The World Health Organization’s first WHO Academy is set to officially open its doors in 2023.
The organization this week announced the launch of the academy to be located in Lyon, France.
WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus says the state-of-the-art academy will give healthcare workers, across the globe, access to the latest technology and healthcare training.
He says the academy will allow healthcare workers to upskill themselves and advance their careers.
Read Ghebreyesus’ full statement here.
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The #WHOAcademy campus in Lyon – to be completed in 2023 – will reflect @WHO’s values and ambitions: it will be an innovative, accessible, eco-friendly, collaborative and interactive facility in the heart of Lyon’s bio-medical district. pic.twitter.com/iRoejPWDfu
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) September 28, 2021
"Investing in health systems is the best way to prepare for future pandemics. Success requires unprecedented coordination of all actors. WHO is a key player and #WHOAcademy will be an essential platform for disseminating learning"
– President @EmmanuelMacron pic.twitter.com/7OBVpd9Qoa— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) September 27, 2021
The World Health Organization says the vaccine technology-hub, to be opened here in South Africa, will help bring the country a step closer to developing and producing its own vaccines.
The organization says this will also lessen the country’s dependence on developed countries to supply medicines.
WHO chief scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan says the organization will partner with the South African and French governments to bring the continent’s first Covid-19 messenger RNA hub into realization.
She says the facility will ensure that, during future pandemics, vaccines reach African countries much faster.
Read more on the initiative here.
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"To say more about the 🇿🇦 hub, it’s my great honour to be joined by President @CyrilRamaphosa. This is a great step forward for 🇿🇦 & for the 🌍. I hope this will be a key moment for increasing production capacity in Africa for #COVID19 vaccines & for future vaccines"-@DrTedros pic.twitter.com/CaeUwYsgT4
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 21, 2021
WHO & its #COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium to establish its first #COVID19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub.
More details 👉https://t.co/w1MC0Adxj9 #VaccinEquity pic.twitter.com/D0RVL0A7Ph
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 21, 2021
