Solidarity Fund to Fight COVID-19

The Solidarity Fund to Fight COVID-19 ( english COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund ) is one of the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Foundation DOMICILED, the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation and its partners, a global fund to support the work of WHO in the Containing the COVID-19 pandemic .

The fund was launched on March 13, 2020 by the WHO Director General in Geneva . The purpose of this fund, according to the World Health Organization, is “to support the work of WHO to track and understand the spread of the virus, ensure that patients receive the care they need, and that frontline workers receive vital supplies and information, and Accelerate efforts to develop vaccines, tests and interventions. "

Large companies, including Facebook , H&M, and Google , have donated to the fund along with several private individuals.

aims

According to the WHO, the donations received is invested in financing the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan ( English Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan ), include the following items to its activities according to WHO:

Introducing activities to track and understand the spread of the coronavirus
Make sure patients get the care they need
Purchase and shipping of essential consumables such as masks, protective gloves and clothing for front-line workers
Create evidence-based guidelines and advice, and ensure that healthcare workers and emergency responders receive the information and training to identify and treat affected patients
Develop guidelines for the general public and for specific groups on actions to prevent the spread and protect themselves and others
Accelerate efforts to develop vaccines, tests and treatments.

Individual evidence

↑ The English name is the official name in international traffic. The German name Solidarity Fund to Fight COVID-19 is used by the WHO in its German-language Internet publications, such as B. here (at the bottom of the page).
↑ WHO: COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund - Help WHO fight COVID-19. , www.who.int , accessed on April 15, 2020.
↑ In the original English wording “Producing guidance for the general public and for particular groups on measures to take to prevent the spread and prevent themselves and others” there is obviously a typo: Instead of “prevent themselves and others” it can only be: “protect themselves and others ".

[1] The English name is the official name in international traffic. The German name Solidarity Fund to Fight COVID-19 is used by the WHO in its German-language Internet publications, such as B. here (at the bottom of the page).

[2] WHO: COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund - Help WHO fight COVID-19. , www.who.int , accessed on April 15, 2020.

[3] In the original English wording “Producing guidance for the general public and for particular groups on measures to take to prevent the spread and prevent themselves and others” there is obviously a typo: Instead of “prevent themselves and others” it can only be: “protect themselves and others ".