Dr Maria Neira
@drmarianeira.bsky.social
Director,
Environment, climate change and health.
WHO
Environment, climate change and health.
WHO
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Why we need cleaner air | Maria Neira | TEDxAthens
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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A new TEDx talk, this time Athens.
Why we need cleaner air. @who.int @cleanair2breathe.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social @cleanairlondon.bsky.social
youtu.be/ayWKGTQ9JK0
Why we need cleaner air. @who.int @cleanair2breathe.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social @cleanairlondon.bsky.social
youtu.be/ayWKGTQ9JK0
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Do we need any more proof that air pollution is a major public health crisis? @who.int @CCACoalition @cleanairfund.bsky.social #breathelife @EU_Commission @cleanairasia @london.gov.uk @annehidalgo.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Do we need any more proof that air pollution is a major public health crisis? @who.int @CCACoalition @cleanairfund.bsky.social #breathelife @EU_Commission @cleanairasia @london.gov.uk @annehidalgo.bsky.social
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When a champion of green #urban policies meet a #cleanair leader. Exciting webinar ahead!
🗓️ July 25, 4:30-5:30pm (CEST)
➕ Details & registrations: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
❓Live Q&A with Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social & @drmarianeira.bsky.social to follow the dialogue
🗣️ in English & French
🗓️ July 25, 4:30-5:30pm (CEST)
➕ Details & registrations: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
❓Live Q&A with Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social & @drmarianeira.bsky.social to follow the dialogue
🗣️ in English & French
A spotlight on Paris - a dialogue with Mayor Anne Hidalgo on promoting health, clean air, and climate resilience
The session will draw key insights from the transformative urban agenda of Mayor Anne Hidalgo, highlighting how cities can empower citizens, reduce health inequalities, and build healthier environment...
www.who.int
July 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When a champion of green #urban policies meet a #cleanair leader. Exciting webinar ahead!
🗓️ July 25, 4:30-5:30pm (CEST)
➕ Details & registrations: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
❓Live Q&A with Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social & @drmarianeira.bsky.social to follow the dialogue
🗣️ in English & French
🗓️ July 25, 4:30-5:30pm (CEST)
➕ Details & registrations: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
❓Live Q&A with Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social & @drmarianeira.bsky.social to follow the dialogue
🗣️ in English & French
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@drmarianeira.bsky.social is one of our new Honorary Fellows!
Dr Neira is a distinguished public health physician, diplomat, and international civil servant and the Director of the @who.int Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSZ...
Dr Neira is a distinguished public health physician, diplomat, and international civil servant and the Director of the @who.int Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSZ...
Dr. María Neira - FPH Honorary Fellowship acceptance speech
YouTube video by UK Faculty of Public Health
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July 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@drmarianeira.bsky.social is one of our new Honorary Fellows!
Dr Neira is a distinguished public health physician, diplomat, and international civil servant and the Director of the @who.int Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSZ...
Dr Neira is a distinguished public health physician, diplomat, and international civil servant and the Director of the @who.int Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSZ...
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@drmarianeira.bsky.social is one of our new Honorary Fellows!
This is the highest category of FPH membership, awarded to those who have made exceptional contributions towards improving the health of the public.
Congratulations to all new FPH Honorary Fellows: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
This is the highest category of FPH membership, awarded to those who have made exceptional contributions towards improving the health of the public.
Congratulations to all new FPH Honorary Fellows: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
June 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@drmarianeira.bsky.social is one of our new Honorary Fellows!
This is the highest category of FPH membership, awarded to those who have made exceptional contributions towards improving the health of the public.
Congratulations to all new FPH Honorary Fellows: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
This is the highest category of FPH membership, awarded to those who have made exceptional contributions towards improving the health of the public.
Congratulations to all new FPH Honorary Fellows: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...
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Los dermatólogos advierten del impacto que el cambio climático tiene en la salud de la piel.
El incremento de temperaturas, la baja humedad y la contaminación pueden generar o agravar dolencias cutáneas.
efeverde.com/dermatologos...
El incremento de temperaturas, la baja humedad y la contaminación pueden generar o agravar dolencias cutáneas.
efeverde.com/dermatologos...
Los dermatólogos advierten del impacto que el cambio climático tiene en la salud de la piel - EFEverde
La presidenta de la Academia Española de Dermatología, Yolanda Gilaberte, advierte del impacto del cambio climático en la salud de la piel
efeverde.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Los dermatólogos advierten del impacto que el cambio climático tiene en la salud de la piel.
El incremento de temperaturas, la baja humedad y la contaminación pueden generar o agravar dolencias cutáneas.
efeverde.com/dermatologos...
