Today at #WHS2024 Dr @EthelMaciel Secretary of Health and Environmental Surveillance, Brazil, recognised the importance of building trust to advance climate action for health. Hear how to bridge the gap to find solutions. 🌍 #ClimateAction#HealthforAll
Taking a moment to reflect! Today at #WHS2024@NRaoMD, our SVP for Health, highlighted the vital role of finding your own personal reason to take part in climate action. Together, we can create a future where everyone is protected, and meaningful steps are taken to limit global warming. 🌍 #ClimateAction #HealthforAll
Join us from Berlin, where our SVP for Health, @NRaoMD, spoke at #WHS2024! 🌍✨ Today he highlighted community-driven solutions and partnerships advancing climate action for health. Together, we can achieve universal health coverage, vibrant, climate-adaptive cities, global financing for the vulnerable, and clean energy. #ClimateAction #HealthForAll
We practiced with caskets that were stored outside our barracks building. To simulate the weight of honored remains, we’d toss several full sandbags into the belly of the casket and then, for hours, we’d go through our exact movements.
Over and over and over.
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For years, its been clear climate change represents a major threat to our health
And not some time in the distant future -- the effects are starting now
So here's your graph of the day
From @JAMA_current
Trends of Heat-Related Deaths in the US
https://t.co/tacM3hUPxi
@MakSPH was today honored to host Mr. @WilliamAsiko, Vice President of @RockefellerFdn's Africa Regional Office, who has paid a courtesy visit to Dean Prof. @RhodaWanyenze. The purpose of the visit was to review the ongoing research activities supported by the Foundation.
Mr. @WilliamAsiko expressed great admiration for @MakSPH's capacity and the progress of our infrastructure projects. As we celebrate our 70th anniversary this year, we recognize @RockefellerFdn's crucial role in our journey.
@DisneyPlusHelp We’ve decided it must be due to the VPN linked to my WiFi. After turning this off, I was able to create an account on mobile web. Might be good to create an option to pick a currency to avoid this problem for other people in the future! @DisneyPlus
@ssrc_org's #MercuryProject has 18 awesome teams (120+ social & behavioral scientists!). We also come together as a consortium to learn from another and outside experts, making us better than when we started and greater than the sum of our parts.
https://t.co/T2AUYY4Puz
A car dealership in Ballston Spa, NY is turning out Emmy-worthy videos on TikTok. The best way to describe Mohawk Chevrolet’s strategy is if The Office took place at a car dealership. I interviewed the (very funny) woman behind them, Grace Kerber. Here’s what I learned:
At this week's #HLPF our Director of Health @MEmiliaCH explained how to future-proof our health.
She said:
✅ We need cross-sector collaboration in climate, health & disaster management
✅ Urban cities are key for climate-health efforts
Watch the event👉 https://t.co/1BOD3N7jx4
“By learning from and acting on high-quality social and behavioral science evidence, we can strengthen global #vaccine demand chains, ensuring that vaccines on shelves become vaccinations in arms for everyone, everywhere.” Great piece! @ssrc_org@hlanthorn@gavi
Funding vaccines--& vaccinations. Here's my writing w/ #MercuryProject Co-Director Rebecca on how to make sure we get a return on investment.
[Spoiler: it's investing in demand chains to ensure people are ready, willing, able to vaccinate.]
https://t.co/ADYz1jtx5f
cc @echarlu
The health gains from climate mitigation and adaptation outweigh the costs and are a compelling argument for stronger #ClimateAction Thank you for @DrTedros for your leadership in advancing climate action. #ClimatexHealth
The #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
And it’s not a hypothetical crisis in the future. It’s right here and right now.
The health gains from climate mitigation and adaptation outweigh the costs and are a compelling argument for stronger #ClimateAction.
We thank #WHA77 delegates for their commitment.
In March next year, we will hold the Second @WHO Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health in #Colombia, bringing together global leaders and experts to focus on concrete solutions to improve air quality, mitigate climate change and protect public health. #WHA77
At today’s #WHA77 climate and health strategic roundtable, world leaders, advocates, funders come together to shape the global health architecture for addressing the climate crisis. @WHO Watch here 👇🏾#climatexhealth