๐ข Call for #HealthWorker Stories! We're seeking stories and accounts from health workers who have been affected by attacks on health care in conflict. They are #NotATarget and need to be safe to save and improve lives.
Submission due by Nov. 30th:
https://t.co/EpGIQoiecV
A great start to our Asia-Pacific meeting on protection of healthare from violence with concrete presentations from India ๐ฎ๐ณ Japan ๐ฏ๐ต Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ and the Philippines ๐ต๐ญ followed by an engaged discussion.
Please join us tomorrow for the second session ๐
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On Monday we are starting our Asia-Pacific regional meeting on protection of healthcare from violence.
We look forward to presentations by health and other humanitarian practitioners.
Please register using the link below.
@ICRC_AsiaPac
https://t.co/9gWbxrlyMv
My colleagues from the @ICRC_Nigeria SURGICAL TEAM ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ฉโโ๏ธ๐จ๐พโโ๏ธ in #Maiduguri are treating 8 VICTIMS shot at during Friday's ATTACK IN BAGA
Now stabilised, they will remain in observation for further surgery
Kudos ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ to my & @nrcs_ng colleagues SAVING LIVES, even on weekends!!!
Swedish model... for all the deaths that Sweden ๐ธ๐ช suffered, was it even worth the improved economic benefit as proponents touted? Was 8-10x the #Covid19 total deaths worth it?
Answer: No & No.
Lesson: Donโt chase herd immunity without vaccine. Donโt have herd mentality either.
Yet another excellent (easy to ๐ read & short enough) update on all things ๐ฆ #Covid_19 from some seriously experienced pros in outbreaks - if you havenโt added these to your weekly must reads you really should! ๐๐ป ๐๐ป & ๐
The Victorian Govt plans to โgo localโ with Suburban COVID Response Units - bringing in the community tier of the health system is exactly whatโs needed as we learn to live with this virus @takeshi_kasai@DrTedros@DanielAndrewsMP @JennyMikakos @VictorianCHO@BurnetInstitute
Elimination of community transmission; enhanced test-trace-isolate capability; improved mask quality; watertight systems to prevent workplace transmission; and a plan to protect the elderly in care.
A great piece from @CrabbBrendan and Prof Mike Toole
https://t.co/9kZ4NoyKOi
On this #WorldHumanitarianDay - and every day - let us remember this simple message: health workers are #NotATarget. At this time of global crisis, the world needs them more than ever. They are #RealLifeHeroes. https://t.co/iZz34Akqf5
In the #WorldHumanitarianDay2020, we remain committed to pursue our humanitarian activities in #Iraq, as we have been doing continuously since the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war in #1980.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have recorded more than 600 incidents of violence against health care workers in over 40 countries.
Worryingly, the actual figure is likely to be much higher. #WorldHumanitarianDay#NotATarget
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Paramedics
All are protected under the rules of war.
Yet since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there have been over 600 attacks on health care in over 40 countries. #WorldHumanitarianDay https://t.co/Ny8DoymUZq