None of us is safe until we all are, says UN chief at EU push to end COVID-19 pandemic
In a strongly-worded personal message, UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed donor countries’ contributions to a more than $8 billion fund, to speed up the production of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to end the new coronavirus threat.
But he said that five times that amount will likely be needed to put us all on “a path” to a world free of the disease.
Evidence for Transformative Change: UNRISD Survey on Responses to Covid-19 and Vulnerable Communities
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is interested in Diplomatic Council members` assessment of government policy responses to Covid-19, particularly from the perspective of groups that may be especially disadvantaged or left behind by the responses that governments are pursuing or not pursuing.
The Diplomatic Council partner organization International Society for Tele-Medicine and eHealth (ISfTeH) informs about the DigiHealthDay 2020. The ISfTeH is in official relationship with the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and also a partner of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) organizing the DigiHealthDay 2020.
by Diplomatic Council partner Sunil KC, CEO Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA), a foreign policy think tank based in Nepal. Statement republished from myrepublica.nagariknetwork.
Diplomatic Council corporate member G2K has developed a holistic Application Suite that can help overcome the corona virus crisis and allow for a return to public life. Its scope ranges from fever detection via registration, treatment and attendance to the top-level tracking of the virus’ spread.
A global call for Universal Masking in the COVID-19 Pandemic: SEIR and Agent Based Models, Empirical Validation, Policy Recommendations
WHO has launched a dedicated messaging services in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that need it.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries on Monday in a statement, stressing that a mix of social distancing, testing, contact tracing and isolation, will be crucial to further curb the spread of the new coronavirus already devastating much of the globe.
“We’re all learning all the time and adjusting our strategy, based on the latest available evidence”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, summarizing the guidance of the World Health Organization.
Pearl Initiative, a Diplomatic Council partner organisation, organizes online seminars on a regular basis which are open to Diplomatic Council members. The Pearl Initiative is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2010 in collaboration with the United Nations for partnerships.
The event overview lists all upcoming events of the Pearl Initiative as well as other Diplomatic Council members and partners.
