🎯 A 25-year-old scientific paper claiming that Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicide posed little risk to human health has finally been retracted — revealing serious concerns about scientific integrity, corporate influence, and delayed accountability.
https://t.co/uuWuYjXzdc
Congratulations to the Minister of Health @DembyAustin on your appointment as First Vice-Chairperson of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa @WHOAFRO.
This puts Sierra Leone in a strategic position for advancement in health investment & outcomes.
Are you a women-owned business interested in doing business w/ @WorldBank?
Join us on March 22, 9ET for our virtual Global Vendor Forum for Women-Owned Businesses! Register here: https://t.co/Rdch83Vrmq.
More information: https://t.co/QdAhbDeTOK
Our final #HSR2022 poster highlight is from Sierra Leone and explores the implementation of the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child & adolescent health policy.
@l_hassim@AngusFayia@WurieHaja@H_S_Global
https://t.co/5erfbWKaaq
SO AMAZING to meet @Jonta_Kam who read the blog on #networking 101 @IHPblog and reached out! So we connected on social media and the rest is history! Here we are!!!!
In case these tips are still useful during #HSR2022#EV2022@ev4gh@H_S_Global
https://t.co/X45Twazi3y
The false promises of the urban environment - @WurieHaja describes the challenges faced by people in the 68 informal settlements in Freetown, #SierraLeone - clean water, affordable healthcare, waste mngmnt - exacerbated by shocks like #COVID19 and policy failure. #hsr2022
Check out the @ReBUILDRPC posters at #HSR2022 - both online and in person. Topics include:
* Community health workers
* Gender, equity & justice
* Workforce management in #Nepal
* Non-state actors in #Myanmar
* RMNCH policy in Sierra Leone
#R4RatHSR
https://t.co/rsaCszwArH
Yesterday I added to my shelf a book “Feeling Dis-ease” that contains a chapter “Ebola Wahala” written by my myself and @luisaenria. Special thanks to @MCFScholarsEd who sponsored me for an MSc at @EdinburghUni.
What is the impact of electrification on healthcare facilities in LMICs? Read about the benefits of electrification to health service delivery here https://t.co/Ywv3maALnt #healthcare#electrification#CleanEnergy#publichealth
New guidance for @SSHAP_action on establishing networks of citizen researchers for outbreak response, building on our work with Community Health Workers in Sierra Leone
https://t.co/tS7WxRdIuh
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS & OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
Join our researchers @BryonyNisbet and @arekigo at an interactive drop-in on the 2nd and 3rd of June. Hosted by the #GlasgowScienceFestival at the Riverside Museum.
More information can be found here: https://t.co/rl2rOmnzIa
The British Council will be closing its physical location in Freetown today. We will continue to deliver exam operations in Freetown for the people of Sierra Leone and still be open to deliver partner-funded work. Learn more by reading our FAQs: https://t.co/YXHO1r6TPn