On #InternationalWomensDay we acknowledge the dedicated and tireless work of every woman working in #OurHealthService to keep Ireland safe and well. Whatever your role is, it's important and we thank you!

‘Policy inertia’ is enabling the products and practices of some commercial actors to cause significant, ongoing harm to health, warn experts. A new Lancet Series argues for a bold system overhaul that puts people and planet first: hubs.li/Q01HD8h_0

While commercial actors can contribute positively to health and society, a significant proportion are not. Just 4 industry sectors are responsible for at least 1/3 of global deaths every year: 🚬 Tobacco 🍺 Alcohol 🍔 Unhealthy foods 🏭 Fossil fuels hubs.li/Q01J2gbV0

It'll be a great course! Lots of new ideas were put into developing this by Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies / Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, LSHTM + it is shaped by brilliant experts Lilian Kiapi Rachel Nugent Philippa Éimhín Ansbro Michelle Lokot Besançon Stéphane Beatrice Vetter Adrianna Murphy Anoop Shah & others

Study London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ! My MSc was life changing- taught by inspiring people and made lifelong friends

New paper in Conflict and Health gives a road map🗺️to implementation pathways to integrate #NCD care for crises-affected populations in Lebanon and globally. Éimhín Ansbro @bayardroberts Check it out 👇 🔗link.springer.com/article/10.118…

This one's circulating again. It's school holidays and swimming time. *To my knowledge*, four kids' lives have been saved by people reading this tweet (and the linked article). Maybe many more. Please read, learn, share. DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING.

This is unimaginable. This is inhumane. As doctors, humanitarians, human beings, we cannot tolerate this. While we are frightened of what is coming, our only hope is for humanity to prevail.

Horrified, devastated, speechless. There are no words to express the shock and sorrow we all feel in MSF this moment!

Politicians are failing us abysmally on the #ClimateCrisis. Can comedians step up and save the day? Watch the heroic Jo Brand give it a proper shot with scientist Professor Mark Maslin 𝕏 🙄 🔥 If this doesn't prompt revolution, what will? Please share far and wide! #NoNewOil #COP28

"Everything is absolutely unprecedented & staggering" 🆘Number of civilians killed 🆘Number of United Nations staff killed 🆘Level of destruction; +60% of infrastructure destroyed 🆘+90% of population displaced By any account, #Gaza situation is unprecedented Philippe Lazzarini Talk to Al Jazeera

Long🧵 #COVID19 and where we are. I’m worried. We are entering the 5th year of the pandemic and we are certainly in a different phase. This phase is marked by an evolving virus (with the XBB and BA.2 sublineages circulating and JN.1 becoming dominant). x.com/mvankerkhove/s…

New research shows that Ireland had no excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic. 🇮🇪😷 The OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives report shows Ireland was one of only 9 countries to avoid excess deaths, registering the 4th lowest death rate behind New Zealand, Iceland & Norway. 👏 rte.ie/news/coronavir…

Withdrawing funds from UNRWA is perilous and would result in the collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, with far-reaching consequences in the occupied Palestinian territory and across the region. My Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) colleagues and I appeal for these decisions to be reconsidered.

"If funding remains suspended, we will most likely be forced to shut down our operations by end of February” Philippe Lazzarini 🚨 STATEMENT📍#GazaStrip: Humanitarian crisis deepens at a time funding suspensions put UNRWA aid operations in peril ⬇️ unrwa.org/newsroom/news-…

Irish Senate Votes to Impose Sanctions on Israel, Prevent U.S. Arms from Crossing Its Airspace democracynow.org/2024/2/27/head…

Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives #ncds #humanitarian who.int/news/item/27-0…

⚡️The online course on NCDs in Humanitarian Settings is now open for applications (deadline 28th April)! Lots of appreciation for all the experts who share their experiences with participants and our colleagues at Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, LSHTM

Risk of long COVID declined over course of pandemic medicine.wustl.edu/news/risk-of-l… via @wustlmed

Rich countries silencing climate protest while preaching about rights elsewhere, says study theguardian.com/environment/ar…