Global CIO Forum brought together renowned indoor air quality experts on June 11, for a GCF Unite WebSummit on a topic that affects everyone: Impact of indoor air quality, now and in the post-Covid world. As the world co...
Changes in the way that health care is delivered during this pandemic are needed to reduce staff exposure to ill persons, preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), and minimize the impact of patient surges on facilit...
The UN agency has clarified information shared earlier this week, noting that there is still much to learn about the new coronavirus. “Since early February, we have said that asymptomatic people can transmit COVID-19, bu...
Suphachai Chearavanont, is head of Thailand-based CP Group – one of the world’s largest conglomerates – and chairperson of UN Global Compact Thailand. With companies in 22 countries, across a wide range of sectors –...
Unable to disembark, the statement released on behalf of António Guterres through his Spokesperson, said that the maximum sea time stipulated in international conventions, was being ignored, “with some seafarers marooned...
“Even before COVID-19, the world faced unprecedented levels of humanitarian suffering. Now the virus threats to increase hunger and poverty – and reverse decades of development gains”, UN Secretary-General António Guterr...
For his latest policy brief on the pandemic, António Guterres focused on the need to safeguard everyone’s access to food and adequate nutrition: for now, and in the future. “Unless immediate action is taken, it is incr...
What is WHO’s view on masks? Masks should be used as part of a comprehensive strategy of measures to suppress transmission and save lives; the use of a mask alone is not sufficient to provide an adequate level of prote...
“More than six months into this pandemic, this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal”, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking on Monday during his regular briefing on the crisis. S...
Joining forces, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) flagged that “food safety is a shared responsibility” with a role for everyone to play, from governments, industry and p...