"Global Health" is concerned about the outbreak in the Balkans and Central Europe

United Nations: The "Covid-19" epidemic exacerbates discrimination against the elderly

Age discrimination passes without regard to it or facing it.

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Yesterday, the United Nations confirmed that "Covid-19" exacerbated discrimination and stereotypes and preconceived ideas in the world based on age, especially against the elderly, while the World Health Organization expressed "special concern" about the outbreak of "Covid-19" in the Balkans and Central Europe .

In detail, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said that there has been a devastating impact of the Corona virus on older people, while solidarity between generations will be essential for the global recovery.

Four United Nations agencies warned in a joint report that age discrimination was widespread, stressing that the problem did not affect only the elderly.

In the workplace in particular, younger and older people face obstacles alike on the basis of their age, according to the report, which added that the same problem exists in the fields of health and social care, the media, and the judiciary, and that its repercussions are widespread.

In the report, Guterres said, "Age discrimination is widespread in institutions, laws and policies around the world, and is harmful to individual health and dignity, and to economies and societies on a large scale."

He added, "People are also deprived of human rights and their ability to reach their full potential."

The 203-page report, issued by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights Office, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the United Nations Population Fund, stated that age discrimination may materialize through attitudes based on stereotypes and preconceptions, and discrimination completely .

The issue that was a problem before "Covid-19" was exacerbated by the epidemic, according to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michel Bachelet, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Leo Zenmen, and the Executive Director of the Fund United Nations Population, Natalia Kanem.

"Older people were always seen as being all the same weak, they said, while younger people were portrayed as unconquerable, or as reckless and irresponsible."

"As countries seek to recover from the epidemic, people of all ages will continue to face various forms of age discrimination, so that the younger workers' chances of getting jobs may diminish," international officials said.

Older workers may become targets of measures to reduce the number of personnel in the workforce. ”

They pointed out that age discrimination is common, given that it passes without regard to it or confronting it, and it costs society billions of dollars.

The report stated that strategies to reduce age discrimination have proven successful in three areas: policies and laws, educational activities and intergenerational communication.

The report stressed the need to take a series of measures to deal with age discrimination, including building "a movement to change the narrative related to age and aging."

This comes at a time when the World Health Organization, yesterday, expressed its "special concern" about the outbreak of "Covid-19" in the Balkans and Central Europe, noting that the deaths and cases that require transportation to hospitals in the two regions are among the highest in the world.

"We are particularly concerned about the epidemiological situation in the Balkans, as in many other countries around central Europe," Catherine Smallwood, director of emergencies at the World Health Organization’s office in Europe, told reporters.

Yesterday, the head of the European Office of the World Health Organization, Hans Kluge, referred to the decision of several countries to temporarily suspend the use of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, after reports of possible side effects.

“Until now, we don’t know if some or all of the cases are caused by the vaccine or other symptomatic factors,” he said.

The World Health Organization is evaluating the most recent safety data.

The benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine far outweigh the risks, and it must continue to be used to save lives. ”

European Medicines Agency: AstraZeneca vaccine is safe

The European Medicines Agency described the use of the "AstraZeneca" vaccine against the emerging "Corona" virus as safe and effective, despite reports of causing blood clots.

And blood clots were reported in many countries, which prompted many governments around the world to suspend vaccination campaigns with the vaccine.

This slowed vaccination efforts in the European Union, which had already been slowing.

The European Medicines Agency, which approved the vaccine in January, launched a review on the risks of AstraZeneca.

"The committee has concluded a clear scientific conclusion," said agency president Emer Kuki, upon presenting the results of the review.

Cookie said, "This vaccine is safe and effective, and its benefits in protecting people from (Covid-19) disease, and the associated risks of death or hospitalization, outweigh its potential risks."

However, the "agency" has not definitively ruled out a link between the occurrence of blood clots and the use of the vaccine, and says that it has opened additional investigations to try to understand the matter. 

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