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For more than a year, our priority has been to lead the way out of the global health crisis.

Find out more in our new brochure and in our thread ↓

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Firstly, we worked on procuring vaccines to Europeans.

A broad portfolio was created and today more than 70% of the adult population is fully vaccinated.

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In the spirit of European solidarity, we mobilised funding to support:

🩺 the delivery of equipment, medicines, antigen tests
🔬 urgent research into variants

More than €7.6 billion was reallocated under the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative.

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The #G7 this weekend renounced its role as #globalhealth leader, @kentbuse and I argue in @bmj_latest: blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/06/13…

A thread on what next for global health & #healthsecurity.
Speaking at #G20 Rome #GlobalHealthSummit in May, German Chancellor #Merkel had raised the question, “if not us, who?” to end the global #Covid19 #pandemic.

At #G7UK this past weekend, #G7 responded with "Not us," committing to donate 870mn #vaccine doses when the need is 11bn.
Instead of engaging with recommendations of @TheIndPanel to strengthen #pandemic preparedness & the #globalhealth system (theindependentpanel.org/mainreport/), strongly backed by @antonioguterres (), #G7 noted it would "explore" different proposals.
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LIVE NOW: @DrTedros' opening remarks at the #WHA74 ⬇️

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"Lucy Nyambura is a health promotion officer in Mombasa City, 🇰🇪. When #COVID19 arrived last year, a strict lockdown was introduced, but it was met with strong resistance by the local community, who refused to be tested, isolated or treated"-@DrTedros #WHA74
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"When the #COVID19 pandemic erupted over a year ago, we faced a fundamental challenge:
We knew that 💉, rapid diagnostics & therapeutics were on the way, but we knew from experience that market forces alone would leave the 🌍’s poorest & most vulnerable people behind"-@DrTedros
"Today we can prevent #COVID19 anywhere with new vaccines.
We can detect it anywhere with new rapid tests.
We can save lives everywhere with oxygen & dexamethasone.
We have a unique mechanism for making these life-saving tools available everywhere: the @ACTAccelerator"-@DrTedros
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"I would like to thank the Italian @g20org Presidency and the @EU_Commission for their leadership in initiating the Rome Declaration"-@DrTedros at the #GlobalHealthSummit
"We welcome the declaration, esp. the commitment to support & enhance the existing multilateral health architecture for preparedness, prevention, detection & response, with an appropriately, sustainably & predictably funded, effective WHO at its centre"-@DrTedros
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🟢 What is the State of the European Union #SOTEU debate? It's an important moment of #EU #democracy, when MEPs hold the @EU_Commission to account, checking on work done & the #FutureofEurope.

🎞️by @Europarl_EN

#NextGenerationEU #EUGreenDeal @boell_stiftung @boell_EU_USA
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