Elaine Ruth Fletcher

Editor-in-chief, Health Policy Watch

[WTO @wto]

🗨️Organisations and Members that have cooperated on the #Aid4Trade initiative have made a huge difference in peoples' lives, said @NOIweala while launching a new WTO publication 📗entitled "Strengthening Africa's Capacity to trade" at the plenary session of the Stocktacking Event

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

"Our present headache: a superhighway system jammed with people fleeing not from disaster but from the very city that is supposed to offer all the benefits that make life desirable."
—Lewis Mumford, 1968

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Truly innovative! 👏👏👏
Traditional wind turbines are sometimes noisy and disturbiing landscapes. Welcome to the wind tree!

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Wow!
India 🇮🇳 now produces the cheapest solar power in the world.
Prices fell 27% last year! 👏👏👏

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

📣 A new research by @IHME_UW published in @TheLancet calls for a global shift in policy to promote #HealthyDiets. According to the study, unhealthy diets are responsible for more preventable deaths than smoking #tobacco: https://t.co/U7TekK39x7 #NCDs #EnoughNCDs #BeatNCDs #CDoH

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Some people are aghast that we‘ve connected dots between environmental, econ, social, + racial justice in the #GreenNewDeal.

Despite Flint, Standing Rock, Puerto Rico, Katrina, & WV, people desperately want us blind to the injustices of frontline communities.

Here’s another ⬇️

[Wanda Sykes @iamwandasykes]

I truly believe if cancer had been cured under Obama’s administration, the Republicans would’ve found a way to bring it back.

[Susan Ades Stone @susanadesstone]

Wise words from the mouth of the future.

[Elaine Ruth Fletcher @RFletch1979]

BreatheLife for Healthy People & Planet https://t.co/n5zjIs1NQ9 via @YouTube

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

My open letter to Mayors.
https://t.co/JAKrkPN5u4

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

To achieve #HealthForAll we must serve the vulnerable and leave no one behind. That includes ensuring clean air for everyone, everywhere. WHO is committed to working towards reducing #AirPollution deaths by 2/3 by 2030. It’s time to #BreatheLife.
https://t.co/LEwxHtDO1T

[Dr Maria Neira @DrMariaNeira]

These are the biggest world's killers:
-Cancer
-Diabetes
-Lung disease
-Heart Disease
-Stroke
#AirPollution is the second largest enabler to these killers.
Let's STOP it.
Let's #BreatheLife!

[Joy St John @DrJoyStJohn]

Decisive action by Accra! Making life better now and in the future.

[Dr Maria Neira @DrMariaNeira]

Great news from Accra, Ghana - the first African city to join #BreatheLife campaign!
Congratulations Mayor of Accra for taking action to make health impact of #AirPollution visible and preventable.
https://t.co/9QbCoJZ3mU

[Elaine Ruth Fletcher @RFletch1979]

Accra, Ghana Mayor, the honourable Mohammed Sowah, announces Accra as the first major African city to join the #BreatheLife campaign ⁦@WHO⁩ ⁦@CCACoalition⁩

[Elaine Ruth Fletcher @RFletch1979]

#Breathelife - Accra - Drama illustrates risk of air pollution in story about a woman whose child dies from pneumonia induced by cookstove smoke -at Accra #BreatheLife event in the presence of honorable Accra Mayor Mohammed Sowah

[Elaine Ruth Fletcher @RFletch1979]

Very excited to welcome Accra Ghana to the #BreatheLife campaign - first major city in Africa to join

[Elaine Ruth Fletcher @RFletch1979]

@BhushanTuladhar Yes this @WHO report shows how green spaces are a powerful Rx for cities - green spaces filter air pollution, cool temperatures, provide safe space for physical activity, and even improve mental health. #BreatheLife

[UpshiftFi Technical Team @UpshiftsFi]

“Evidence shows that urban green space has health benefits, particularly for economically deprived communities, children, pregnant women and senior citizens," says #WHO

[Joy St John @DrJoyStJohn]

A day at the beach or the lake has been used for the health benefits for centuries. I love the water. https://t.co/sOmWnb8Mgv