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Sep 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
🧵: In 2011, global leaders met at the @UN General Assembly to set an international agenda on non-communicable diseases (#NCDs), which cause 3/4 of deaths worldwide. This was only the second time #UNGA had ever met to discuss a health issue. (1/5) This Sept, @TheLancet NCD Countdown 2030 reveals that, among high-income countries, only Denmark 🇩🇰, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, New Zealand 🇳🇿, Norway 🇳🇴, Singapore 🇸🇬 & S Korea 🇰🇷 are on track to reduce risk of premature mortality from #NCDs by 1/3 relative to 2015 levels by 2030. (2/5)
Jul 3, 2020 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
3 weeks ago we launched #StemTheSpreadKE, an awareness campaign targeting Kenyan youth with #Covid19 messages as a reminder that we're still living in a pandemic – and will be for the foreseeable future. Everybody knows that young people will listen to their peers more than their parents and public health experts, even if they’re saying the same thing. The messenger matters! So we decided to do things a little differently with #StemTheSpreadKE…
May 15, 2020 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
Can't decide which #coronavirus stories to read?

We picked out 5 great articles from this week for you about online misinformation, American families without running water, refugees in Bangladesh, South Korea's LGBTQ community & more.

Check out the stories below 👇 (THREAD)🧵 1⃣ In this piece for @NatureNews, @philipcball unpacks a new @nature study from @GWtweets about proliferation of anti-vaccine misinformation on Facebook and what it means for the #COVID19 response. nature.com/articles/d4158…
May 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Recap of important news on #coronavirus vaccine💉from India🇮🇳 (1/4):

Promising #COVID19 vaccines are in sight. But public health interventions are equally important to stop the spread, writes Prof. NK Ganguly via @htTweets
hindustantimes.com/analysis/covid… The Indian Council for Medical Research @ICMRDELHI on announced a research collaboration with Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd @BharatBiotech
to develop a fully indigenous #coronavirus vaccine💉
thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt…
May 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The @WHO World Health Statistics – an annual check-up on the 🌎's health – reports progress on a series key health indicators. 📊

The 2020 report found big gains, especially for low-income countries, but also many areas where progress had stalled.

Overview of findings 👇 (1/3) @WHO Gains from the 2020 🌎 Health Statistics report:

-Life expectancy rose 21% (11 yrs) from 2000-2016 in low-income countries

-Child mortality halved between 2000-2018

-Improved access to services to treat & prevent HIV, TB, NTDs

-Measles & DTP3 immunization coverage is up (2/3)
Apr 17, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
When asked about the 325 #COVID19 cases & 1,290 deaths added from #Wuhan today, @WHO epidemiologist @mvankerkhove said, "It’s a challenge in an ongoing outbreak to identify all the cases & all deaths AS the outbreak happens, especially if health systems are overwhelmed." (🧵1/4) In Wuhan's case, @mvankerkhove explained that 🇨🇳 officials said they did a comprehensive review, "looking for duplicated or missing cases in all reports from hospitals, funeral homes, labs, outpatient clinics, elderly care centers, prisons - then revised their numbers." (2/4)