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Christopher Strebel
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WHO | former UNESCO, EcolintGeneva Governing Board | grad
Cornell, NYU | #Health + #Digitalstrategy + #Development 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️
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Act Now: Eliminate Cervical Cancer, accelerate impact toward these 2030 targets:

90% of girls vaccinated against HPV by age 15;
70% of women screened by age 35 and again at 45;
90% of women with cervical disease receiving treatment.

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World marks cervical cancer elimination day as countries accelerate action
Today marks the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day – mandated by the World Health Assembly – a historic milestone in global efforts to end a preventable cancer.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the 🌍’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives.

But models show that long-term cuts to international funding could result in up to 2 million additional TB deaths between 2025 and 2035.

#TB

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Global gains in tuberculosis response endangered by funding challenges
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year, according to the WHO Global Tuberc...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Egypt eliminates trachoma as a public health problem.

Trachoma remains a public health problem in 30 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people.

#trachoma
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Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, marking a historic public health milestone for the country and WHO’s Eas...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The WHO Bulletin confirms that traditional medicine continues to be a vital health resource for billions of people worldwide.

But <1% of global health research funding is dedicated to traditional medicine and undermines efforts to build the required evidence base.

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WHO Bulletin special issue on traditional medicine
In the run up to the 2nd WHO Global Summit in Traditional Medicine, 17-29 December in New Delhi and online, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a special issue dedicated t...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Globally, it is estimated that 14.3% 10–19-year-olds experience mental health conditions, yet these remain largely unrecognized and untreated.

As a result, UN agencies call out to advance child and youth mental health policy.

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Joint call to strengthen policy and investment for child and youth mental health and well-being
Despite increasing recognition of mental health across UN policy frameworks, children and youth remain largely absent from global commitments, data systems, and financing priorities.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Not all medicines are equal

⏱️ Some need to be taken at a certain time
🍽️ Some need to be taken with food
🍂 Some may interact with herbal remedies

#MedSafetyWeek
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The World Health Organization releases new guidance for countries to counter severe cuts to funding, which is disrupting the delivery of essential health services in many places.

#PublicHealth
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WHO issues guidance to address drastic global health financing cuts
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance for countries on ways to counter the immediate and long-term effects of sudden and severe cuts to external funding, which are disrupting...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year.

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Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year, warns new Lancet Countdown report
WHO and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognized as the most powerful driver of climate action, as a new global report released today warns that continued ove...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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1️⃣ What a great day at the Swiss Digital Leadership Forum 2025 in Brugg: full of ideas, energy, and inspiring people shaping the next chapter of digital transformation in Switzerland. 💡🇨🇭
#DigitalLeadership #Transformation
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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South Africa launches National Action Plan to protect millions from substandard and falsified medical products.

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South Africa launches National Action Plan to protect millions from substandard and falsified medical products
On 30 September 2025, South Africa launched its National Action Plan (NAP) to address the persistent threat of substandard and falsified medical products, marking a significant step toward safeguardin...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Health Works Leaders Coalition promotes health system investments and spurs economic growth and job creation.

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Health Works Leaders Coalition launched to promote health system investments and spur economic growth, job creation
This global alliance brings together health and finance ministers, philanthropic organizations, business leaders, leaders of global health agencies, and civil society representatives with the aim of p...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Turning apple waste into profit and protein.

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Turning apple waste into profit and protein | Cornell Chronicle
Mmm, what's in these meatballs? A secret ingredient that would improve human health as well as apple producers' bottom line.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Maldives is the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’: mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.

#PublicHealth 🛟 #HIV #Hepatitis

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Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
In a landmark public health achievement, WHO has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for EMTC...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics.

“Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said Dr Tedros.

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WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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October 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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World Mental Health Day serves is a reminder that there is no health without mental health.

This WMHD focuses on the urgent need to support the mental health & psychosocial needs of people in humanitarian emergencies. 🚑

#PublicHealth #MentalHealth

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World Mental Health Day 2025
Find out about this year's World Mental Health Day campaign (10 October) and how you can get involved.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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WHO tobacco trends report: 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco.

A new global report shows the # tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024.

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WHO tobacco trends report: 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco
The world is smoking less, but the tobacco epidemic is far from over. A new WHO global report shows the number of tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024. Yet, tobac...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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New recommendations aim to end preventable deaths from postpartum haemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal mortality.

Earlier detection and faster intervention could save tens of thousands of lives every year.

#PublicHealth, #MaternalHealth
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Global health agencies issue new recommendations to help end deaths from postpartum haemorrhage
Through landmark new guidelines released today, leading reproductive health agencies are calling for a major shift in how postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is prevented, diagnosed and treated. The recommen...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Latest report release on antibacterial agents in clinical and preclinical development, and on diagnostics that are already available or in the pipeline.

"But the pipeline of new treatments & diagnostics is insufficient to tackle... drug-resistant bacterial infections."
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WHO releases new reports on new tests and treatments in development for bacterial infections
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its latest reports on antibacterial agents in clinical and preclinical development, and on diagnostics that are already available or in the pipeline ...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over 1 billion people at risk.

But only 28% of low-income countries report having the recommended hypertension medicines.

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Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over a billion people at risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its second Global hypertension report, showing that 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024, yet just over one in five have it under contr...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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EU renews support for Universal Health Coverage Partnership.

The EU and WHO will focus on building resilient, equitable, and people-centred health systems.

#publichealth
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EU renews support for WHO’s Universal Health Coverage Partnership
WHO and the European Union (EU) have renewed their collaboration on achieving universal health coverage with the launch of Phase V (2025–2028) of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership – WHO’...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Cholera kills more people for second consecutive year, while prevention and treatment are available.

#Cholera #PublicHealth
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Cholera kills more people for second consecutive year, while prevention and treatment available
The global cholera statistics for 2024, shows an increase in both the number of people who fell sick and died from the disease. Reported cholera cases rose by 5% and deaths by 50% in 2024 compared to ...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Did you know cholera still kills thousands every year? And outbreaks are rising, even in countries that hadn’t seen it in decades?

Dr Kate Albertion tells how #cholera is preventable and treatable.

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Episode #143 – The race to stop cholera before it’s too late
Did you know cholera still kills thousands every year – and outbreaks are rising, even in countries that hadn’t seen it in decades? Dr Kate Alberti is here to tell us how this deadly disease can be pr...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM