Phil Sheppard

Photographer 📷 | Doctor of Public Health 🌎 | Physiotherapist 🫶🏼 | Kayaker 🌊 | Climber 🧗‍♂️| Coffee lover ☕️ |

[Phil Sheppard @PhilSSheppard]

What has caused the surge in communicable diseases post-COVID? (see Thread)

- Decreased vaccination rates (d/t COVID disruptions)
- Vaccine hesitancy
- Climate change (driving spread)
- Agricultural practice
- Poverty & inequality
- Humanitarian crises
- Lack of political will

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Are infectious diseases getting worse - or are we just paying more attention?

Interesting article by @picardonhealth in @globeandmail

What has caused the surge in communicable diseases post-COVID? (see Thread)

@globeandmail https://t.co/o9XKPeJWCL

[MSF International @MSF]

“We did what we could. Remember us.” 

These are words MSF Dr Mahmoud Abu Nujaila, who was killed in a hospital strike, wrote on a Gaza hospital whiteboard.

Four of our colleagues have been killed.

Many more have lost family members.
It #MustStopNow.

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@cpaglobalhealth @PhysioCan @globalptpodcast

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Excited to read Hilary Crowley’s 3rd book “Mini Saga in South Africa” on her adventures and work as a PT in Global Health.

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Great episode encouraging us all to look at the motivation behind our actions and living a more whole and authentic life.
https://t.co/4rkg2TVdgB

[ICRC @ICRC]

International humanitarian law is clear

Civilians - Medical professionals - Hospitals - Ambulances - Clinics

All are protected under the law of war.

[United Nations @UN]

“Even wars have rules.

International humanitarian law & human rights law must be respected & upheld; civilians must be protected & never used as shields.”

– @antonioguterres on the situation in the Middle East.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Even wars have rules.

International humanitarian law & human rights law must be respected & upheld; civilians must be protected & also never used as shields.

All hostages in Gaza must be released immediately.

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Humanitarian action should be as local as possible, as international as necessary.

- World Humanitarian Summit

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

It’s not just seeing suffering that's painful. It’s hurting for others while feeling unable to help.

There’s a term for that helplessness: empathic distress. Over time, it leads to burnout and withdrawal.

If you're overwhelmed and exhausted by a heavy heart, you are not alone.

[Phil Sheppard @PhilSSheppard]

Currently waiting for a #physiotherapy assessment. It feels strange to be on this side of things…

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Climate change affects all of us... But not equally.

Between 2030-2050, climate change is expected to cause an additional 250,000 deaths per year.

https://t.co/CiunZc6Cgn

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Great to see @ICRC @redcrosscanada training touching on the environmental impacts of #humanitarian response and, more importantly, the actions being taken to reduce them.

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Excited for Day 1 of the @redcrosscanada @ICRC IMPACT training! The next steps towards deploying with their Emergency Response Unit.

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⁦@globeandmail⁩ has compiled a list of journalists to follow on Twitter to get the latest news and facts from Israel and Gaza. https://t.co/t4lbJ17Ceh

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Happy to say that I have successfully passed my DrPH Viva! @LSHTM @LSHTM_Crises @ICED_LSHTM #DrPH #globalhealth #publichealth

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I made a commitment to reduce social media use while I finished my thesis… My last tweet was over a year ago. The level of commitment required and focus on consistent daily progress was beyond what I could have expected. I am better for it.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

No one should die over disputes about land.

No one should fear for their safety due to their faith.

No matter where people live and what they believe, life is precious.