🔥 🚒 #ClimateChange makes it more likely for droughts & wildfires to happen. Wildfires contributes to increased air pollution & can cause death & injury from suffocation, burns & smoke inhalation.
🔥💨 Burning fossil fuels drives #ClimateChange and causes air pollution that leads to lung cancer, stroke and heart disease. #AirPollution causes 1⃣3⃣ deaths per minute worldwide.
Studies worldwide have shown that it protects the health of young people. It also helps… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
FACT: Comprehensive sexuality education is associated with later sexual activity and reduced risk-taking.
Evidence shows that young people are more likely to delay having sex – and if they do have sex, practice safer sex - when they are better informed about sexual health and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
FACT: Talking about sexuality does not necessarily mean talking about having sex.
For younger age-groups, sexuality education helps children:
💟 Learn about their bodies
💟 Recognize their feelings and emotions
💟 Identify different types of relationships, such as families &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In adults, ischaemic heart disease and stroke are the most common causes of premature death attributable to outdoor #AirPollution. Other effects include #diabetes and neurodegenerative conditions.
🆕 Analysis: Immediate kangaroo mother care reduces sepsis risks for babies born early or small.
For these vulnerable newborns, it reduced suspected sepsis by 18%, while related deaths fell by more than a third bit.ly/3WSOVTG
The study adds to mounting evidence on the lifesaving benefits of kangaroo mother care, which incl.:
💕 Ongoing skin-to-skin contact with a caregiver, usually the mother
💕 Exclusive breastfeeding, or provision of breast-milk bit.ly/3WSOVTG
To improve health and survival, small or preterm babies should be held skin-to-skin – starting as soon as possible after birth.
In many cases this will require fundamental changes to newborn care facilities – especially neonatal intensive care - so that mums and babies can be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@DrTedros "We've come to the end of another long but fruitful #WHA76. I’m sure many of you are tired and are looking forward to going home. But as you do, spare a thought for delegates at the first World Health Assembly in 1948, which lasted for four weeks. Be grateful"-@DrTedros
@DrTedros "At the beginning of this Assembly, we took a photo in exactly the same spot that the photo was taken of the first World Health Assembly in 1948. Thank you all for being part of it"-@DrTedros#WHA76
@DrTedros "As you know, just under three weeks ago I declared an end to #COVID19 as a public health emergency of international concern.
It was a moment of relief and reflection.
It’s encouraging to see life return to normal – to be able to hug a friend, to travel freely, and to meet… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@DrTedros "But at the same time, many of us continue to carry grief in our hearts – grief over those we have lost, grief at the terrible toll the pandemic has taken on families, communities, societies and economies, and grief that it didn’t need to be this way"-@DrTedros#WHA76