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The digital system ‘will help facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across the world from on-going and future health threats, including pandemics,’ according to the WHO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GENEVA (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 The World Health Organization and the European Union announced their collaboration on global digital vaccine passports at a joint press conference in Geneva on June 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) system of digital COVID-19 certification to establish a global system that will help facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across the world from on-going and future health threats, including pandemics,\u201d the WHO press release<\/a> states. <\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the first building block of the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) that will develop a wide range of digital products to deliver better health for all.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the value of digital health solutions in facilitating access to health services,\u201d WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus said during the\u00a0press conference<\/a>. \u201cWhile the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is now over, investment in digital infrastructure remains an important resource for health systems and for economies and societies at large.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n