COVID-19: Aggiornamenti dal sistema ONU – 7 Aprile

WHO

WHO and partners call for urgent investment in nurses (7 April 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/07-04-2020-who-and-partners-call-for-urgent-investment-in-nurses

WHO and Global Citizen announce: ‘One World: Together at home’ Global Special to support healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic (6 April 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-04-2020-who-and-global-citizen-announce-one-world-together-at-home-global-special-to-support-healthcare-workers-in-the-fight-against-the-covid-19-pandemic  

#BeActive for the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (6 April 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-04-2020-beactive-for-the-un-international-day-of-sport-for-development-and-peace

WHO-Europe

WHO calls on governments to invest in nurses for a healthy Europe (7 April 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/events/events/2020/04/world-health-day-2020/news/news/2020/04/who-calls-on-governments-to-invest-in-nurses-for-a-healthy-europe

New WHO/Europe tool for behavioural insights: critical to inform COVID-19 response (6 April 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/4/new-whoeurope-tool-for-behavioural-insights-critical-to-inform-covid-19-response

Laura Lupi, COVID-19 nurse: together, we can beat this virus (6 April 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/nursing-and-midwifery/news/news/2020/4/laura-lupi,-covid-19-nurse-together,-we-can-beat-this-virus  

COVID-19 – WHO – Laura Lupi, infermiera: “Insieme possiamo battere il virus!”:  https://unric.org/it/covid-19-who-laura-lupi-infermiera-insieme-possiamo-battere-il-virus/

 

UN News

Lady Gaga curating global event to boost healthcare workers on coronavirus front line (6 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061202

International sport day moves indoors, with plea to stay active during self-isolation (6 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061212   

How can the world counter COVID-19 online? UN issues hackers’ challenge to CodeTheCurve (6 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061142

Rights experts warn against discrimination in COVID-19 response (6 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061122

UN backs global action to end violence against women and girls amid COVID-19 crisis (6 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061132

UN chief calls for domestic violence ‘ceasefire’ amid ‘horrifying global surge’ (6 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061052

DGC

“I’m behind you,” Secretary-General tells UN health workers fighting COVID-19 (6 April 2020): https://www.un.org/en/un-coronavirus-communications-team/%E2%80%9Ci%E2%80%99m-behind-you%E2%80%9D-un-chief-tells-health-workers-they-fight-covid 

Videomessaggio del Segretario Generale per la Giornata Mondiale della Salute: https://unric.org/it/videomessaggio-del-segretario-generale-per-la-giornata-mondiale-della-salute/

IMF

An Early View of the Economic Impact of the Pandemic in 5 Charts (6 April 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/06/an-early-view-of-the-economic-impact-of-the-pandemic-in-5-charts/

The April 2020 Global Financial Stability Report will be released on Tuesday, April 14, at 11:30am ET. Tune in for a live presentation by Tobias Adrian: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/GFSR/Issues/2020/04/14/global-financial-stability-report-april-2020

WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 8:30am ET: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2020/04/14/weo-april-2020

ITU

COVID-19: How students view the sudden shift to online learning (3 April 2020): https://news.itu.int/covid-19-how-students-view-the-sudden-shift-to-online-learning/

OCHA

OCHA releases humanitarian icons to help the COVID-19 response (6 April 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/ocha-releases-humanitarian-icons-help-covid-19-response

COVID-19 – Le icone umanitarie di OCHA in risposta alla pandemia: https://unric.org/it/covid-19-le-icone-umanitarie-di-ocha-in-risposta-alla-pandemia/?

