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' #Somalia is case & point; a country recovering from decades of conflict continuing to face cyclical climate-induced shocks from droughts to flooding...compounded by the global pandemic, making [it] vulnerable to poverty & food insecurity.' -Nimo Hassan at World Health Organization (WHO)'s briefing.
As Ananda S Bandyopadhyay said, eradicating a human disease for only the second time in history is an audacious goal — but we have the tools and partnerships to forge a path forward towards ending polio for good.
Tune in to this insightful conversation:
'Extreme heat is destroying crops from South America to China and undercutting people's livelihoods and access to food,' says Martin Griffiths, adding 'millions of people are being driven from their homes and deeper and deeper into poverty.' #ClimateCrisis
How can we deliver #HealthForAll ?
What role do #healthsystems , #primaryhealthcare , #equity & determinants such as #gender & #climatechange play?
Join us on Thursday, 3 Nov., 9am ET/1pm GMT at #UHC TownHall to input & engage ahead of #UHC Day & the 2023 High-level meeting on #UHC
' #ClimateChange is already impacting health in many ways, through more frequent and extreme weather events, more disease outbreaks, and more mental health issues. In #Pakistan , unprecedented floods have devastated the lives of over 33 million people.' - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
'Next week is #COP27 , where countries will assess progress towards the target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Meeting that target will have massive benefits for human health; failing to meet it comes with massive risks.'- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Statistics from the #Ebola outbreak in #Uganda :
130 confirmed cases
21 probable cases
43 confirmed deaths
'To support the response, World Health Organization (WHO) released an additional $5.7 million from our Contingency Fund for Emergencies, in addition to the $5M we released previously.' - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
'The humanitarian situation in #Tigray remains catastrophic. Since the beginning, food, medicine and other basic services have been weaponized, and it has now been more than two months since the last humanitarian aid reached Tigray. The only solution is peace.' - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
LIVE: Media briefing on global health issues with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
“Additionally, #ClimateChange has contributed to the resurgence of #cholera , and we see this evidence in several countries hit by extreme climate events like floods, droughts and cyclones.”
- Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Regional Director