Edwin Isotu Edeh

Award-winning Global Environmental Health Expert, Speaker, Mentor || WASH, ClimateChange, OneHealth || Results & Leadership

[Amina J Mohammed @AminaJMohammed]

I join Secretary-General @antonioguterres in warmly congratulating Dr. Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh on his election as @UN_PGA of the upcoming 81st #UNGA session.

My heartfelt thanks to President Annalena Baerbock for her continued leadership of the General Assembly during a pivotal year for multilateralism.

[Chikwe Ihekweazu @Chikwe_I]

We never work alone

In service of the people & government of #DRC, in a community-owned #Ebola response, I met w/ @WHO partners in Bunia to ensure essential health services are maintained throughout & when this outbreak ends, we leave behind stronger systems than those we found

[Mohamed M. M. Fall @MohamedFall]

Climate action is not a burden. It is an investment in health, prosperity & peace. Acting on climate could save millions of lives & trillions in economic losses by 2050. On #WorldEnvironmentDay, I reaffirm @UN support to @NigeriaGov in accelerating #ClimateAction. #NowForClimate

[WHO Nigeria @WHONigeria]

Sometimes, food can look good and still make you sick.

Harmful germs and chemicals can hide in everyday foods such as:
🍗 Meat, seafood, milk and cheese
🥬 Unwashed fruit and vegetables
🐟 Fish and seafood
🌾 Rice and grains
🚰 Drinking water

You can reduce your risk of illness by:
✅ Cooking meat all the way through
✅ Washing fruit and vegetable with safe water
✅ Keeping food at safe temperatures
✅ Eating a varied diet
✅ Choosing smaller fish over large ones

🆕 WHO estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases 2000–2021: 2026 edition https://t.co/nuglAcm0GB

[Dr. Richard Munang @RichardMunang]

Inside every battery the world is racing to build is a mineral. Inside every mineral, a story about where it came from. In Africa, in South America, in Southeast Asia, that story too often begins with a young person who could not find lawful work, and ends in a smelter that never asks enough questions.

That gap is beginning to close.

Today, in conversation with the Australian High Commission and its team preparing for COP31, one question quietly carried the discussion. Can the supply chains powering the energy transition be built without the criminal networks that will otherwise build them for us?

A mineral leaving the ground.
A shipment crossing a border.
A carbon credit entering a market.
Each one with paperwork.
Each one with a buyer.
Each one depending on trust.
And in the silent space between certification and reality, integrity can disappear.

When integrity disappears, opportunity disappears with it.
The conversation moved across three connected threads. @UNODC @UNODC_ENV diagnostic methodology on crimes that affect the environment, already supporting traceability and criminal justice responses across strategic minerals. Environmental Insights Support for Enforcement, helping connect satellite intelligence to courtroom evidence. And the growing recognition that carbon market integrity cannot sit outside criminal justice conversations any longer.
Every illegal mine somewhere in the world is run by someone who could not find lawful work. Every smuggling route is built on a young person whose first opportunity was a criminal one.

When we trace a mineral back to its source, we are not only finding where crime began. We are finding where opportunity disappeared. That is where the school, the cooperative, and the legal mining licence must arrive.

Before the recruiter does.

My grandmother used to say that no clay pot travels safely on a single shoulder. Many hands carry it, or it never reaches home.

If there is anything I have said that you should remember, let it be this.

The future of clean energy is not measured at the smelter. It is measured at the mine.

#endENVcrime #CriminalJustice #CrimesThatAffectTheEnvironment #CriticalMinerals #COP31

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

@RichardMunang Insightful Dr.

[WHO Nigeria @WHONigeria]

A joint WHO–UNICEF mission led by the @WHONigeria Representative, @DrPavelUrsu , and the @UNICEF_Nigeria Representative, @SaeedWafaa, is underway in @KBStGovt Kebbi State to strengthen collaboration with the State Government on routine immunization, polio eradication, and broader primary health care delivery.

The mission underscores the continued partnership between the Government of Kebbi State, WHO and @UNICEF to protect the health and well‑being of children and communities.

[Dr Pavel Ursu @DrPavelUrsu]

Thanks @nighealthwatch
Progress towards better health outcomes is not only a national priority- it is critical for global health. Together with government and partners, we are focusing on what matters most: lasting measurable impact.

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

Congrats @DamilolaSDG7

[Amina J Mohammed @AminaJMohammed]

Warm congratulations, my dear sister @DamilolaSDG7, on being named to the 2026 @TIME Earth Awards list.

A well-deserved recognition of your leadership in advancing the clean energy transition and climate action for people and the planet.

An important milestone—and a reminder that accelerating progress on #SDG7 and across the #SDGs remains urgent.

[Channel Africa @channelafrica1]

[ON AIR] @peterndoro speaks to Dr Edeh Edwin Isotu, Technical Officer for Public Health and Environment at WHO Nigeria, about Nigeria's first approved national policy on cosmetics safety and health.

📲Livestream: https://t.co/qUG6bItKv0

#RiseAndShine #Sudan #UNICEF

[Prof. Mohamed Janabi @ProfJanabi]

Just arrived in Abuja 🇳🇬 for the National Health Financing Policy Dialogue.

Looking forward to productive engagement with stakeholders on advancing health sovereignty and sustainable domestic financing to accelerate Nigeria’s path to #UHC.

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

Future already in their hands.

[Dr. Richard Munang @RichardMunang]

Every two seconds, the world adds new borns that add to the ranks of young person . That’s an addition to the already 1.2 billion youth alive today, the largest generation in history. Most think the future will be handed to them. The truth? The future is already in their hands.

