Adele Waugaman

Passionate about digital transformation for health and well-being.

[Adele Waugaman @Tech4Dev]

So thrilled to share @USAID's new #digitalhealth policy guidance, the Digital Health Position Paper (2024-2029). Learn more:

[USAID @USAID]

We are committed to strategic investments in digital transformations to strengthen partner country health systems + foster global health security and sustainability → read our new digital health guidance: https://t.co/pu5T6jpuvE

[Adele Waugaman @Tech4Dev]

And, in a globalized society, all of this matters for American public health and national security.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

A PhD student used both Claude and Gemini as an AI therapist.

She vented her frustrations around getting a cancer diagnosis, and joked about how much it was costing the healthcare system.

The difference in responses is staggering.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Quite a special report @TheEconomist today on the US economy
gift link: https://t.co/wKwgBwSMI1

[John Morales @JohnMoralesTV]

I debated whether to share this. I did apologize on the air. But I invite you to read my introspection on @BulletinAtomic of how extreme weather 📈 driven by global warming has changed me. Frankly, YOU should be shaken too, and demand #ClimateActionNow. https://t.co/09vxgabSmX

[Adele Waugaman @Tech4Dev]

One of my favorite among the calls to action in the new USAID #digitalhealth Position Paper focuses on centering the design of digital systems--especially those used at the point of service delivery--to meet the needs of the people and health workers involved in care exchange.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Good idea. Light bulbs have energy ratings. Why don't #AI chatbots? @Nature
https://t.co/Pa7h5Wk3gv by @SashaMTL @CarolejeanWu @strubell @sarahookr @YJernite

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

"AI is augmenting human capabilities allowing general clinicians to have expert tools at their side."

Watch @GawandeUSAID speak about the opportunities of using #AI in healthcare ⬇️

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

Wildfires are a normal part of nature
These are not
Over 44 million acres burned last year in Canada
This year could be even worse
Forests in a warming world are no longer able to exist and are combusting fueling even more warming
A vicious circle with no exit

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me…
🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

October 2023's atmospheric moisture (we call it precipitable water) was ~10% above the 1980s levels. That is a lot of excess moisture. Warmer air holds more moisture and dumps more rain overall. The relationship is straight forward, ~8% increase per 2 degree F warming.

[Adele Waugaman @Tech4Dev]

Hey ⁦@capitalweather⁩ what kind of rainbow is this?

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

There were emotional scenes of celebration when Indigenous groups in Brazil got a ruling from the Supreme Court that will help protect their ancestral lands from mining, drilling and farming ⤵️

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Carl Sagan’s incredibly eloquent 4 min speech to Congress in 1985 about precisely how CO2 and other greenhouse gases caused by humans lead to #climatechange. Worth your time to watch and listen.
#ClimateActionNow

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

The ocean is becoming more acidic, and the consequences can be catastrophic.

Loss of biodiversity is a likely result, accompanied by a reduction of harvestable resources.

The only way to stop ocean acidification is to drastically reduce CO₂ emissionsThe ocean is becoming more acidic, and the consequences can be catastrophic.

Loss of biodiversity is a likely result, accompanied by a reduction of harvestable resources.

The only way to stop ocean acidification is to drastically reduce CO₂ emissions.

[CNN @CNN]

The number of people killed or disabled by certain heart problems caused by exposure to air pollution has risen significantly since 1990: 31% worldwide, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association https://t.co/isQ4XA7EAZ

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

Gangstagrass held a workshop on depolarizing American music that explained how the music industry artificially separated “hillbilly” music from “race” music for marketing purposes. Our two-party political system works in much the same way, says @fstockman. https://t.co/EGU14CnvuB

[Adele Waugaman @Tech4Dev]

@hankgreen .@Mark_Turner_