President of France Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the launch of the WHO Academy
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus and French President Emmanuel Macron today broke ground at the launch of the first WHO Academy in the French city of Lyon.
The Academy fulfills a commitment by the two leaders to make WHO training more widely available to member states, and more systematically offered across various new digital media channels.
“The ambitions of the WHO Academy are not modest: to transform lifelong learning in health globally,” said Dr Tedros. “The COVID-19 pandemic is a powerful demonstration of the value of health workers, and why they need the most up-to-date information, competencies and tools to keep their communities healthy and safe.
He added: “The WHO Academy is an investment in health, education, knowledge and technology, but ultimately it’s an investment in people, and in a healthier, safer, fairer future.”
This initiative is one of a number of WHO projects in collaboration with major European countries in a new wave of science and diplomatic collaborations that notably coincide with France and Germany’s co-sponsoring of Tedros’ candidacy for re-election.
Recently, the WHO and the German government launched a pandemic surveillance hub in Berlin.
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