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Dec 23 • 5 tweets • 7 min read
📢Good health news from across the world🗺️

Congratulations #Malawi🇲🇼 for being 1st country in Southern Africa and #Vanuatu 🇻🇺for being 1st Pacific Island to eliminate Trachoma, saving many from lifelong blindness.

Read more such stories 🔗bit.ly/3FOHSmE
#HealthForAll Child bending down and scri...
WHO travels deep into #Venezuela’s🇻🇪 rainforest to reach indigenous ethnic groups and administer thousands of vaccinations for polio, measles/rubella and COVID-19 -- going where few can go to support remote communities.

Read more 🔗bit.ly/3FOHSmE
#HealthForAll WHO team treks to isolated ...
@pahowho @PAHOCaribbean WHO helps Ebola survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo🇨🇩to overcome stigma, denial of health care and persistent mental and physical difficulties.

Read more 🔗bit.ly/3FOHSmE

#HealthForAll WHO and partners are runnin...
@pahowho @PAHOCaribbean @WHOAFRO @WHOUganda WHO makes strides in the Eastern Mediterranean region with life-saving tuberculosis services in #Libya🇱🇾, mobile cancer palliative care in #Morocco🇲🇦, and stronger hospital systems in #Palestine 🇵🇸.

✅Read more bit.ly/3FOHSmE

#HealthForAll A WHO personnel wearing a W...
With the @UHCPartnership, WHO delivers support to advance universal health care in the #Bahamas through a primary health care approach, translating into regulations that ensure safe and affordable #COVID19 vaccines and treatments

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Dec 22
🆕Recommendations to better understand the origins of and factors for the emergence and re-emergence of #mpox: Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens bit.ly/3BUOdM5
The Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens outlines studies most urgently needed to better understand #mpox
• Clinical, lab & epidemiological retrospective studies
• Sequencing & phylogenetic
• Zoonosis
• Environmental, behavioural & social science
The Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens recommendations are for researchers in countries with #mpox transmission - specifically those with first detected cases; for governments and for funders bit.ly/3BUOdM5
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Dec 21
LIVE: Media briefing on global health issues with @DrTedros twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@DrTedros "2022 has been very challenging year for the health of the 🌍’s people:
-3rd year of the #COVID19 pandemic
-a 🌍 outbreak of #mpox
-#Ebola outbreak in 🇺🇬
-wars in 🇪🇹 & 🇺🇦
-cholera outbreaks
-drought & flooding in the greater Horn of Africa & Sahel
-flooding in 🇵🇰
..."-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "That’s not to mention the multiple other threats to health that people face year in, year out, in the air they breathe, the products they consume, the conditions in which they live & work, & in their lack of access to essential health services"-@DrTedros
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Dec 18
This International #MigrantsDay, here are 5⃣ facts about migrants’ health you should know:
Every 8th person in the world is a refugee or a migrant.

Migrant & refugee populations make valuable contributions to society. However they can’t reach their full potential unless they are in good physical & #MentalHealth.

The right to health is 🔑 to achieve #HealthForAll.
It's International #MigrantsDay

The right to health is a human right ❤️‍🩹

→ Health does not begin or end at national borders, so migratory status should not exclude anyone from health services & social protection.

♥️ #HealthForAll ♥️ A health worker wearing a mask and gloves is inspecting the
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Dec 14
Child maltreatment - incl. physical, sexual and psychological/emotional violence and neglect by parents, caregivers and other authority figures - is widespread, but often hidden bit.ly/3j1O82N

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Child maltreatment can have severe (if nonfatal) short- and long-term physical, sexual and mental health consequences.
Physical health consequences incl. injuries, disabilities and gastro-intestinal disorders bit.ly/3j1O82N Image
Child maltreatment is widespread worldwide, but stigma, shame, or fear of repercussions (such as risk of further harm) mean that many survivors never talk about it bit.ly/3j1O82N Image
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Dec 13
Sugar is addictive and keeps you hooked on unhealthy drinks like sodas & energy drinks.
Break the cycle today for a healthier life! bit.ly/3HyPRH1
Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages like soda & energy drinks is linked to weight gain and obesity bit.ly/3HyPRH1
Only 80 countries in the world have taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Raising taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages decreases consumption and is an opportunity for health - we will see less:
❤️‍🩹Heart disease
❤️‍🩹Stroke
❤️‍🩹Diabetes
❤️‍🩹Cancers
❤️‍🩹Teeth cavities
#BeatNCDs
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Dec 12
Today is Universal Health Coverage Day.

What is universal health coverage?
A world where everyone everywhere can access healthcare without facing financial hardships.

Let’s build the world we want: #HealthForAll
More: bit.ly/3VK3nv8

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To build the world we want, we need health systems that support, respect and protect everyone’s health and well-being.
Primary Health Care is key to ensure #HealthForAll bit.ly/2TBw8fG

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#COVID19
#ClimateChange
Humanitarian crises

They all have a profound impact on our health systems. On this Universal Health Coverage Day, let’s step up for #HealthForAll bit.ly/3VK3nv8

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