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Feb 20, 2023, 9 tweets

🧡 A well-trained workforce is essential for reaching universal health coverage.

That is why we support training and capacity building for the whole spectrum of health professionals to achieve #HealthForAll.

#WHOImpact across the globe 🌎🌍🌏:
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In #Samoa πŸ‡ΌπŸ‡Έ, WHO, @dfat πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί & @MFATNZ πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ supported the training of the Emergency Medical Team respond to the impact of cyclones. The group rehearsed setting up & operating mobile clinics.
#WHOImpact

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WHO helped train πŸ‡²πŸ‡· #Mauritania’s new emergency-response teams to quickly locate & stop disease outbreaks before they can become epidemics.

Since August 2022, the teams have responded to 8 emergencies & stopped a Rift Valley fever outbreak.
#WHOImpact

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WHO is strengthening the fight against vector-borne diseases like #malaria & dengue.

Participants from Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand & Timor Leste were trained in controlling mosquitoes & other disease-carrying bugs.
#WHOImpact

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WHO helps in scaling up mental health services in #Palestine.

The country lacks #MentalHealth facilities & services to keep up with demand. WHO fills the gap by training hundreds of health workers to identify & treat mental health conditions.

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More than 100 health workers in #Palestine have been trained to use a new electronic health information system.

The programme reduces hassles for patients & staff & also enables faster, better-quality health care services.

#WHOImpact in Palestine:
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WHO supports training of hundreds of frontlines health workers in πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή #Haiti's cholera response.

The workers disseminate life-saving information in the most-affected communities & let people know how to prevent #cholera, seek early treatment.
#WHOImpact
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In #Malaysia πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ύ, WHO supports training for caregivers of people with dementia.

WHO has been collaborating with @KKMPutrajaya & the Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation Malaysia to provide dementia-care skills training covering symptoms, care & more:
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Without adequate funding, this life-saving work wouldn't be possible.

We thank all the governments, organizations and individuals contributing to achieving #HealhtForAll.

This is how, together, we make the #WHOImpact.

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