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COVID-19 Emergency Committee highlights need for response efforts over long term

The Emergency Committee on COVID-19, convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), held its fourth meeting on 31 July. In its statement following the meeting, published today, it expressed “appreciation for WHO and partners’ COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, and highlighted the anticipated lengthy duration of this COVID-19 pandemic, noting the importance of sustained community, national, regional, and global response efforts.” After a full discussion and review of the evidence, the Committee unanimously agreed that the outbreak still constitute

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‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ Director Muhammad Mustapha Talks Masculinity Ahead of El Gouna Premiere: ‘The Only Emotion Men Are Allowed to Express Is Anger’

Egyptian filmmaker Muhammad Mustapha’s “Big Boys Don’t Cry” follows a group of Cairo bodybuilders and nightclub bouncers, offering a view into how men understand and perform masculinity. The documentary, which had its world premiere in the Feature Documentary Competition at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, grew out of Mustapha’s curiosity about this particular group of […]

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‘Goodbye Julia’ Director on Reaching for ‘Wider Audiences’ in Sudanese Period Drama ‘About Love & September Laws’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani, whose debut feature “Goodbye Julia” premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar, has attracted a raft of partners for his follow-up “About Love & September Laws,” which he’ll be taking to Rome’s MIA Market, running from Oct. 19-23. Produced by Klozium Studios, the production outfit he launched in 2020 with “Goodbye […]

Health

Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, appointed WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, has appointed Mr Carl Bildt as WHO Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator). In his role as WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator, Carl Bildt will help lead the collective advocacy for the ACT-Accelerator, mobilizing support and resources so it can deliver against its strategy for 2021. He will also support the leaders of the ACT-Accelerator co-convening agencies, particularly in aligning work that cuts across the diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines pillars and health-system connector; consult widely o

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In strategic dialogues, the United States and WHO seek to maximize their longstanding partnership

Washington – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra agreed Tuesday to develop a work plan in 2023 to tackle shared priorities, chief among them the world’s health security and pandemic preparedness. “As always, good to see Dr Tedros and discuss how we can promote the health of all people across the globe,” Secretary Becerra tweeted after the meeting. The strategic dialogue focused on universal health coverage, primary health care, equity, and the global health workforce. While in Washington, Dr Tedros also met

Health

Belgium and WHO pursue tighter collaboration in a day of strategic dialogue

From left to right: Director-General Development Cooperation & Humanitarian Aid Belgium Dr Rombouts, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros, H.E. Ambassador Mr Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations. @WHO Geneva, 9 November 2022 – In a full day of strategic dialogue, Belgium and WHO shared global health priorities of the longstanding partnership and agreed to build their collaboration on universal health coverage, health-systems strengthening and equitable access to essential health technologies. The delegation from Belgium – headed by Dr Heidy Rombo

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WHO and the Netherlands call for stronger cooperation under the new Dutch Global Health Strategy

Mr Roland Driece, Director for International Relations at the Netherlands’ Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Mr Gerard Steeghs, Director Multilateral Organisations and Human Rights, Dr Catharina Boehme, Chef de Cabinet, WHO Geneva, 17 November 2022 – The Netherlands discussed its new strategy for Global Health with WHO on Thursday and called for deeper coordination with the Organization to improve global health – aiming to strengthen health systems at home and worldwide, better prepare for pandemics and address the impact of climate change on public health. The presentation of the Dutch G

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WHO and the UK hone their collaboration against pandemics, other health threats

Pandemic preparedness, support for Ukraine, and the fight against superbugs topped the agenda Tuesday as WHO and UK health leaders met in London to discuss their shared global health priorities. In their first one-on-one meeting, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay MP spoke at length about their shared commitment to delivering a pandemic instrument – a new international agreement being negotiated by WHO Member States – to strengthen global collaboration to help protect the world from another pandemic. Mr Barclay

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‘Toy Story 5’ Co-Director Kenna Harris on Going From Jessie Superfan to Pixar Filmmaker — and the Two-Week Rewrite That Reshaped the Sequel

Long before co-directing Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” Kenna Harris spent childhood afternoons drawing Jessie, painstakingly reproducing details from “Toy Story 2” and even imagining Woody offering the cowgirl a flower. Decades later, the character helped Harris navigate a daunting first feature — including a two-week production pause to overhaul a story that was not yet […]

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A leading flexible contributor, the Netherlands renews its multiannual allocation to WHO

The Netherlands reaffirmed its position as a key supporter and strategic partner of WHO and a leading donor of flexible and predictable resources to WHO. In picture: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros and Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers. ©WHO The Netherlands strengthened its longstanding engagement with WHO on Monday with the renewal of the multiannual contribution of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport to WHO for €13.34 million for 2024–2028 and for €6 million to the technical partnership with Dutch WHO collaborating centres. With the new contribution, the Ne

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Addressing Global Health Challenges: Irish Taoiseach Varadkar and WHO Director-General in Dublin Talks

Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar welcomed Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, to Dublin today, to discuss strengthening the partnership between Ireland and the WHO across a range of global and domestic health areas. Dr Tedros also met with Michael Higgins, the President of Ireland. The meetings underscores Ireland's commitment to actively address pressing health issues on both national and global fronts. The discussions delved into strategies for tackling health emergencies, enhancing healthcare infrastructure, and fostering collaborative research initiatives.

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'We're done': Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as 'only leverage' for peace talks

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, LIVE from Kyiv. As Zelensky declares Ukraine "done" with Trump's self-declared energy ceasefire and resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries, Zalmayev warns: "When you talk about the energy ceasefire, it presupposes two to be able to tango and to dance this dance." He challenges the legitimacy of Trump's unilateral announcement, made without agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, as Russia continues attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Yet he cautions that Zelensky may need tactica

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Macron's 'trickle-down economics': French poverty at 'highest level' in decades, hunger on the rise

Charles Pellegrin is pleased to welcome Nicolas Vercken, Director of Advocacy for Oxfam France. France’s tax inequality is under scrutiny and Oxfam is challenging the state over its constitutional obligations. “It’s not so much about how much the percentage of tax and the burden of our tax system, it’s who you tax and for what,” explains Vercken. As France confronts mounting fiscal pressures and contentious budget negotiations, Oxfam France is challenging the constitutional foundations of the country's tax system, arguing that successive fiscal reforms have disproportionately benefited the wea

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‘The idea that Modi must be feared because he holds all levers of power has gone out of the window’

Is Narendra Modi losing his most powerful political asset: the perception of invincibility? As India's youth protest movement confronts an increasingly combative government, Dr. Subir Sinha, Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute and Reader in Development Studies, argues that the political significance of the demonstrations extends far beyond the arrests of opposition activists and the growing confrontation between protesters and state institutions. Dr. Sinha examines how the government's increasingly repressive response may be exposing the fragility of its authority and institutional legit

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‘Wildwood’ Director Travis Knight Reflects on Animated Feature’s 16-Year Journey at London Premiere: ‘When We Started This, Barack Obama Was a Fresh-Faced President’

Stop-motion animation is a notoriously time-consuming method to make a film, with most features taking several years of painstakingly detailed work by vast teams of creatives. But few have likely taken as long as Laika’s sweeping fantasy epic “Wildwood,” which had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Sunday. Speaking on stage […]