• WHO is working with Iraq to increase surveillance and response capacities. WHO has
printed hundreds of thousands of prevention and transmission control messages, taken
mobile health teams to the streets, and delivered urgent consignments of personal protective
equipment (PPE) and laboratory test kits. More information can be found here.• WHO has
been working with governments and partners around the world, across many areas of
activity: conducting needs assessments, providing hand sanitizers and masks for health …

• WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros, in his regular media briefing yesterday, cautioned that
“we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time”. He added that “the
world cannot go back to the way things were. There must be a “new normal”–a world that is
healthier, safer and better prepared”. His speech can be found here.• WHO has published
guidance 'Addressing Human Rights as Key to the COVID-19 Response'. The guidance
document highlights the importance of integrating a human rights-based approach into the …