Gemma Lyons

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[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Hi @AdeAdepitan at Newham's Public Health team we are looking for support to promote vaccine uptake. Black and Asian communities have been disproportionately affecfed by Covid. Can you help us?

[Douglas Webb @DougUNDP]

One of the most effective yet least used tools of public health. #CDOH

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Meet Maryanrun, a community health worker & refugee bringing life-saving care to displaced families in Somalia. This #UHCDay we must #KeepthePromise & invest in more health workers in humanitarian settings https://t.co/5xviiAGHA9 @RESCUEorg

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Today 1% of the world’s population is displaced, 12 million people are stateless, & hundreds of millions live in countries with weak health systems. @RescueOrg trains #CHWs to fill the gap & bring quality, affordable care closer to home. #UHCDay #Health4All

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

With proper training, #CHWs are the key to strong community health, and when effectively utilized, they can prevent more than 3 million child deaths annually. #UHCDay #Health4All @RESCUEorg

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Interesting discussions on the #PromiseofDigitalHealth to address #NCDs but how can we improve funding mechanisms for initiatives in humanitarian settings? @WiltonPark
@RESCUEorg

[Lilian Kiapi @LilianKiapi]

Very useful and candid conversations about #NCDs in #LMICs and #PromiseofDigitalHealth A Uganda case study by Dr David Okello of ACHEST. @RESCUEorg working on NCDs in Uganda. @WiltonPark

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Patients with diabetes require consistent access to medication. Unfortunately, this is difficult for the 4 million diabetics living in crises. This #WorldDiabetesDay, check out how @RescueOrg is providing life-saving care for #diabetesincrisis https://t.co/W6iqadRkim

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Diabetes shouldn’t become a disability. Yet in Syria, a health system broken by war leaves residents like Miriam to cope with unchecked chronic disease. A #WorldDiabetesDay must-read from @RescueOrg on #diabetesincrisis: https://t.co/eo1NAbcDRw

[Katy Cooper @healthkaty]

@sylviakeh @LindsayJaacks @PCI360 @docfromtheblock @ncdalliance @WDD @t1international @StephBesancon @Gemma_Lyons @RESCUEorg If you want to read more about #NCDs in #humanitarian settings (and if we get #diabetes right, we get so much more right too!), this is a helpful background doc: https://t.co/RxyMnAXJPA

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

@DFIDNigeria In what ways are your livelihoods programs linking with public health initiatives? For example, are you looking at the impact on access to healthy foods for patients with NCDs (such as hypertension and diabetes), and whether there's improved health outcomes?

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

We are a proud signatory of the #BostonDeclaration, urging a commitment to ensure all people who need insulin can access it in humanitarian settings. Too many people- many of them children- die because they are unable to manage diabetes in crisis contexts. This crisis can’t wait.

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

@theIRC strongly supports access to #diabetes care in #humanitarian contexts. We have signed the Boston Declaration calling for advocacy, unified guidelines, improved data, and universal access to insulin in humanitarian crises @theLancetEndo #DMinCrisis https://t.co/avTIlOpviP

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Thanks to @ICRC for an excellent livestream event on Chronic Care in Humanitarian Settings at #WHA72. Agree that data, partnerships, and community interventions are important! #PartneringForChange
#LeaveNoOneBehind #beatNCDs #GlobalNCDsUK

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

@Robinspiration Hey, I'm with the IRC! :) but it was an excellent MSF event. Where are you now?

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

"Palliative care should not be seen as an innovation but part of our core business as humanitarian organizations" - Nikola Morton presenting on #neonatal #palliative care in #Afghanistan at #MSFsci

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Deaths from unsafe abortions are entirely preventable, but make up 13% of maternal mortality worldwide.. "abortion is more safe than an injection of penicillin" - Manisha Kumar #MSFsci

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

Great to hear about MSF #innovation testing use of solar powered air conditioning! #MSFsci #sustainable

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

@theIRC is working collaboratively on #NCD research in #humanitarian settings #DMinCrisis @LilianKiapi

[Gemma Lyons @Gemma_Lyons]

High cost is one of the main barriers to patients accessing #diabetes treatment in #humanitarian settings. Can donors and pharma do more to address this?? #DMinCrisis