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COVID-19 treatment and care at home

If you have COVID-19 and are caring for yourself or others at home, what is the treatment protocol? What is WHO’s guidance on Remdesivir and convalescent plasma therapy? How to monitor oxygen at home?
A new hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence

WHO and Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence to predict, prevent, detect and respond to pandemic and epidemic risks worldwide. 
Temporary waver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines

WHO praised the commitment by the United States administration to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines to end the pandemic as quickly as possible.
Vaccines explained

WHO’s illustrated series covers a range of topics on COVID-19 vaccines - from the earliest of research stages to their rollout in countries, from side effects to safety. Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian.
World Hand Hygiene Day - 5 May

In some low-income countries, only 1 in 10 health workers practices proper hand hygiene, often because they don’t have access to water or other essential supplies.
More Info on WHO’s response to the pandemic

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The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared over, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu. The Ebola outbreak that re-emerged in February came nine months after another outbreak in the same province.
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Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, due to an acute shortage of midwives.
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