WHO Europe rewards ISS staff for their commitment to the Covid emergency
2021: international year of health and care workers. The WHO rewards those who have been on the front line, that of the hospital wards, during the pandemic emergency. “WHO has hit the mark by dedicating the year to all health workers who have done their utmost – says the Head of the Health Authority Claudio Muccioli – devoting himself only to us he had problems with Covid “. In front of doctors and health and social health workers, Bettina Menne – responsible for the small states WHO initiative – brings the organization’s ‘thank you’: “You have given so much, to and to citizens, it is time for the world to start protecting you” – he says – while quantifying the impact of Covid on 13 million health workers in the pandemic: stress, insomnia, depression effects also found for theexcessive workload and promise investments in training, for decent working conditions, for psycho-physical support.
On the day dedicated, the General Manager remembers the women in the ward Francesco Bevere, recognizing Bettina Menne “the hinge role played in difficult times in the international arena”, hoping for collaborations with the ISS also in research programs. In a relationship between San Marino and WHO ever more solid: “The letter signed by the Regional Director for Europe, Kluge and the presence of Bettina Menne testify to the close relationships that exist with the WHO – says the Secretary of Health, Roberto Ciavatta – but there is also the fact that the WHO has always followed the events relating to Covid in the Republic and thanks for the ways in which the structure managed to ward off the pandemic, in even the darkest moments, especially in the early stages “. The medical director Sergio Rabini he thanked the health, social health and administrative staff: “you are the bulwark – he says – in defense of the sense of community”. Award that symbolically goes into the hands of the nursing coordinators, with Elisabetta Ercolani which extends to the staff, to underline the irreplaceable value of teamwork.
In the video, the interviews with Claudio Muccioli, Head of the Health Authority and with the Secretary of Health, Roberto Ciavatta