Douglas Bettcher (@dougbettcher) 's Twitter Profile
Douglas Bettcher

@dougbettcher

Public Health physician and Doctor of International Relations, proud to have worked at @WHO to prevent #NCDs

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Dr Tim Armstrong (@wr_laopdr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To ensure #HealthForAll in🇱🇦, strengthening the National Health Insurance scheme is vital. The review of NHI today highlighted the need for sustainable💰including health taxes + continued governance reform + focus on the poor.

To ensure #HealthForAll in🇱🇦, strengthening the National Health Insurance scheme is vital.

The review of NHI today highlighted the need for sustainable💰including health taxes + continued governance reform + focus on the poor.
Bloomberg Philanthropies (@bloombergdotorg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Millions of tons of plastic enter our ocean each year, threatening marine life and making its way back to our plates. 🌊 Learn more about how our Environment team is working to reduce plastic production and protect our ocean through Beyond Petrochemicals and the Bloomberg Ocean

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There’s still time to walk through Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s “The Gates” AR, one of the most ambitious public art augmented reality experiences. Download the Bloomberg Connects app and head to Central Park’s 72nd Street and Fifth Ave entrance before it ends on April 16🧡

Bloomberg Philanthropies (@bloombergdotorg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚦 What if your city streets could be 40% safer? Just a few years ago, crossing the street in Mumbai felt like a high-stakes risk. Today? It’s a whole different story. By using crash data to pinpoint risk and redesign the most dangerous roads, city leaders have made huge strides

Gates Foundation (@gatesfoundation) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The world has made tremendous gains in global health this century, but this progress is now in jeopardy. Read more from Mark Suzman in The Economist on the critical need for investment in global health and development, and why the @GatesFoundation is committed to continuing this

The world has made tremendous gains in global health this century, but this progress is now in jeopardy.

Read more from <a href="/MSuzman/">Mark Suzman</a> in <a href="/TheEconomist/">The Economist</a> on the critical need for investment in global health and development, and why the @GatesFoundation is committed to continuing this
World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific (@whowpro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you live close to or plan to holiday near water, equip yourself and others with these #DrowningPrevention tips: 👀 Supervise children 🚫 No alcohol near water 🌧 Be aware of surroundings 🦺 Use safety equipment 🏊‍♂️ Learn to swim and know about water safety Anyone can

If you live close to or plan to holiday near water, equip yourself and others with these #DrowningPrevention tips: 

👀 Supervise children  
🚫 No alcohol near water  
🌧 Be aware of surroundings  
🦺 Use safety equipment
🏊‍♂️ Learn to swim and know about water safety

Anyone can
Maria Van Kerkhove (@mvankerkhove) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🆕World Health Organization (WHO) global surveillance guidance for avian influenza A(H5) viruses (#H5N1) Aims to rapidly 1) trigger public health control & response actions 2) assess trends & risks (including risk of a pandemic); & 3) inform global pandemic preparedness activities who.int/publications/i…

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🥦 Good nutrition fuels better health and brighter futures. From stronger immune systems to safer childbirth — nutrition changes lives. 🌍 But today, the world faces a double burden: undernutrition and obesity. 💡 WHO tackles this challenge with global support — but we need

🥦 Good nutrition fuels better health and brighter futures.

From stronger immune systems to safer childbirth — nutrition changes lives.

🌍 But today, the world faces a double burden: undernutrition and obesity.

💡 WHO tackles this challenge with global support — but we need
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The #NTD Programme Managers’ Meeting is underway in Lomé, Togo! Over 150 NTD experts, partners, and participants are gathering to identify opportunities and accelerate progress towards #ENDISA’s 2030 targets. #EndingDiseaseInAfrica #25NTDPMM

The #NTD Programme Managers’ Meeting is underway in Lomé, Togo! 

Over 150 NTD experts, partners, and participants are gathering to identify opportunities and accelerate progress towards #ENDISA’s 2030 targets.

#EndingDiseaseInAfrica 
#25NTDPMM
Nina Schwalbe (@nschwalbe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#PandemicAccord? YES! 💉 This agreement represents a commitment to equity and coordinated action to prepare, prevent, and respond to future pandemics. 🎆 Thank you, member states, for your unified voice in support of multilateralism and global solidarity.

#PandemicAccord? YES!

💉 This agreement represents a commitment to equity and coordinated action to prepare, prevent, and respond to future pandemics.

🎆 Thank you, member states, for your unified voice in support of multilateralism and global solidarity.
World Health Organization South-East Asia (@whosearo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did you know #India 🇮🇳 is the origin of 60% of medicines 💊 prequalified by WHO for global use❓ Read how the country is collaborating with World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen the quality and sustainable local production of medicines and other health technologies. 🔗: iris.who.int/bitstream/hand…

Did you know #India 🇮🇳 is the origin of 60% of medicines 💊 prequalified by WHO for global use❓

Read how the country is collaborating with <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> to strengthen the quality and sustainable local production of medicines and other health technologies.

🔗: iris.who.int/bitstream/hand…
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@drtedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.World Health Organization (WHO) Member States made history in Geneva today by reaching consensus on a proposed #PandemicAccord: who.int/news/item/16-0… I thank national negotiators for their foresight, commitment and tireless work. Gratitude as well to civil society partners. We look forward to #WHA78

.<a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> Member States made history in Geneva today by reaching consensus on a proposed #PandemicAccord: who.int/news/item/16-0… 

I thank national negotiators for their foresight, commitment and tireless work. Gratitude as well to civil society partners. We look forward to #WHA78
Dr Maria Neira (@drmarianeira) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A new study published today in ⁦The Lancet Planetary Health⁩ found that long-term exposure to air pollution increased deaths by 1.5 million deaths per year in India, when compared to conditions if India met the ⁦⁦World Health Organization (WHO)’s ⁩standards. ⁦World Health Organization South-East Asia⁩ hsph.harvard.edu/environmental-…

World Health Organization (WHO) (@who) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After over 3 years of negotiations, WHO Member States have finalized a draft #PandemicAccord to make the world safer from future pandemics. The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption Proposals within the

After over 3 years of negotiations, WHO Member States have finalized a draft #PandemicAccord to make the world safer from future pandemics.

The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption

Proposals within the
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As part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPREP), World Health Organization (WHO), with support from CERF - The UN's emergency fund, delivered a 2.7-ton medical shipment to public hospitals in #Deir_Ez_Zor, Syria, to support trauma and emergency care.

As part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPREP), <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a>, with support from <a href="/UNCERF/">CERF - The UN's emergency fund</a>, delivered a 2.7-ton medical shipment to public hospitals in #Deir_Ez_Zor, Syria, to support trauma and emergency care.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@drtedros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The consensus on the #PandemicAccord draft not only puts a generational agreement into place to make the world safer, but also demonstrates that multilateralism is alive and well. The next stop, #WHA78: bit.ly/3EaZQmL

The consensus on the #PandemicAccord draft not only puts a generational agreement into place to make the world safer, but also demonstrates that multilateralism is alive and well. 

The next stop, #WHA78: bit.ly/3EaZQmL