El incremento de temperaturas, la baja humedad y la contaminación pueden generar o agravar dolencias cutáneas.
efeverde.com/dermatologos...
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Air pollution is a global health crisis, driving NCDs and claiming lives.
In @aparnabose.bsky.social ‘s
interview with @WHO’s @drmarianeira.bsky.social we discuss clean energy transitions, household pollution, environmental risks in children, and grassroots action.
youtu.be/XnN8eB_Z3IA?si…
In @aparnabose.bsky.social ‘s
interview with @WHO’s @drmarianeira.bsky.social we discuss clean energy transitions, household pollution, environmental risks in children, and grassroots action.
youtu.be/XnN8eB_Z3IA?si…
Urge India to align AQI standards with WHO norms: WHO Director
YouTube video by PTI News
https://youtu.be/XnN8eB_Z3IA?si…
April 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Air pollution is a global health crisis, driving NCDs and claiming lives.
In @aparnabose.bsky.social ‘s
interview with @WHO’s @drmarianeira.bsky.social we discuss clean energy transitions, household pollution, environmental risks in children, and grassroots action.
youtu.be/XnN8eB_Z3IA?si…
In @aparnabose.bsky.social ‘s
interview with @WHO’s @drmarianeira.bsky.social we discuss clean energy transitions, household pollution, environmental risks in children, and grassroots action.
youtu.be/XnN8eB_Z3IA?si…
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Highlighting the opportunities for health that enhanced urban climate action offers, @drmarianeira.bsky.social of @who.int stresses the main climate transformations that will benefit health include:
🔹 Sustainable food systems
🔹 Clean & renewable sources of energy
🔹 Healthy urban planning
🔹 Sustainable food systems
🔹 Clean & renewable sources of energy
🔹 Healthy urban planning
April 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Highlighting the opportunities for health that enhanced urban climate action offers, @drmarianeira.bsky.social of @who.int stresses the main climate transformations that will benefit health include:
🔹 Sustainable food systems
🔹 Clean & renewable sources of energy
🔹 Healthy urban planning
🔹 Sustainable food systems
🔹 Clean & renewable sources of energy
🔹 Healthy urban planning
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Some people are easily pleased 😊.
We're thrilled to announce Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum (@diarmidcl.bsky.social), Head of Climate and Health at
the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of our keynote speakers at the Global Climate and Health Summit.
📅 16 - 17 July 2025 📍London
Learn more and apply to attend: buff.ly/GY6HV1b
the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of our keynote speakers at the Global Climate and Health Summit.
📅 16 - 17 July 2025 📍London
Learn more and apply to attend: buff.ly/GY6HV1b
April 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Some people are easily pleased 😊.
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We can't buy clean air, so let's fight for it!
@who.int’s Executive Board agreed to halve the number of deaths caused by #AirPollution by 2040 - let's help to make it a reality.
#BreatheLife
@who.int’s Executive Board agreed to halve the number of deaths caused by #AirPollution by 2040 - let's help to make it a reality.
#BreatheLife
March 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We can't buy clean air, so let's fight for it!
@who.int’s Executive Board agreed to halve the number of deaths caused by #AirPollution by 2040 - let's help to make it a reality.
#BreatheLife
@who.int’s Executive Board agreed to halve the number of deaths caused by #AirPollution by 2040 - let's help to make it a reality.
#BreatheLife
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🇪🇸 Secretary of Health Javier Padilla on delivering #CleanAir for health & #ClimateAction:
« People don’t change just because we’ve put the fear into them. We need to show them a future, a vision »
#BreatheLife #CleanAir4Health2025
@who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @saludporderecho.bsky.social
« People don’t change just because we’ve put the fear into them. We need to show them a future, a vision »
#BreatheLife #CleanAir4Health2025
@who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @saludporderecho.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🇪🇸 Secretary of Health Javier Padilla on delivering #CleanAir for health & #ClimateAction:
« People don’t change just because we’ve put the fear into them. We need to show them a future, a vision »
#BreatheLife #CleanAir4Health2025
@who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @saludporderecho.bsky.social
« People don’t change just because we’ve put the fear into them. We need to show them a future, a vision »
#BreatheLife #CleanAir4Health2025
@who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @saludporderecho.bsky.social
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Hello, @bsky.app friends!
DYK: Blue Sky = Cleaner Air = Healthier lungs?
I'm joining you today, to ask for your help in supporting @who.int efforts to help everyone #BreatheLife!
DYK: Blue Sky = Cleaner Air = Healthier lungs?
I'm joining you today, to ask for your help in supporting @who.int efforts to help everyone #BreatheLife!
March 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Hello, @bsky.app friends!
