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My World Health Organization (WHO) colleagues inspire me every day with their expertise, dedication & solidarity in the fight against #COVID19. Here is one beautiful example from my colleague, Khaled Shamseldin, expressing his #ThanksHealthHeroes. Listen to his song ‘Frontlines’: youtu.be/CpfLeuT0L9s

Really impressive that Gates Foundation will focus all of its efforts on fighting #COVID19 at this critical time for the world. Thank you @billgates, Melinda French Gates & the foundation colleagues for your commitment to science, global health & equitable access ft.com/content/f4557f…

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''Now we have to go back to the beginning. We have to trace every single case.'' Angela Merkel explains why contact tracing is critical to control the #coronavirus epidemic in Germany.

Taiwan's status in the World Health Assembly is a question for the governments of that assembly. It's not something that the World Health Organization can decide or control. Instead, Trump is using the Taiwan issue as a pretext to cut off World Health Organization (WHO) funding. trib.al/tiiOx94

"I urge all States to ensure that media workers can do their jobs without fear, keeping in mind that journalism expands the public’s right to know & the public’s right to accountable government," says UN expert on freedom of expression David Kaye on the World #PressFreedomDay.

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The 2024 #Nobelprize in economics celebrated research demonstrating that: Rule of law + Inclusive institutions = More prosperity for all Yesterday's agreement in principle on the draft World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement is a global case-in-point to that principle: International law +

New WHO report sheds light for first time on the proportion of domestic public funds spent on health in low- and middle-income countries

Important read on tobacco (from a very good news aggregation site): nextdraft.com/archives/n2017…