| No images? Click here  19 February 2021 | Issue 17 Sign the vaccine equity declaration Join the campaign to call on countries and companies to ensure that by the time World Health Day arrives on 7 April, COVID-19 vaccines are being administered in every country, as a symbol of hope for overcoming both the pandemic and the inequalities that lie at the root of so many global health challenges. COVID-19 vaccines Vaccines explained Read and share this series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution 1. How do vaccines work? AR EN ES FR RU ZH 2. How are vaccines developed? AR EN ES FR RU ZH 3. Manufacturing, safety and quality control of vaccines FR EN ES RU ZH 4. The different types of COVID-19 vaccines AR EN ES FR RU ZH 5. How will there be equitable allocation of limited supplies? AR EN ES FR RU NEW: ZH Answers to your most common vaccine questions LIVE Q&A about COVID-19 vaccines with influencer, fashion designer and writer Danielle Bernstein and WHO's Dr Kate O'Brien. COVID-19 vaccine specific resources Pfizer
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COVID-19 stories WHO lists two additional COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and COVAX roll-out (AR EN ES FR RU ZH) Women in Science: Dismantling gender stereotypes to harness science’s full potential (EN) Baby Shark lends a fin to combat COVID-19 (EN ES PT) Uganda: WHO settles COVID-19 anxiety, fear and stigma at Kyabasara Primary School (EN) Europe: New assessment shows high risk of introduction and spread from fur farming of the virus that causes COVID-19 (DE EN FR RU) WHO supports COVID-19 response in Kurdistan Region of Iraq (EN) Western Pacific: Staying safe from COVID-19 during religious and cultural celebrations (EN) New photos and video for media New photos
New video COVID-19 course updates WHO’s free online learning platform OpenWHO offers 25 courses for COVID-19 across 44 languages. In total, the platform has 4.9 million course registrations. All courses are available for free here. NEW
OpenWHO also published COVID-19 courses in national and local languages, most recently adding resources in Albanian, Indonesian, Macedonian and Tamil. The science of COVID-19 WHO experts explain the science related to COVID-19. This video and audio series is available weekly on WHO's social media channels and on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major podcasts platforms. Episode #25: If you have had COVID-19, should you still get vaccinated? Why are we not vaccinating children under 16? WHO’s Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan explains these and other vaccine related questions in Science in 5 this week. Technical guidanceTemperature-sensitive health products in the expanded programme on immunization cold chain: a WHO-UNICEF joint statement encouraging greater health commodity supply chain integration for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals where appropriate EN NEW: AR ES FR RU ZH Considerations for implementing a risk-based approach to international travel in the context of COVID-19 AR EN FR RU NEW: ZH Risk assessment tool to inform mitigation measures for international travel in the context of COVID-19 EN FR RU NEW: ZH Infection prevention and control guidance for long-term care facilities in the context of COVID 19 EN ES FR RU NEW: AR ZH Rational use of personal protective equipment for COVID-19 and considerations during severe shortages EN FR NEW: ES RU Therapeutics and COVID-19 EN RU NEW: AR ES ZH Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines: interim guidance EN NEW: AR ZH Public health surveillance for COVID-19 EN AR ES FR RU NEW: ZH Contact tracing in the context of COVID-19 EN NEW: AR ES FR RU Technical specifications of personal protective equipment for COVID-19 EN NEW: ES Laboratory biosafety guidance related to COVID-19 EN NEW AR ES More resourcesAll COVID-19 information AR EN ES FR RU ZH Case numbers dashboard and map You are receiving this email because you are included on a WHO mailing list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe.        |
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