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10 June 2021 | Issue 23

COVID-19 stories

Meet Laxmi, the first woman working as a driver for WHO in Nepal (video) EN

Boosting COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Nigeria (photo essay) EN FR

Rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in Afghanistan (video) EN

Improving family medicine in China and battling COVID-19 with smart systems EN

WHO/Europe launches a new Russian-language podcast on the hottest health topics DE EN FR RU

PAHO Director calls for intensified health response in Haiti to reverse rapidly deteriorating COVID-19 conditions EN ES FR PT

A new commitment for vaccine equity and defeating the pandemic AR EN ES FR RU ZH

Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants AR EN ES FR RU ZH

More stories

Vaccines explained

All Vaccines Explained content AR EN ES FR PT RU ZH

Content in this series is available for you to adapt and use. All scripts and art files in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are available here. If you need help or have questions contact Diane Abad-Vergara.

More COVID-19 vaccine resources

COVID-19 vaccine introduction toolkit AR EN ES FR RU ZH

Video: What is the COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction and deployment Costing (CVIC) tool? EN ES FR

The Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know EN NEW: AR ES FR RU ZH

Guidance: key information on the vaccine specific requirements for the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine EN

Guidance (updated): Developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines EN

All COVID-19 vaccine videos

All COVID-19 vaccine information

Rehabilitation after COVID-19

The guidance document produced by WHO's Regional Office for Europe "Support for rehabilitation self-management after COVID-19-related illness" has been downloaded 160 000 times and translated into 25 languages since mid-2020.

Video animations based on this guidance are available in English and Russian.

See also: Patients from 10 countries share their COVID-19 rehabilitation journey (video) EN RU

COVID-19 course updates

WHO’s online learning platform OpenWHO has 5.3 million course enrolments in 53 languages. All courses are available for free, including 33 courses for COVID-19.

NEW:

OpenWHO continues to add resources in national and local languages, most recently launching courses in Kazakh, Haitian Creole and Shona.

The platform also hosts 58 courses on other topics addressing health emergencies and WHO areas of expertise.

The science of COVID-19

WHO experts explain the science related to COVID-19. This video and audio series is available weekly on WHO's social media channels and on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major podcasts platforms.

Episode transcripts are available for download: AR EN ES FR PT RU ZH

NEW: Episode #41 - Vaccines, pregnancy, menstruation, lactation and fertility​: What is the guidance for vaccination of women with breastfeeding infants, women who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant and women who are menstruating? What about vaccines and fertility? WHO’s Dr Soumya Swaminathan explains.

NEW: Episode #40 - Transmission indoors and outdoors: How does SARS-CoV-2 , the virus that causes COVID-19 , spread from one person to another? How can you keep yourself safe indoors and outdoors? WHO’s Dr Oliver Morgan explains.

New or updated Q&As and technical guidance

Q&A: Hydroxychloroquine EN NEW: AR ES FR RU ZH

Q&A: Emergency Use Listing procedure for vaccines against COVID-19 EN NEW: AR ES FR RU ZH

Q&A: Contact tracing NEW: AR EN FR RU ZH

Information note: COVID-19: considerations for tuberculosis care EN NEW: FR RU

Policy brief: Preventing and mitigating COVID-19 at work EN NEW: AR ES RU ZH

Health workforce policy and management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic response EN NEW: AR ES FR RU ZH

Continuity of essential health services: Facility assessment tool EN NEW: ES FR

WHO/UNICEF policy brief: Disability considerations for COVID-19 vaccination EN NEW: ES FR RU ZH

WHO SAGE roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines in the context of limited supply: An approach to inform planning and subsequent recommendations based upon epidemiologic setting and vaccine supply scenarios. Version 1, 20 October 2020 EN NEW: AR ES FR RU ZH

WHO SAGE roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines in the context of limited supply: An approach to inform planning and subsequent recommendations based upon epidemiologic setting and vaccine supply scenarios. Version 1.1, 13 November 2020 NEW: EN

Interim recommendations for use of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group, Sinopharm: Interim guidance EN NEW: AR FR RU

Interim recommendations for use of the ChAdOx1-S [‎recombinant]‎ vaccine against COVID-19 (‎AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222, SII Covishield, SK Bioscience)‎ EN ZH NEW: AR

All COVID-19 technical guidance AR EN ES FR RU ZH

More resources

All COVID-19 information AR EN ES FR RU ZH

Case numbers and vaccination data dashboard and map
Weekly epidemiological and operational updates

WHO epidemic information network

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