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Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.
Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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Powerful panel discussion on health mis/disinformation which Hon. Helen Clark calls as “existential threat to public health” and not just a communications challenge. Good watch now or later #WHA79
Dr Tedros stressed some of the complexities: #Ebola#bundibugyo early symptoms like other diseases, vulnerability of health workers, and persistent conflict affecting local communities, even intensifying, which makes it all very challenging to respond.
Watch WHO presser on the #Ebola response, actions taken and questions remaining for the international efforts to urgently stop the spread and save lives 🚨https://t.co/scBazh0NIn
“Preparedness is the only solution,” says Dr Mikedes Daba Feyssa, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia’s Minister of Health, sharing lessons from emergencies. “There is no health sovereignty without solidarity.” Strong collaboration—national & global—is key to tackling crises from COVID-19 to #Marburg.
Special roundtable on #COVID19 lessons & the evolution of WHO’s Emergencies Programme (#WHE) at #WHA79. Marking 🔟 years since WHE’s launch 🎉, experts share insights from the most complex health crises as we face new challenges, including a fresh #Ebola outbreak.
Today we joined @WHO Walk The Talk on the Place des Nations.
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To the people of Tenerife,
My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the @WHO, the @UN agency responsible for global public health. It is not common for me to write directly to the people of a single community, but today I feel it is not only appropriate, it is necessary.
I want to speak to you directly, not through press releases or technical briefings, but as one human being to another, because you deserve that.
I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word “outbreak” and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment.
But I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID-19. the current public health risk from #hantavirus remains low. My colleagues and I have said this unequivocally, and I will say it again to you now.
The virus aboard the MV Hondius is the Andes strain of hantavirus. It is serious. Three people have lost their lives, and our hearts go out to their families. The risk to you, living your daily life in Tenerife, is low. This is the WHO’s assessment, and we do not make it lightly.
Right now, there are no symptomatic passengers on board. A WHO expert is on that ship. Medical supplies are in place. Spain’s authorities have prepared a careful, step-by-step plan: passengers will be ferried ashore at the industrial port of Granadilla, far from residential areas, in sealed, guarded vehicles, through a completely cordoned-off corridor, and repatriated directly to their home countries. You will not encounter them. Your families will not encounter them.
I also want to say something else, something that goes beyond the science.
I personally thanked Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon for #Spain’s decision to receive this ship. I called it an act of solidarity and moral duty. Because that is what it is. I want you to know that the WHO’s request to Spain was not made arbitrarily. It was made in full accordance with the International Health Regulations, the legally binding framework that defines the rights and obligations of countries and the WHO when responding to public health events of international concern. Under those rules, the nearest port with sufficient medical capacity must be identified to ensure the safety and dignity of those on board. Tenerife met that standard. Spain honoured it. Nearly 150 people from 23 countries have been at sea for weeks, some of them grieving, all of them frightened, all of them longing for home. Tenerife has been chosen because it has the medical capacity, the infrastructure, and the humanity to help them reach safety.
And because I believe that so deeply, I will be there myself. I intend to travel to Tenerife to observe this operation firsthand, to stand alongside the health workers, port staff, and officials who are making it happen, and to personally pay my respects to an island that has responded to a difficult situation with grace, solidarity, and compassion. Your humanity deserves to be witnessed, not just acknowledged from a distance.
As I have said many times: viruses do not care about politics, and they do not respect borders. The best immunity any of us has is solidarity.
Tenerife is demonstrating that solidarity today. The ship’s captain, Jan Dobrogowski, crew and the company operating the vessel have shown exemplary collaboration at this challenging time. On behalf of the World Health Organization, and on behalf of those passengers and their families around the world, I thank the people of Tenerife and everyone else involved.
Please take care of yourselves and of each other. Trust in the preparations that have been made. And know that the WHO stands with you, and with every person on that ship, every step of the way.
With respect, care, and gratitude,
Tedros
Highlights from Disease Outbreak News on #hantavirus linked to MV Hondius:
▪️ As of 8 May, a total of 8 cases, including 3 deaths, have been reported. 6 cases are confirmed as Andes virus. 4 patients are currently hospitalized. One case previously reported as suspected has now been reclassified as a non-case after testing negative for Andes (ANDV) virus through specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology.
▪️ Epidemiological investigations are underway to determine the source of exposure, including on the travel history and potential exposures of the first case.
▪️One expert from WHO, one from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (@ECDC_EU) are on board the cruise ship to provide support to the passengers, crews and ship operators during the journey.
▪️ WHO has developed and shared technical guidance documents in support of countries affected by the event, including covering management of the event on the ship, investigation of cases, disembarkation and management of returning passengers and crew members.
▪️ An adult male, who disembarked in Tristan da Cunha on 14 April, is currently stable and in isolation. He is currently a probable case until laboratory confirmation.
▪️ Passengers who travelled on the same flight from St Helena to South Africa along with one of the confirmed cases have been contacted.
👉🏽To date, 75 contacts have been identified in South Africa, of whom 42 have been traced by national authorities and are currently under monitoring.
Here is what WHO advises:
▪️ Countries involved in this event continue public health coordination and management efforts on board conveyances and in countries where cases and/or contacts are present or will be returning to. Early recognition of suspected cases, prompt isolation, and consistent adherence to recommended infection prevention and control measures remain essential to protect healthcare personnel, other passengers and crew members. Current evidence does not support usefulness of routine laboratory testing or quarantine of asymptomatic contacts.
Read the full disease outbreak news here: https://t.co/lD9f1hy7Xu
Tras la reunión que han mantenido equipos del Ministerio de Sanidad y la Organización Mundial de la Salud se ha acordado que esta tarde se producirá una revisión del buque por un equipo de epidemiólogos.
The Interactive Dialogues with candidates for UN Secretary‑General began today.
This is potentially the world's toughest job, but it is also one of the most important. The next SG should be the UN Charter's strongest defender.
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Recently participated in #OneHealth Global Summit. Human, animal, environment health is one and interdependent. 60% of infectious diseases in humans originate in animals for ex.: https://t.co/poiUSrwi6Z
'It’s important to remember that if we’re not paying for a product, we usually are the product' - Dr Victoria Nash from @oiioxford
A jury case in California last month has raised questions about whether social media platforms are designed to be addictive. So what does this mean for policy and regulation?