World Health Organization, World Diabetes Foundation
Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of NCD Prevention and Control
Report
08 May 2024
18 Mar 2020
In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO stated there is a high risk of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreading to other countries around the world. In March 2020, WHO made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.