DYK: Blue Sky = Cleaner Air = Healthier lungs?
I'm joining you today, to ask for your help in supporting @who.int efforts to help everyone #BreatheLife!
DYK: Blue Sky = Cleaner Air = Healthier lungs?
I'm joining you today, to ask for your help in supporting @who.int efforts to help everyone #BreatheLife!
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⚠️Great panel for "Transitioning away from #fossilfuels and the role of clean and efficient energy to protect #health"
👐Join us if you are in Cartagena attending WHO Second Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health: web.cvent.com/event/61ed4b...
👐Join us if you are in Cartagena attending WHO Second Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health: web.cvent.com/event/61ed4b...
March 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
⚠️Great panel for "Transitioning away from #fossilfuels and the role of clean and efficient energy to protect #health"
👐Join us if you are in Cartagena attending WHO Second Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health: web.cvent.com/event/61ed4b...
👐Join us if you are in Cartagena attending WHO Second Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health: web.cvent.com/event/61ed4b...
El mundo buscará soluciones para mejorar la calidad del aire en una cumbre en Colombia www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025032...
El mundo buscará soluciones para mejorar la calidad del aire en una cumbre en Colombia
Cartagena (Colombia), 24 mar (EFE).- Ministros de Salud, autoridades ambientales y académicos de todo el mundo debatirán a partir de este martes en la ciudad colombiana d...
www.lavanguardia.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
El mundo buscará soluciones para mejorar la calidad del aire en una cumbre en Colombia www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025032...
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WHO‘s @drmarianeira.bsky.social clear and inspiring call to action: #AirPollution Kills.
The world has made significant progress in recent years but nowhere near enough. No excuses now for inaction. This global conference must result in real change for #CleanAir. 👏👏👏
The world has made significant progress in recent years but nowhere near enough. No excuses now for inaction. This global conference must result in real change for #CleanAir. 👏👏👏
March 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
WHO‘s @drmarianeira.bsky.social clear and inspiring call to action: #AirPollution Kills.
The world has made significant progress in recent years but nowhere near enough. No excuses now for inaction. This global conference must result in real change for #CleanAir. 👏👏👏
The world has made significant progress in recent years but nowhere near enough. No excuses now for inaction. This global conference must result in real change for #CleanAir. 👏👏👏
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How #AirPollution has dramatically shifted who is affected by cancer. Please take a moment to let this sink in.
Who better to bring this message than doctors? Including irrepressible Dr Arvind Kumar from Drs for Clean Air & Lung Care Foundation.
#CleanAir4Health2025
@drmarianeira.bsky.social
Who better to bring this message than doctors? Including irrepressible Dr Arvind Kumar from Drs for Clean Air & Lung Care Foundation.
#CleanAir4Health2025
@drmarianeira.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How #AirPollution has dramatically shifted who is affected by cancer. Please take a moment to let this sink in.
Who better to bring this message than doctors? Including irrepressible Dr Arvind Kumar from Drs for Clean Air & Lung Care Foundation.
#CleanAir4Health2025
@drmarianeira.bsky.social
Who better to bring this message than doctors? Including irrepressible Dr Arvind Kumar from Drs for Clean Air & Lung Care Foundation.
#CleanAir4Health2025
@drmarianeira.bsky.social
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WHO @drmarianeira.bsky.social accepts the Health Sector Call to Action on #AirPollution to save lives, signed by organizations representing 47 million health professionals and patients:
www.who.int/news/item/17...
Proud that @cleanairfund.bsky.social is also supporting this vital call.
www.who.int/news/item/17...
Proud that @cleanairfund.bsky.social is also supporting this vital call.
March 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
WHO @drmarianeira.bsky.social accepts the Health Sector Call to Action on #AirPollution to save lives, signed by organizations representing 47 million health professionals and patients:
www.who.int/news/item/17...
Proud that @cleanairfund.bsky.social is also supporting this vital call.
www.who.int/news/item/17...
Proud that @cleanairfund.bsky.social is also supporting this vital call.
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The @who.int 2nd Global Conference on #AirPollution & #Health brings renewed focus to the devastating public health impacts of dirty air.
A display of images from @climatevisuals.bsky.social ‘visualising air pollution’ collection helps to bring their stories to life for delegates ▶️ bit.ly/41ZGgSi
A display of images from @climatevisuals.bsky.social ‘visualising air pollution’ collection helps to bring their stories to life for delegates ▶️ bit.ly/41ZGgSi
March 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The @who.int 2nd Global Conference on #AirPollution & #Health brings renewed focus to the devastating public health impacts of dirty air.
