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WHO & EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK JOIN FORCES ON COVID-19 AND MORE
Date
May 7, 2020
WHO and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are boosting cooperation to strengthen public health, supply of essential equipment, and training in the countries most vulnerable to COVID-19. The five key areas of focus are :
- Malaria diagnostics & treatment
- Antibiotic resistance
- Strengthening Primary Health Care
- Support COVID-19 supply chain
- Study public health market failures & improve on them
The new partnership was formalized in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Friday by WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and President of the EIB, Werner Hoyer.
For more information, check out the press release