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Q&A on a future for the world’s children with @HelenClarkNZ pscp.tv/w/cR0QPTI2MTAy…

@HelenClarkNZ No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released today by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the 🌎🌍🌏.
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@HelenClarkNZ @WHOSEARO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO The report includes a new global index of 180 countries, comparing performance on child flourishing, including:
🔹 measures of child survival & well-being, such as health, education & nutrition
🔹 sustainability, with a proxy for greenhouse gas emissions & equity or income gaps

@HelenClarkNZ @WHOSEARO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO According to the report, while the poorest countries need to do more to support their children’s ability to live healthy lives, excessive carbon emissions threaten the future of all children.
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@HelenClarkNZ @WHOSEARO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO If 🌏🌍🌎 warming exceeds 4°C by the year 2100 in line with current projections, this would lead to devastating health consequences for children, due to:
🌊 rising ocean levels
🥵 heatwaves
⚕️ proliferation of diseases like malaria, dengue & malnutrition.
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@HelenClarkNZ @WHOSEARO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO Children’s exposure to commercial marketing of junk food🍔 and sugary beverages🧃 is associated with purchase of unhealthy foods and overweight and obesity, linking predatory marketing to the alarming rise in childhood obesity.
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