Today is #SickleCell Awareness Day 🩸
40% more people are living with sickle cell disease today than in 2000. It is a growing health challenge, affecting around 7.7 million people in the world today.
This means more health workers – incl. maternity providers - need to know how to manage the disease.
WHO consolidated guidelines for the management of common childhood illness: management of sickle-cell disease in children and adolescents https://t.co/74zNhcz7xD
Met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Evian. In recent times, India and Ukraine have been engaging extensively. This has been reflected in different areas of our cooperation. Our talks today were about reviewing different aspects of our cooperation. We both agree that trade ties need to be restored to what they were in the pre-war time. Also reiterated that India will always be on the side of peace, placing the values of humanity over everything else.
@ZelenskyyUa@G7
U.S. Air Force Airmen conduct a post-attack reconnaissance sweep during chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) training at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The exercise reinforced the CBRN mission’s responsibility to identify contamination, unexploded ordnance, and other hazards that could impact the 35th Fighter Wing’s operational effectiveness. 🇺🇸✈️
📍 Misawa Air Base, Japan
📸 Airman 1st Class Hannah Bench
#IndoPacific #USAirForce #CBRN #ForceReadiness
After 8 billion doses (yes 8 BILLION, not a typo) Covid vaccines are at this point one of the most tested medical interventions in history and one of the safest ever