Endorsements are open until June 16, for a launch in English expected the week of June 17.

Dr Tedros said that strong primary health care is the front-line in defending the right to health, including sexual and reproductive rights.

The new structure will NOT promote greater integration between the aggregated areas in the new Department. The pathologies gathered there have significant differences in terms of forms of transmission, impact scales, population segments directly affected, social dynamics, indicators and epidemiological factors, among other issues.

Countries at the World Health Organization agreed on Tuesday to push for clearer drug pricing, after watering down a draft resolution that would have also required pharmaceutical firms to disclose the cost of making medicines,