopardizing the very habitability of our planet; And as COVID-19 has exposed so brutally, there remain serious gaps in the world’s defences against epidemics and pandemics. For all these reasons and more, the world needs WHO now more than ever.”
17. Wide shot, press briefing room
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO also today launched a new campaign to improve emergency care training for nurses and midwives. Nurses and midwives play a key role in emergency situations. When emergency care is delivered well, the chance of surviving an injury or life-threatening illness increases dramatically, while the risk of a long-term disability is significantly reduced. To provide high quality emergency care, nurses and midwives require high quality education and training. Our new campaign is called 25 by 25 by 25: our goal is to support 25 countries to train 25 percent of their nurses and midwives in WHO's Basic Emergency Care course by the end of 2025.”
19. Wide shot, press briefing room
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“There is always investigations that happen in that market and we know that samples were collected. We have seen the data now, where that exists. The challenge is that data was collected in January, February, 2020. More than three years ago.”
21. Wide shot, press briefing room
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“We have asked repeatedly in the March 2021, WHO, China joint report, there are recommended studies that are in there. And to this date we don't know if those studies have been conducted. SAGO published a report in June 2022 outlining studies that need to be done, and to this day, I cannot tell you if those studies have been done.”
23. Wide shot, press briefing room
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“And with regards to the lab there is lab audit data which could be evaluated and needs to be evaluated so as the Director-General has said many times, so that the hypothesises that are on the table can be evaluated and assessed and either we keep going with them or we are able to take them off but at the present time we cannot take any of these hypothesis off the table.”
25. Wide shot, press briefing room
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“We have requested from the United States the reports that they have, where they have made their own assessments. Not only the reports, the latest one from the Department of Energy, but the data underlying those reports.”
27. Wide shot, press briefing room
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead Covid-19, WHO Health Emergencies Programm:
“If some of these studies have not been done, then for some of them, and in particular studies of the animals and the markets, it is too late. But it is possible those studies have been done and if they have, we are asking for that information to be reported to us, to be shared with us, so it can be discussed with SAGO.”
29. Wide shot, press briefing room
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The first step and which was a milestone was the agreement of the Member States to have a legally binding agreement, which is very crucial. And second, they have opened up a very open, transparent and inclusive process and many stakeholders have already contributed and that is why the zero draft is very rich.”
31. Wide shot, press briefing room
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“This week there are areas where progress has been made and there are areas that need continued engagement and negotiation. But in general, I think there is readiness by the Member States. There is no difference actually on the need to have an accord and on the content, at the end of the day, I believe they will come to a balancing act that will address the important issues and make this document as good as possible.”
STORYLINE
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that this Friday marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization, saying the vision of the founders “was clear, but bold: the highest possible standard of health, for all people.”
Speaking to journalists in Geneva on Thursday (7 Apr), Ghebreyesus said that “the WHO Constitution was the first document in history to formally recognize health as a human right” and “since then, the world has made significant progress towards realizing that vision.”
WHO’s chief added, “Life expectancy globally, for both sexes, has increased from 46 to 73 years, with the biggest gains in the poorest countries. Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio is on the brink.”
On top of that, Ghebreyesus said, “forty-two countries have eliminated malaria. The epidemics of HIV and TB have been pushed back. 47 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease.”
Just in the past five years, the Director General continued, “new vaccines for Ebola and malaria have been developed and licensed; And for the past three years, WHO has coordinated the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the most severe health crisis in a century. WHO can’t claim sole credit for these achievements, but we have played a leading role in all of them.”
Despite these many achievements, Ghebreyesus said the world “still face many challenges – some old, some new.”
“Noncommunicable diseases now account for more than 70 percent of all deaths globally. Rates of diabetes and obesity have increased dramatically, driven by unhealthy diets and physical inactivity. Progress against malaria and TB has stalled; Antimicrobial resistance threatens to unwind a century of medical progress; Air pollution and climate change are jeopardizing the very habitability of our planet; And as COVID-19 has exposed so brutally, there remain serious gaps in the world’s defences against epidemics and pandemics. For all these reasons and more, the world needs WHO now more than ever.”
On Thursday, WHO launched a new campaign to improve emergency care training for nurses and midwives.
According to the agency’s chief, “nurses and midwives play a key role in emergency situations” and “when emergency care is delivered well, the chance of surviving an injury or life-threatening illness increases dramatically, while the risk of a long-term disability is significantly reduced.”
The new campaign is called 25 by 25 by 25 and the goal is to support 25 countries to train 25 percent of their nurses and midwives in WHO's Basic Emergency Care course by the end of 2025.
Speaking to journalists in Geneva on Thursday (7 Apr), Ghebreyesus said that “the WHO Constitution was the first document in history to formally recognize health as a human right” and “since then, the world has made significant progress towards realizing that vision.”
WHO’s chief added, “Life expectancy globally, for both sexes, has increased from 46 to 73 years, with the biggest gains in the poorest countries. Smallpox has been eradicated, and polio is on the brink.”
On top of that, Ghebreyesus said, “forty-two countries have eliminated malaria. The epidemics of HIV and TB have been pushed back. 47 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease.”
Just in the past five years, the Director General continued, “new vaccines for Ebola and malaria have been developed and licensed; And for the past three years, WHO has coordinated the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the most severe health crisis in a century. WHO can’t claim sole credit for these achievements, but we have played a leading role in all of them.”
Despite these many achievements, Ghebreyesus said the world “still face many challenges – some old, some new.”
“Noncommunicable diseases now account for more than 70 percent of all deaths globally. Rates of diabetes and obesity have increased dramatically, driven by unhealthy diets and physical inactivity. Progress against malaria and TB has stalled; Antimicrobial resistance threatens to unwind a century of medical progress; Air pollution and climate change are jeopardizing the very habitability of our planet; And as COVID-19 has exposed so brutally, there remain serious gaps in the world’s defences against epidemics and pandemics. For all these reasons and more, the world needs WHO now more than ever.”
On Thursday, WHO launched a new campaign to improve emergency care training for nurses and midwives.
According to the agency’s chief, “nurses and midwives play a key role in emergency situations” and “when emergency care is delivered well, the chance of surviving an injury or life-threatening illness increases dramatically, while the risk of a long-term disability is significantly reduced.”
The new campaign is called 25 by 25 by 25 and the goal is to support 25 countries to train 25 percent of their nurses and midwives in WHO's Basic Emergency Care course by the end of 2025.
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