Excited to join Africa CDC's Partners Retreat in Nairobi! Since Mar '23, 75 partners joined forces for Digital Transformation Strategy, launching 17 initiatives to digitize healthcare across Africa. A testament to our shared commitment to innovative healthcare accessibility.

Delivering community protection means putting people that are affected by an emergency at the center of decisions and actions aimed at protecting their health and well-being. Join us tomorrow to discuss progress, gaps, and priorities for action. bit.ly/CommProtection

The Pandemic Fund's 2nd Call for Proposals closes on MAY 17. Visit our website for application templates, recordings of info sessions, and more: wrld.bg/RQkG50RozxG

It's not too late to register for tomorrow's user-centered design webinar we're co-hosting with Gates Foundation! Hear from experts on the impact digital health systems can have when designing with health care workers at the center. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/311502cb…

Today is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day — a day that we recognize and honour our 16.5 million volunteers who help more than 160 million people around the world each year. Over this past year, we’ve seen unprecedented levels of violence against our humanitarian workers.

Primary health care can meet up to 90% of a person’s health care needs, but only half of the global population has access. #Exemplars partners Edwine Barasa and Anna Vassall discuss how #PHC can improve the overall well-being of people and communities. bit.ly/44mAoTV

Ahead of #InternationalNursesDay, ICN released a new report highlighting the contribution nursing can make to global economic growth—given sufficient investment. Read my feature in the report: icn.ch/news/icn-launc…

Nurses play a key role in improving people’s health, preventing disease, responding to emergencies & more. On Sunday's #InternationalNursesDay, we thank them for their unwavering support to people around the world. who.int/news-room/fact…

Florence Nightingale changed nursing forever. On International Nurses Day, we share the story of the precursor of modern nursing and who influenced the creation of the Red Cross. Nurses play a crucial role within their communities, & they are protected by the Geneva Conventions.

💙Care for those who care💙 #nurses are the backbone of our health systems, yet they often face severe financial constraints. This International Nurses Day, WHO/Europe calls for more strategic investment in #nursing 👉bit.ly/44ttxI9 #IND2024

"Effective Universal Health Coverage (UHC) could save 60 million lives each year and add 3.7 years to average life expectancy... Countries will have to increase the size of their nursing workforces." ICN #InternationalNursesDay icn.ch/news/icn-launc…

As the world monitors for new cases of H5N1, we can all learn from Cambodia's rapid response to the virus: nytimes.com/2024/05/20/hea…

Transforming disease surveillance requires reimagining how we collaborate!   Together, let's deepen & expand our collaborations, engage actors in & beyond health, and embrace innovation & systems thinking as we build an enabling environment for #CollaborativeSurvillance.

Honored to be part of this panel on collaborative surveillance at World Health Assembly. Better decision-making relies on more than "better data". It relies on better *information*. And that will only come through collaborative surveillance.

Infection prevention and control interventions such as hand hygiene, and ensuring access to high-quality water, sanitation and hygiene services can reduce the risk of health care-associated infections by up to 70% and have a high economic return on investment

From robust disease surveillance to rapid notification, Resolve to Save Lives's new Epidemics That Didn’t Happen report uncovers the key factors that helped countries keep outbreaks from becoming full-blown epidemics. etdh.resolvetosavelives.org/2024/

With the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreading in animals worldwide, Finland offers a lesson in how to bring an outbreak under control quickly. Read about their approach in our new report: etdh.resolvetosavelives.org/2024/

At Resolve to Save Lives, we work with partners to address the root causes of health system weakness. In our new report, we share successes in stopping disease outbreaks, which all countries can learn from. etdh.resolvetosavelives.org/2024/

19 health workers were infected with #Ebola virus disease with 7 succumbing, during the 2022 outbreak in #Uganda. Protection for health care workers, especially during public health emergencies, is a top response priority. EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 Ministry of Health- Uganda ➡️bit.ly/3LfzIqA

We join @IFRC's call for immediate and urgent action to protect humanitarian volunteers and staff around the world. #WorldHumanitarianDay #ProtectHumanity