There are moments when you look into the eyes of young people and you don’t just see faces.
You see the future.

This was 2019, during the youth diplomatic conference.
The room was filled with energy — not just from speeches, but from dreams, from hope, from the unshakable belief that tomorrow can be better than today.

My message was simple.
The world is changing.
Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and robotics will reshape how we live, trade, eat, heal, and move.
But technology alone is not the answer.
It is the people — the youth — who decide how these tools will serve humanity.

I told them: “The solution to food security, to health, to transport, to jobs, to a safer world — it rests in your hands.”
Not tomorrow.
Not in some distant future.
But now.

My grandmother always said: “You cannot harvest groundnuts if you refuse to bend down.”
Hardship bends us, but it also plants resilience in us.

Yesterday’s lecture in Accra was proof.
These young people didn’t just clap and leave.
They came forward with questions, ideas, and courage.
Their eyes carried fire — the fire to act.

And today, we see that fire in action. Youth cooperatives across Africa are building solar dryers that cut food losses by up to 50% (FAO, 2024), saving harvests that would have rotted into methane — a gas 80× more harmful than CO₂ (IPCC, 2021). Informal innovators are turning waste into clean fuel, creating jobs in communities where 8 in 10 people work informally ILO.

This is the bigger truth: policy is not just written in parliaments — it is built in villages. When global frameworks like the SDGs and Paris Agreement listen to community voices, solutions multiply:

SDG 2 & 12 → Less food waste, more food security FAO.

SDG 7 & 13 → Clean energy cuts emissions and creates resilience IEA, 2023.

SDG 8 → Youth-led green enterprises drive inclusive jobs ILO, 2018.

The greatest investment is not in machines, but in minds. Not in policies alone, but in people.

To every young person: your questions are seeds, your courage is water, your action is the harvest.
To every leader: fund pilots that learn, not just projects that shine. Make space for village voices — that is where resilience is born.

The future is not coming.
The future is here.
And it is in your hands

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

Right words truly go a long way.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

The way we talk about #diabetes and the language we use is critical to end stigma, blame and shame.

💙 Be inclusive.
💙 Be kind.
💙 Be respectful.

The right words go a long way ⬇️

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

Carbon Market Registry

[National Council on Climate Change @Climategovng]

The National Council on Climate Change yesterday held a Stakeholder Engagement Workshop in Abuja on developing Nigeria’s Carbon Market Registry — a key step toward transparency, climate finance & a low-carbon future for 🇳🇬. 🌍

#NCCC #ClimateAction #CarbonMarkets #Sustainability

[Federal Ministry of Health, NIGERIA @Fmohnigeria]

MEDIA BRIEF

Abuja, Nigeria| July 1, 2025

Nigeria Puts One Health on the Global Agenda with 2026 AMR Ministerial Conference

Conference Date: June 29–30, 2026
Contact: [email protected]

🧬 Background

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) threatens decades of progress in global health, agriculture, and development. Responsible for over 1.3 million deaths annually, AMR is a cross-cutting crisis requiring urgent, coordinated response.

The 5th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on AMR will be hosted by Nigeria in Abuja, June 2026—marking the first time this landmark event takes place in Africa.

🌍 Why It Matters

👉🏾 Nigeria will convene global health, agriculture, and environment leaders to strengthen the global response to AMR under a One Health framework.

👉🏾 Builds on momentum from the 2024 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR.

👉🏾 Provides a platform for African-led innovation, accountability, and partnership.

🎯 Conference Goals

📌 Translate political commitments into actionable strategies.
📌Advance One Health governance across sectors.
📌 Strengthen funding, innovation, and data systems.
📌 Promote equity in access to diagnostics and treatment.
📌 Influence global AMR policy ahead of the 2026 UNGA session.

🗣️ What Leaders Are Saying

✨Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare

“Nigeria is proud to host this global summit and demonstrate Africa’s leadership in tackling one of the most urgent threats to health and development.”

✨Balarabe Abbas Lawal
Minister of Environment

“Protecting our ecosystems is essential to maintaining the power of life-saving medicines.”

✨Idi Mukhtar Maih
Minister of Livestock Development

“AMR is a threat to food security and the future of agriculture. It requires all hands on deck.”

📝 Next Steps

⏩ Full agenda, speaker list, and side event schedule to be released.
⏩ Registration opens in Q4 2025.
⏩Stakeholders and media are invited to engage via partnership inquiries and pre-event briefings.

@muhammadpate
@NCDCgov
@FMEnvng
@Ngfmld

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

Supercharging the new energy era.

[United Nations Nigeria @UN_Nigeria]

Happening now at the @UN House #Abuja: A watch Party for the UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres landmark speech on 'A moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the new energy era.

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

Don't just run in cycles, but make progress in the right direction.

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

Influencing to boast change.
Keep it up Boss.
'Thermostating' sustainably.

[W. Kazadi Mulombo @WMulombo]

Exercise is good time to think back and reflect. It keeps our brain sharp and increase self awareness. Earlier this morning, as I was exercising along the iconic Brazzaville Corniche with Kinshasa the capital of my home country backing me, I was reflecting on the difference between a thermometer and a thermostat, and the attitude I should embrace. I have decided to be a thermostat, setting the pace around me rather than just adjusting, taking my life to the next level and refuse distraction, rejecting the status quo and keep moving, influencing to boost change. What about you?

[Edwin Isotu Edeh @profisotu]

@ProfJanabi @IbaraRosaire @WHOAFRO Well done RD

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on digital superintelligence, multiplanetary life, and how to be useful this week at AI Startup School.