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Global technical consultation report on proposed terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Terminology used to describe the transmission of pathogens through the air varies across scientific disciplines, organizations and the general public. While this has been the case for decades, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the terms ‘airborne’, ‘airborne transmission’ a ... nd ‘aerosol transmission’ were used in different ways by stakeholders in different scientific disciplines, which may have contributed to misleading information and confusion about how pathogens are transmitted in human populations. This global technical consultation report brings together viewpoints from experts spanning a range of disciplines with the key objective of seeking consensus regarding the terminology used to describe the transmission of pathogens through the air that can potentially cause infection in humans. This consultation aimed to identify terminology that could be understood and accepted by different technical disciplines. The agreed process was to develop a consensus document that could be endorsed by global agencies and entities. Despite the complex discussions and challenges, significant progress was made during the consultation process, particularly the consensus on a set of descriptors to describe how pathogens are transmitted through the air and the related modes of transmission. WHO recognizes the important areas where consensus was not achieved and will continue to address these areas in follow-up consultations. more

One hundred million cases in one hundred weeks

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C_WHO

Working towards better COVID-19 outcomes in the WHO European Region.From the first COVID-19 cases in Europe reported on 24 January 2020, the pandemic reached 1 million cases within 3 months, 10 million cases within 8 months, and 100 million cases in Europe alone within 2 years. Over the course o ... f its two years, COVID-19 has claimed over 1.6 million lives across Europe and Central Asia. The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region has accounted for close to a third of the cumulative global COVID-19 cases and deaths. more

Nigeria Country Office 2021 Annual Report

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This annual report highlights the work of the WHO from January to June 2021 ( December 2021). The activities featured herein are by no means exhausted but implemented with technical and financial support through WHO in Nigeria; facilitated by its presence at all levels of governance (national, state ... , local government, and wards). more

Informe de situación COVID-19 OPS/OMS Argentina: 24 de febrero del 2022

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2022) C_WHO

COVID-19 Progress Report PAHO/WHO Argentina: 24 February 2022 Epidemiología; Resumen de puntos clave de conferencias y declaraciones de interés de OPS/OMS; Variantes de interés y preocupación; Actualización en vacunas; OPS/OMS en redes sociales; Publicaciones relacionadas; Noticias de la Regi� ... �n de las Américas. more

The sociodemographic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations ECLAC (2022) C1

Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by a matrix of social inequality whose axes —such as socioeconomic stratum, gender, stage in the life cycle, ethnicity and race, territory, disability, and immigration status— create multiple, often concurrent, situations of exclusion and discri ... mination. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated wide social gaps and it is no coincidence that Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in which the health and socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic have been the most severe, which shows that the costs of inequality are unsustainable more