WHO & ITU sporazum o direktnom SMS obaveštavanju o epidemiji.

 

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From: ITU Strategic Communications <scd.mailings@itu.int>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 7:55 PM
To: svga@pcpress.rs
Subject: ITU-WHO Joint Statement: Unleashing information technology to defeat COVID-19

 

Initiative builds on current efforts to disseminate health messages through the joint WHO-ITU BeHe@lthy BeMobile initiative

 

 

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JOINT STATEMENT

 

 

Unleashing information technology to defeat COVID-19

 

Initiative builds on current efforts to disseminate health messages through the joint WHO-ITU BeHe@lthy BeMobile initiative

 

 

 

Geneva, 20 April 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunication U nion (ITU), with support from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), are set to work with telecommunication companies to text people directly on their mobile phones with vital health messaging to help protect them from COVID-19. These text messages will reach billions of people that aren’t able to connect to the internet for info rmation.

 

Now more than ever, technology must ensure that everyone can access the information they need. The collaboration will start in the Asia Pacific region and then roll out globally. The goal is to reach everyone with vital health messages, whatever their connectivity level. An estimated 3.6 billion people remain offline, with most people who are unconnected living in low-income countries, where an average of just two out of every ten people are online.

 

ITU and WHO call on all telecommunication companies worldwide to join this initiative to help unleash the power of communication technology to save lives from COVID-19. This initiative builds on current efforts to disseminate health messages through the joint WHO-ITU BeHe@lthy BeMobile initiative...

 

 

 

MEDIA CONTACTS

 

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

 

Monika Gehner

Head, Strategic Communications

Mobile: +41 79 337 4964

E-mail: monika.gehner@itu.int

World Health Organization (WHO)

 

Jaimie Guerra

Communications Officer

Mobile: +41 79 475 5536

E-mail: guerraja@who.int

 

 

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