COVID-19 vaccines 🩹 are a very powerful tool 💪🏾 to prevent COVID-19 infections.
The risk of serious side effects from vaccines, like blood clotting 🩸 is VERY RARE and MUCH LOWER than the risk of serious illness or death from #COVID19 https://t.co/EQw3uCpeiS
Over 9⃣0⃣% of people breathe unhealthy levels of #AirPollution, largely resulting from burning fossil fuels driving #ClimateChange
Ending the burning of fossil fuels drastically reduces pollution & offers immediate benefits for society & the economy.
"The COVAX facility, with the support of PAHO’s Revolving Fund, has delivered 64.3M doses 💉 to the region. Roughly 30% of these vaccines, over 19 million doses, were donations by the United States 🇺🇸, Spain 🇪🇸, Canada 🇨🇦, and other governments", @Jarbas_Barbosa #COVID19 https://t.co/WKio4NAmfz
Countries 🌎 must remain vigilant, accelerate equitable access to vaccines 💉 and continue public health measures until everyone 🧑🏿🦱👵🏽👴🏿👩🏻 is protected.
📢 "The progress in our region is not a reason to become complacent or discontinue the public health measures that help keep us safe.
Quite the opposite – the decline in cases and deaths shows that our approach is working", @Jarbas_Barbosa #COVID19 https://t.co/5r6CV5Cptr
🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY
We are searching 🔎 for a consultant to support data management and equity monitoring & evaluation
for a new collaboration project between PAHO and @CanadaDev
➕ INFO ➡️ paho.org/en/vacancies/s…
Vaccination alone is not enough, but combined with effective public health measures, it’s our best strategy for reducing COVID-19 transmission and saving lives.
But we are aware that most countries in the region still don’t have enough doses 📦 to protect all adults, which makes it critical to follow expert guidance and maximize the impact of the doses that are available.
@Jarbas_Barbosa #COVID19
PAHO continues to work tirelessly to make these vaccines available to everyone in the Americas 🌎
@Jarbas_Barbosa #COVID19
Our ability to quickly develop safe, effective 💉 against a new virus like #COVID19 has been a model of scientific innovation based on years of research, & our rollout of these vaccines is based on our vast public health experience in immunization programs
@Jarbas_Barbosa
