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====== World Health Organization ====== | ====== World Health Organization ====== | ||
- | {{ :world-health-organization-vector-logo.png?200|}} | + | {{ ::whologo.png?200|}} |
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+ | The **World Health Organization (WHO)** is a supra-national organization based in [[switzerland: | ||
===== History ===== | ===== History ===== | ||
- | Canada joined the WHO on August 29, 1946.((// | + | ==== Formation and early days ==== |
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+ | [[Canada]] joined the WHO on August 29, 1946.((// | ||
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+ | ==== Public Health Emergencies of International Concern ==== | ||
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+ | On May 5, 2014, Director-General [[Margaret Chan]] declared the international spread of [[polio]] a [[Public Health Emergency of International Concern]] (PHEIC). The PHEIC declaration has remained in effect as of the most recent emergency committee meeting in June 2022.((// | ||
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+ | ===== Affiliations ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Funding ==== | ||
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+ | The WHO is funded by national governments (" | ||
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+ | === COVID-19 === | ||
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+ | * [[ACT-Accelerator]] | ||
+ | * [[COVAX]] | ||
+ | * [[COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund]] | ||
+ | * [[Solidarity Trial]] | ||
+ | * [[UN COVID-19 Supply Chain Task Force]] | ||
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+ | === 2020-2021 === | ||
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+ | The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was ongoing for the entirety of this fiscal year. | ||
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+ | ^ 2020-2021 Fiscal Year((//Our contributors.// | ||
+ | ^ Name ^ Amount (USD) ^ | ||
+ | | [[Germany]] | ||
+ | | [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] | ||
+ | | [[United States of America]] | ||
+ | | [[United Kingdom]] | ||
+ | | [[European Commission]] | ||
+ | | [[Gavi|Gavi, | ||
+ | | [[Japan]] | ||
+ | | [[Canada]] | ||
+ | | [[Rotary International]] | ||
+ | | [[COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund]] | ||
+ | | [[China]] | ||
+ | | [[Norway]] | ||
+ | | [[Saudi Arabia]] | ||
+ | | [[United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund]] (CERF) | ||
+ | | [[France]] | ||
+ | | [[World Bank]] | ||
+ | | [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP) | ||
+ | | [[Australia]] | ||
+ | | [[Sweden]] | ||
+ | | [[Netherlands]] | ||
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+ | ===== Needs to be organized ===== | ||
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+ | Everything below this line needs to be reorganized. FIXME | ||
+ | ==== Link Dump ==== | ||
+ | * 2017 funding: https:// | ||
+ | * 2018 funding: https:// | ||
==== NGO Influence ==== | ==== NGO Influence ==== | ||
Paula Jardine described how the World Health Organisation’s original aim to tackle the multiple causes of health inequality and disease – poor sanitation, lack of clean water, poor food supply, malnutrition – was replaced by one overriding goal, that of universal vaccination. Today she tells how two ‘philanthropic’ foundations joined forces to promote this approach through a global programme that would ‘reverse the fortunes of the stagnant vaccine manufacturers’ and how countries came to be persuaded to indiscriminately target 90 per cent coverage rates for all vaccines on their national immunisation schedules. | Paula Jardine described how the World Health Organisation’s original aim to tackle the multiple causes of health inequality and disease – poor sanitation, lack of clean water, poor food supply, malnutrition – was replaced by one overriding goal, that of universal vaccination. Today she tells how two ‘philanthropic’ foundations joined forces to promote this approach through a global programme that would ‘reverse the fortunes of the stagnant vaccine manufacturers’ and how countries came to be persuaded to indiscriminately target 90 per cent coverage rates for all vaccines on their national immunisation schedules. | ||
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There is a better way. We are creating it together, for a healthy, inclusive, and harmonious world. # | There is a better way. We are creating it together, for a healthy, inclusive, and harmonious world. # | ||
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+ | ==== WHO Digital Passport Agreement ==== | ||
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+ | February 23, 2022 ((https:// | ||
+ | {{ :: | ||
+ | Checking Covid 19 certificates: | ||
+ | * WHO facilitates 194 member states to introduce digital vaccination certificates | ||
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+ | The World Health Organization (WHO) will make it easier for its member states to introduce digital vaccination certificates in the future. The WHO is setting up a gateway for this purpose. It enables QR codes on electronic vaccination certificates to be checked across national borders. It is intended to serve as a standard procedure for other vaccinations such as polio or yellow fever after COVID-19. The WHO has selected T-Systems as an industry partner to develop the vaccination validation services. | ||
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+ | Garrett Mehl, Unit Head, WHO Department of Digital Health and Innovation, said; " | ||
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+ | Adel Al-Saleh, Member of the [[:Deutsche Telekom AG]] Board of Management and CEO T-Systems, explained: " | ||
+ | Data Transparency and General Data Protection Regulation | ||
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+ | WHO and T-Systems are focusing on transparency and data protection when building the gateway. The ongoing work on the software is public on the developer platform Github. All program codes can be viewed by the expert community there. Furthermore, | ||
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+ | The gateway will interact with other parts of the system already developed by WHO. These are also open source and with appropriate copyright licenses. A common security audit with penetration tests is part of the development. This will also give hints for regional and national setups to be followed by the implementers. | ||
+ | T-Systems industry partner in the pandemic | ||
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+ | For T-Systems, the WHO contract is familiar territory. The company had already developed the EU gateway for [[: | ||
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+ | T-Systems had previously set up the [[:European Federation Gateway Service]] (EFGS). The service ensures that member states' | ||
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+ | Telekom and [[:SAP]] worked closely together on both EU projects. The companies are also industry partners for the German government' | ||
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+ | About Deutsche Telekom: Deutsche Telekom company profile | ||
+ | About T-Systems: T-Systems company profile | ||
+ | About Telekom Healthcare Solutions: Company Profile | ||
+ | World Health Organization: |