Speech by Henrietta Fore (World Health Summit 2021)

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World Health Summit

Berlin

24/10/2021 - 00:00

Description

Children, while not at the greatest risk from the virus, suffer disproportionately from its economic consequences. This is especially the case in lower income countries, where the pandemic has eroded the progress made during the last few decades.

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 31494

Duration

10:07

Level

Very advanced

Use

Simultaneous

Type

real-life speeches

Domains

Health

Terminology

Minister Spahn, Director-General Tedros, global health leaders, to hobble economies, 2.2 billion children, variants of concern, midwives, community workers, social workers, 7 billion doses administered, Act-A and Covax, routine childhood immunisations, to weather a storm, contain outbreaks, crippling for the high income countries, 5,000 dollars, critical strain, 100 dollars, morbility, mortality, gasp for breath, wards, stretched to the breaking point, routine healthcare, go by the wayside, The Lancet, 114,000 additional women and children, backsliding, progress eroded, 23 million children,

Notes

Link to the full recording of this event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJFKBritLlc
This speech is dense and demanding, the kind of speech one regularly encounters at high level meetings. You can find its transcript on the website of UNICEF:
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/keynote-speech-world-health-summi…