Fact Sheets

COVID-19 primarily attacks the respiratory system, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised that people with chronic lung diseases, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes may be more likely to become seriously ill if they contract COVID-19.

In partnership with harm reduction colleagues, we have developed guidance for syringe services/harm reduction providers and safer drug use in the COVID-19 outbreak.

Addis Ababa is Ethiopia’s largest city with 3.4 million people and nearly 25,000 road crashes per year. The number of vehicles has more than doubled in the past five years.

Accra is the capital of Ghana with a population of 1.9 million in its metropolitan area in 2017. In addition, more than half a million people from the Greater Accra region commute to the city daily for work.

To address the enormous burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), The Union, the Medical Research Council (MRC-UK at UCL) and other global partners initiated the STREAM Clinical Trial (Standardised Treatment Regimen of Anti-tuberculosis Drugs for Patients with Multiple Drug-resistant Tuberculosis) in July, 2012.

We partner with countries to Step Up preparedness for measurable progress protecting people from disease outbreaks.

High blood pressure kills more people than any other condition globally.