Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. The world is now facing a global health crisis unlike any other — COVID-19 has spread human suffering, destabilized the global economy and upended the lives of billions of people around the globe.
Most countries, especially poorer countries, have insufficient health facilities, medical supplies and health care workers and are unable to meet the surge in demand. Concerted efforts are required to achieve universal health coverage and sustainable financing for health.
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Correct!?2021 is the in appreciation and gratitude for their dedication in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; 2020 was designated as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.?
Incorrect.?The correct answer is B. 2021 is the in appreciation and gratitude for their dedication in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; 2020 was designated as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.?
Incorrect.?The correct answer is A. The number of women and girls who died each year from complications of pregnancy and childbirth declined from 451,000 in 2000 to 295,000 in 2017. Still, die each day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and for every woman who dies, approximately 20 others suffer serious injuries, infections or disabilities.
Correct! The number of women and girls who died each year from complications of pregnancy and childbirth declined from 451,000 in 2000 to 295,000 in 2017. Still, die each day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and for every woman who dies, approximately 20 others suffer serious injuries, infections or disabilities.
Correct! The , published by WHO last April, showed that 59% of health professionals are nurses. Nursing remains a highly gendered profession with associated biases in the workplace. Approximately 90% of the nursing workforce is female, but few leadership positions in the health sector are held by nurses or women.
Incorrect.?The correct answer is A. The , published by WHO last April, showed that 59% of health professionals are nurses. Nursing remains a highly gendered profession with associated biases in the workplace. Approximately 90% of the nursing workforce is female, but few leadership positions in the health sector are held by nurses or women.
Correct! Two in five households globally (40%) facilities with soap and water in their home, and more than half (55%) of the global population was estimated to lack access to safely-managed sanitation services in 2017. Globally, in 2016, unsafe drinking-water and sanitation and lack of hand hygiene were responsible for nearly 1.2 million deaths, including almost 300,000 of children aged under 5 years who died due to diarrhoea.?
Incorrect.?The correct answer is B. Two in five households globally (40%) facilities with soap and water in their home, and more than half (55%) of the global population was estimated to lack access to safely-managed sanitation services in 2017. Globally, in 2016, unsafe drinking-water and sanitation and lack of hand hygiene were responsible for nearly 1.2 million deaths, including almost 300,000 of children aged under 5 years who died due to diarrhoea.?
Incorrect. The correct answer is D. is an initiative co-led by , , and WHO, which aims to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world. This includes distributing two billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, mostly to poorer countries. Countries that are benefiting from this initiative so far include in February, and Cote d’Ivoire with in the same month.?
Correct!? is an initiative co-led by , , and WHO, which aims to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world. This includes distributing two billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, mostly to poorer countries. Countries that are benefiting from this initiative so far include in February, and Cote d’Ivoire with in the same month.?
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