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COVID-19 Law Lab

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Science & Technology
  • Published
    25th Jul, 2020
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) along with other key bodies had launched COVID-19 Law Lab.
  • It is a database of laws that countries had implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The lab is a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), WHO, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.
  • This is the 1st initiative to start studying governance response to a pandemic and to measure what works and what not.
  • Its aim is to ensure that laws protect the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities and those they comply with international human rights standards.
  • WHO Launched ‘COVID-19 Technology Access Pool’ for equal access to Life-saving Tech during an event co-hosted by WHO and Costa Rica on May 29, 2020 at Geneva, Switzerland.
  • WHO and UN’s postal agency releases commemorative stamp on 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication

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