 

OHCHR

Kenya’s informal settlements need safe water to survive COVID-19 (6 April 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/COVID19_RighttoWaterKenya.aspx

Racial equity and equality must guide state action in COVID-19 response, say UN experts (6 April 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25776&LangID=E

UN experts call for urgent action to mitigate heightened risks of violence against children: https://ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25778&LangID=E

UN WOMEN

COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/04/issue-brief-covid-19-and-ending-violence-against-women-and-girls

“Nurses are the real heroes,” says Albanian doctor in the front line of COVID-19 response (6 April 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/4/feature-nurses-in-albania-on-front-line-of-covid-19-response

In a Serbian town, survivors of domestic violence are sewing face masks for those in the front line of COVID-19 response (6 April 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/4/feature-serbian-survivors-of-domestic-violence-sew-face-masks-for-covid-19-response

Step it up G7: An extraordinary time requires extraordinary solidarity (6 April 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/4/op-ed-joint-step-it-up-g7

UN-Habitat

UN-Habitat’s response to COVID-19 and more, Donor brief (6 April 2020): https://unhabitat.org/un-habitats-response-to-covid-19-and-more

UN-SPIDER

ESA and Euro Data Cube launch COVID-19 custom script contest (3 April 2020): http://www.un-spider.org/news-and-events/news/esa-sentinel-hub-covid-19-custom-script-contest

UNAIDS

Supporting transgender people during the COVID-19 pandemic, Feature story (6 April 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/april/20200406_transgender_covid19

UNCTAD

Coronavirus reveals need to bridge the digital divide (6 April 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2322

Covid-19 evidenzia la necessita’ di colmare il divario digitale: https://unric.org/it/covid-19-evidenzia-la-necessita-di-colmare-il-divario-digitale/

 

The COVID-19 Crisis: Accentuating the Need to Bridge Digital Divides: https://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/dtlinf2020d1_en.pdf

UNDP

World Health Day celebrates nurses and midwives (6 April 2020): https://medium.com/@UNDP/world-health-day-celebrates-nurses-and-midwifes-c49c0e724461

UNECA

Stronger partnerships crucial for successful implementation of SDGs in light of COVID-19 (6 April 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/stronger-partnerships-crucial-successful-implementation-sdgs-light-covid-19

UNECLAC

Observatorio COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe – Impacto económico y social: https://www.cepal.org/es/temas/covid-19

UNEP

UNEP Statement on COVID-19 (6 April 2020): https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/statement/unep-statement-covid-19

UNESCO

COVID-19 Response: https://en.unesco.org/covid19

UNESCO launches CodeTheCurve Hackathon to develop digital solutions in response to COVID-19 (6 April 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-launches-codethecurve-hackathon-develop-digital-solutions-response-covid-19

UNESCO calls for greater support to documentary heritage amid COVID-19 (6 April 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-calls-greater-support-documentary-heritage-amid-covid-19

How Soap Kills COVID-19 on Hands (6 April 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/how-soap-kills-covid-19-hands

UNESCWA

ESCWA & partners warn: violence against women has increased due to COVID-19; Women will lose twice as much as men in terms of jobs (6 April 2020): https://www.unescwa.org/news/escwa-partners-warn-violence-against-women-has-increased-due-covid-19-women-will-lose-twice

UNFPA

COVID-19 affects Ukraine health systems already compromised by conflict (6 April 2020): https://www.unfpa.org/news/covid-19-affects-ukraine-health-systems-already-compromised-conflict

UNITAR

COVID-19 Preparedness and Response in Places of Detention: Information Package: https://www.unitar.org/learning-solutions/publications/covid-19-preparedness-and-response-places-detention-information-package 

UNWTO

Stay home today, #TravelTomorrow (6 April 2020): https://www.unwto.org/news/stay-home-today-traveltomorrow

WFP

World Health Day: WFP’s response to COVID-19 in pictures (7 April 2020): https://insight.wfp.org/world-health-day-wfps-response-to-covid-19-in-pictures-96d5596560b5

How data is boosting WFP’s response to COVID-19 (6 April 2020): https://insight.wfp.org/how-streamlined-data-is-boosting-wfps-response-to-covid-19-f7db07bf80ec

WTO

WTO, WCO chiefs pledge joint efforts to facilitate trade in essential goods (6 April 2020): https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news20_e/igo_06apr20_e.htm

WORLD BANK

WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) and COVID-19 (6 April 2020): http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/water/brief/wash-water-sanitation-hygiene-and-covid-19

 

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