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Aug 19, 2020, 7 tweets

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, join us & @ocha to thank all health care and front-line workers around the world responding to #COVID19 & other public health emergencies.

You are our #RealLifeHeroes πŸ¦ΈπŸΎβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦Έβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦Έ!

Dr. Marie-Roseline BΓ©lizaire πŸ‘©β€βš•οΈ could have been any kind of doctor. She chose to help communities fight #COVID19 & Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo πŸ‡¨πŸ‡© and Central African Republic πŸ‡¨πŸ‡«.

Read her #RealLifeHeroes story πŸ‘‰bit.ly/319ZtlV

During #COVID19, health care workers are doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times.

Dr. Sabir Israfilov πŸ‘¨β€βš•οΈ returned to his home country of Azerbaijan πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ώ from Turkey amidst an international lockdown to train health workers to respond to COVID-19.

In Cox’s Bazar, Junnot Ullah is one of many remarkable youths among Rohingya refugees engaging at local & community levels to lift the spirit of his people & enhance their health & well-being amidst the #COVID19 pandemic.

Read his #RealLifeHeroes story πŸ‘‰bit.ly/346FgiV

Berhane Beyene is one of those heros putting her life at risk to keep laboratory surveillance and detection of #COVID19 in motion in Ethiopia πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή.

Read her #RealLifeHeroes story πŸ‘‰bit.ly/3kWGzXu

Dr. Pilailuk Okada & her team πŸ‘©β€βš•οΈπŸ‘¨β€βš•οΈπŸ‘©β€βš•οΈ of microbiologists at the Thai National Influenza Centre worked around the clock and confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Thailand - the first to be confirmed outside of China.

More #RealLifeHeroes stories πŸ‘‰bit.ly/31lzI0X

Health care workers and WHO colleagues around 🌎🌍🌏 are working and dedicating their lives to saving others during the #COVID19 pandemic.

Let’s honour our #RealLifeHeroes on #WorldHumanitarianDay and everyday!

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