Thursday, 1 April

MEDIA ADVISORY
 

Date and Time: Thursday 1 April 2021, 16:00 CEST (Geneva time)

Subject: Impact of COVID 19 -- success of the ACT Accelerator and work needed to support equity, including for the health workforce

Speakers: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will be joined by

- Dr Fahrettin Koca, Minister of Health, Republic of Turkey, actively supporting the International Year of Health and Care Workers 

- Mr Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden and recently named WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator

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