Quotes
Our health system can still cope with this challenge today, but at this speed of infections it will reach the limits of its capacity within weeks
The COVID-19 pandemic has jarred the world’s health systems, societies and economies. In many ways, this is a wake-up call for potentially even greater threats, especially those posed by climate change
Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General, WHO
PIN POINT We can beat COVID-19 only with facts, science and community solidarity
Winnie Byanyima Executive Director, Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
International cooperation is the only way to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, rising inequality and the spreading of hatred
Antonio Guterres Secretary General, United Nations
BUZZ UN Development
United Nations
Bill Gates
Urban Institute
@UNDP
@UN
@BillGates
@urbaninstitute
Global poverty is rising for the first time since 1998. COVID-19 is demolishing decades of efforts to advance #GenerationEquality, education, health, & human development
#COVID19 has been devastating for children & their education. Students in the world’s poorest countries have already lost nearly four months of learning since the start of the pandemic, according to @UNICEF’s latest report
It’s inspiring to see so much passion these days for dealing with climate change, and to know that the world has set some ambitious goals for solving it. What we need now are practical plans to reach those goals
The pandemic has revealed is how critical housing is. “People are now working from home, schooling from home, healing from home.” (via @ amyreports)
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