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The World Health Organization is working closely with Armenian authorities, supplying burn kits, setting up burn management services, and coordinating the deployment of Emergency Medical Teams. WHO

The UN team in Armenia, led by the acting Resident Coordinator Nanna Skau, is working with the Government of Armenia to support the rapidly rising influx of refugees across the border. WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “As the northern hemisphere winter approaches, we continue to see concerning trends for COVID-19. Among the relatively few countries that report them, both hospitalizations and ICU admissions have increased in the past 28 days, particularly in the Americas and Europe.” WHO

Rafael Grossi is reappointed for a second four-year term as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). IAEA

World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis have approved a Political Declaration with ambitious new targets for the next five years to advance the global efforts towards ending the TB epidemic. UNIFEED

Increasing violence from armed conflict and intercommunal clashes which have left entire villages burned to the ground in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) along with rampant sexual violence and a cholera outbreak are devastating the lives of millions of people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. UNTV CH

Charles Michel, President of the European Council, said, “The United Nations system today is stiff and hobbled by hostile forces.” UNIFEED

Tuberculosis is the second most deadly infectious on the planet after COVID-19, infecting around 10 million people each year. 1.5 million people die of Tuberculosis each year. WHO

World leaders approved a new Political Declaration on “Universal Health Coverage (UHC): expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world”. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization welcomed today’s “historic” commitment shown by global leaders, at the UN General Assembly, when they approved a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. UNIFEED