A display of images from @climatevisuals.bsky.social ‘visualising air pollution’ collection helps to bring their stories to life for delegates ▶️ bit.ly/41ZGgSi
A display of images from @climatevisuals.bsky.social ‘visualising air pollution’ collection helps to bring their stories to life for delegates ▶️ bit.ly/41ZGgSi
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All Children have the right to clean air! #OurKidsAir
Air pollution threatens the health of children globally.
Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day.
1/🧵 @who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @diarmidcl.bsky.social @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social @rodzicedlaklimatu.bsky.social
Air pollution threatens the health of children globally.
Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day.
1/🧵 @who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @diarmidcl.bsky.social @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social @rodzicedlaklimatu.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
All Children have the right to clean air! #OurKidsAir
Air pollution threatens the health of children globally.
Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day.
1/🧵 @who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @diarmidcl.bsky.social @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social @rodzicedlaklimatu.bsky.social
Air pollution threatens the health of children globally.
Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day.
1/🧵 @who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @diarmidcl.bsky.social @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social @rodzicedlaklimatu.bsky.social
Do we need any more proof that air pollution is a major public health crisis? @who.int @CCACoalition @cleanairfund.bsky.social #breathelife @EU_Commission @cleanairasia @london.gov.uk @annehidalgo.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Do we need any more proof that air pollution is a major public health crisis? @who.int @CCACoalition @cleanairfund.bsky.social #breathelife @EU_Commission @cleanairasia @london.gov.uk @annehidalgo.bsky.social
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March 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I fully agree Peter, never shy when it is about putting public health.
My point is that health connect everything and is the most powerfully aegument.
Air pollution is linked to health, to climate change, to sustainable societies, to equity, to economy, to urban planning…
My point is that health connect everything and is the most powerfully aegument.
Air pollution is linked to health, to climate change, to sustainable societies, to equity, to economy, to urban planning…
"The more we associate air pollution with the climate crisis, the more political and harder it can be. Talking about health impacts makes it easier, and this is the winning strategy"
I'm not sure I agree, I think we need to link air pollution to everything, not shy away from harder arguments.
9/n
I'm not sure I agree, I think we need to link air pollution to everything, not shy away from harder arguments.
9/n
March 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I fully agree Peter, never shy when it is about putting public health.
My point is that health connect everything and is the most powerfully aegument.
Air pollution is linked to health, to climate change, to sustainable societies, to equity, to economy, to urban planning…
My point is that health connect everything and is the most powerfully aegument.
Air pollution is linked to health, to climate change, to sustainable societies, to equity, to economy, to urban planning…
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📢 "¿Sería posible otra #pandemia?", reflexión de María Neira (@drmarianeira.bsky.social), directora de Medio Ambiente y Salud de la /hashtag/OMS.%C2%A0%C2%A0@who.int%C2%A0" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#OMS. @who.int
📝 Artículo para el especial "Pandemia de covid, 5 años después" de #EFEsalud
🔗 https://efesalud.com/covid-19-pandemia-maria-neira-oms
📝 Artículo para el especial "Pandemia de covid, 5 años después" de #EFEsalud
🔗 https://efesalud.com/covid-19-pandemia-maria-neira-oms
March 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢 "¿Sería posible otra #pandemia?", reflexión de María Neira (@drmarianeira.bsky.social), directora de Medio Ambiente y Salud de la /hashtag/OMS.%C2%A0%C2%A0@who.int%C2%A0" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#OMS. @who.int
📝 Artículo para el especial "Pandemia de covid, 5 años después" de #EFEsalud
🔗 https://efesalud.com/covid-19-pandemia-maria-neira-oms
📝 Artículo para el especial "Pandemia de covid, 5 años después" de #EFEsalud
🔗 https://efesalud.com/covid-19-pandemia-maria-neira-oms
Happy that the Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, taking place in Cartagena, Colombia on 25 March, will give us the opportunity to learn more from the London ULEZ experience! @tedrosgbelay.bsky.social @who.int @london.gov.uk
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ULEZ works. It’s that simple.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
March 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy that the Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, taking place in Cartagena, Colombia on 25 March, will give us the opportunity to learn more from the London ULEZ experience! @tedrosgbelay.bsky.social @who.int @london.gov.uk
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It’s not every day you get an award with an astronaut, a political scientist, a legend in dance, champions of education and democracy, a brilliant thinker, and a writer with an exquisite narrative. Great honor to be one of the 8! 🙏to the Fundacion Ortega-Marañon @fortegamaranon
March 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s not every day you get an award with an astronaut, a political scientist, a legend in dance, champions of education and democracy, a brilliant thinker, and a writer with an exquisite narrative. Great honor to be one of the 8! 🙏to the Fundacion Ortega-Marañon @fortegamaranon