NEW analysis from HRP's LynnMarie Sardinha, PhD reveals a shocking statistic: Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls who have been in a relationship will have experienced intimate partner violence (#IPV) by age 20. 🧵

Honored to work with YARID Uganda Robert Hakiza Okumu WelTelHealth Lawrence Mbuagbaw Isha Berry Stefan Baral and others on this Journal of the IAS study funded by CIHR Institute of Gender & Health CIHR Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

💧The water crisis is one of our most urgent challenges. A strategic framework from World Bank, IFC, MIGA & 2030 Water Resources Group aims to #ScaleUpFinance4Water through reforms, private sector participation & innovative financing. BLOG: wrld.bg/pKiM50SOFEL

It’s Vancouver Pride weekend, where IGH is located! Pride is both celebration & resistance to oppression. See how IGH's Research Priority Plan 2024-29 invests in 2S/LGBTQI+ health, as a celebration of queer well-being & resistance to health inequities 🌈 bit.ly/3VKQaUE

From Paris to Kakuma, people around the world are cheering for the Refugee Olympic Team Team. Together with Perina's family and friends, we congratulate you on your accomplishments in the #Paris2024 Olympic Games. #CheerForRefugees

🌟 New Publication Alert 🌟 Our latest research reveals major funding gaps in #2SLGBTQI health studies by CIHR, highlighting the urgent need for more inclusive and comprehensive healthcare research. Read the full paper here 📖: ow.ly/Tkx650SPEmG

Big congratulations to our stellar team on this new publication in Mary Ann Liebert Inc! Dr. Liisa Galea carmen logie 🌈 Amanda Namchuk Tallinn Splinter & Katherine Moore! Reminder that moving the needle towards health equity for 2S/LGBTQ+ people involves examining health funding! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Make sure to check out the full paper here: ow.ly/Tkx650SPEmG 🤩 Congratulations to all the authors! Amanda Namchuk Tori Stranges Tallinn Splinter Katherine Moore carmen logie 🌈 Dr. Liisa Galea

🌡️🌧️ In 2023, the world experienced the hottest year on record. 2024 may be even hotter. With a hotter planet we can expect more extreme rainfall. This is how the #ClimateCrisis is driving the frequency and intensity of weather-related hazards ➡️ ow.ly/TN0h50SQa3v

On #InternationalYouthDay2024, it's important to remember that many vulnerable adolescent girls are subjected to violence even before their 20th birthday. Countries must promote #GenderEquality policies. Read our research in The Lancet on #IPV: bit.ly/3SmMOGk #IYD2024

Celebrating this important chapter in the Encyclopedia of Adolescence. We discuss "Homelessness and housing insecurity" . Key themes: 👉Understanding homelessness and its drivers 👉 Health problems associated with homelessness 👉 Prevention sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Four countries in Eastern Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda) have reported their first #mpox cases. All cases sequenced from these countries are of the clade I strain. Separately, Côte d’Ivoire is experiencing an outbreak linked to the clade II strain. WHO is actively

🚨 BREAKING: World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing #mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A public health emergency of international concern is the 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓 alert level under international health law. Learn more➡️ : who.int/news/item/14-0…

🚨WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of #mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (#DRC) & a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations

😶 Famine 🌊 Flood ☀️ Heatwave 🔥 Wildfire Climate crisis is a health crisis. The impact of #ClimateChange on health is real & urgent climate action is needed.

Children & vulnerable communities are at the sharp end of an expanding outbreak of #mpox in Eastern & Southern Africa. More than 200 confirmed cases have been detected across five countries, including South Africa. unicef.org/esa/press-rele…

📣 The IAS continues to call for urgent access to #mpox vaccines across Africa: iasociety.org/ias-statement/…

latest article on #stigma toward #refugee #adolescents and #SRHR with YARID Uganda Okumu Robert Hakiza Lawrence Mbuagbaw in Kampala, Uganda publish.csiro.au/SH/SH24098 Sexual Health CSIRO Publishing Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

On #WorldSexualHealthDay, we encourage you to browse the National Women’s Health Research Initiative Biomedical Discovery research projects, many of which are pursuing high-priority research projects on women’s sexual and reproductive health. ▶️ buff.ly/3Xfazmy.