WHO recommends two new medicines for #COVID19, providing yet more options for treating the disease bit.ly/3flUftt

Hvala, #Serbia, for making this important decision and investment to protect girls from #CervicalCancer. Vaccination against #HPV can bring us closer to eliminating this preventable disease. rs.n1info.com/zdravlje/batut…

@DrTedros @UN "New formulations of vaccines are being developed and assessed for how they perform against Omicron and other strains. I am concerned that unless that if we change the current model we’ll enter a second and even more destructive phase of vaccine inequity"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UN "We need to make sure we share current vaccines equitably and we develop distributed manufacturing around the world. We can only beat this virus if we #ACTogether and share health tools equitably. It’s really that simple"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UN "On Friday, WHO recommended two new #COVID19 treatments, based on data from 7 trials, increasing the arsenal of tools used to fight severe illness & death: a rheumatoid arthritis drug called baricitinib & a monoclonal antibody called sotrovimab"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UN "Again, the challenge is that high prices & limited supply means access is limited. WHO is working with partners in @ACTAccelerator to negotiate lower prices with manufacturers & ensure supply will be available for low- & middle-income countries"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "We urge manufacturers to use WHO’s #COVID19 Technology Access Pool to share technology, know-how and voluntary licensing in order to facilitate increased production capacity globally, which would save the most lives"-@DrTedros #ACTogether

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "WHO’s #COVID19 clinical management guidelines have been critical to policy makers and #healthworkers on how best to treat the patients. Sharing clinical data remains critical so that WHO can generate up-to-date scientific evidence regarding Omicron"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "WHO invites all Member States, health facilities and research networks to voluntarily contribute to the WHO Global Clinical Platform for #COVID19, which is available through our website"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "Next week, the WHO #EB150 will meet to discuss the 🌍’s health challenges. The pandemic will remain at the forefront, particularly how to more effectively share tests, treatments& vaccines equitably & to meet the 70% vaccine target by July 2022"-@DrTedros bit.ly/WHOEB150

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "However, the impact of the pandemic on other health issues has also been devastating and Member States will be discussing how we can stop the backsliding and recover together"-@DrTedros #EB150

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "WHO will be working to accelerate progress on negotiations around a #PandemicAccord, as well as sustainable financing"-@DrTedros #EB150

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "If we’re serious about strengthening health systems, preparing for future pandemics and tackling the litany of health challenges we collectively face in a heating world, WHO and the whole global health infrastructure will need to be sustainably financed"-@DrTedros #EB150

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator "Reports from @TheGPMB, the @TheIndPanel and the Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations all recognized the need for predictable and sustainable financing at all levels of the organization"-@DrTedros #EB150 #WHOImpact

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator @TheGPMB @TheIndPanel "We don’t need more reports or speeches, now is the moment for financing that fits the health challenges of our time"-@DrTedros #EB150 #WHOImpact

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator @TheGPMB @TheIndPanel "This month is #CervicalCancer Awareness month & I'm pleased to see both action & advocacy taking place. Yesterday, #Serbia announced that this year they would introduce vaccination against human papillomavirus, the pathogen responsible for 99% of cervical cancers"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator @TheGPMB @TheIndPanel "#Serbia will join 116 countries worldwide that are vaccinating against this cancer causing virus"-@DrTedros #CervicalCancer

@DrTedros @UN @ACTAccelerator @TheGPMB @TheIndPanel "And my sister Princess @dinamired, who is a Member of WHO Expert Group for the Elimination of #CervicalCancer marked the anniversary of WHO’s global strategy by calling for a comprehensive approach to vaccination, screening and treatment"-@DrTedros

The full remarks by @DrTedros at the #COVID19 media briefing - 18 January 2021 ⬇️ bit.ly/3fynjy7