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"When health is at risk, everything is at risk"
At the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, there was an unprecedented focus on health.
“If COVID-19 taught us nothing else, it’s that when health is at risk, everything is at risk”, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
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