He warned that “a vaccine cannot address the global under-investment in essential public health functions and resilient health systems, nor the urgent need for a “One Health” approach that encompasses the health of humans, animals and the planet we share.
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世界上并没有针对贫困、饥饿、气候变化或不平等的疫苗”。
There is no vaccine for poverty, hunger, climate change or inequality.”
He called for “leadership built on mutual trust and mutual accountability – to end the pandemic and address the fundamental inequalities that lie at the root of so many of the world’s problems.”
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他说:“是时候让全世界从这场大流行的破坏和地缘政治分歧中恢复过来了。
“It’s time for the world to heal – from the ravages of this pandemic, and the geopolitical divisions that only drive us further into the chasm of an unhealthier, un-safer and unfairer future” he said.
Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE), gave an epidemiological update on the COVID-19 pandemic, noting “the grim milestone” of 50 million cases globally.
The Chair of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHOHealth Emergencies Programme (IOAC) , Dr Felicity Harvey, presented the IOAC report, which makes several recommendations and concludes that: “Over the last four years, the WHE Programme has demonstrated its capacity to manage multiple emergencies and has helped affirm WHO’s position as a global health leader, but the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the challenges faced by WHO in handling a global pandemic into stark relief and has placed the WHE Programme under global public scrutiny.”
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2019冠状病毒病疫情期间《国际卫生条例(2005)》运作情况审查委员会 主席、德国罗伯特·科赫研究所所长Lothar h. Wieler教授介绍了审查委员会工作及其初步调查结果的最新情况。
The Chair of the Review Committee on the functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) during COVID-19 response , Professor Lothar H. Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany provided an update on the work of the Committee and its preliminary findings.
Senior Advisor to the Director-General, Dr Bruce Aylward, briefed Member States on the progress of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator , noting key achievements with regard to rapid tests, life-saving treatments, and the COVAX Facility with its equitable allocation framework.