Farai Mavhunga
@mavhungaf.bsky.social
Unit Head: People-centred Services, Communities and Determinants, Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Next week, @who.int, @unicef.org, and @unrwa.org will begin providing routine vaccinations, nutrition screening and treatment, and growth monitoring for 44,000 children across #Gaza, who have been cut off from life-saving care for nearly two years of conflict.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Next week, @who.int, @unicef.org, and @unrwa.org will begin providing routine vaccinations, nutrition screening and treatment, and growth monitoring for 44,000 children across #Gaza, who have been cut off from life-saving care for nearly two years of conflict.
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
The future of our world is being decided at the Belém Climate Summit.
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The future of our world is being decided at the Belém Climate Summit.
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
World leaders are at the table.
The rainforest is listening.
People around the world expect more than promises.
It's time for bold #ClimateAction. #COP30
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Here in the heart of the Amazon, the lungs of the earth, we are reminded that healthy people depend on a healthy planet.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Here in the heart of the Amazon, the lungs of the earth, we are reminded that healthy people depend on a healthy planet.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
I am at #COP30 Belem Summit, calling on leaders to make health a formal topic in the UN climate negotiations.
Because the #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis.
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
"There is an AstroTurf element: Highly organised, highly manipulated activism landing on communities posing as grassroots."
Are the protests outside migrant hotels really about local concern, or part of something much bigger?
Are the protests outside migrant hotels really about local concern, or part of something much bigger?
July 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"There is an AstroTurf element: Highly organised, highly manipulated activism landing on communities posing as grassroots."
Are the protests outside migrant hotels really about local concern, or part of something much bigger?
Are the protests outside migrant hotels really about local concern, or part of something much bigger?
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
I was deeply humbled to visit Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg on Mandela Day and to have the opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of one of the great moral leaders of our time.
July 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I was deeply humbled to visit Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg on Mandela Day and to have the opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of one of the great moral leaders of our time.
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
The benefits of nature and green spaces should be available to everyone.
Martha Swales’ passion for urban gardening is inspiring and shows how small actions can make a big difference in making our city greener.
Watch her story ⬇️
Martha Swales’ passion for urban gardening is inspiring and shows how small actions can make a big difference in making our city greener.
Watch her story ⬇️
June 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The benefits of nature and green spaces should be available to everyone.
Martha Swales’ passion for urban gardening is inspiring and shows how small actions can make a big difference in making our city greener.
Watch her story ⬇️
Martha Swales’ passion for urban gardening is inspiring and shows how small actions can make a big difference in making our city greener.
Watch her story ⬇️
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Just out @WHO guidance on TB and diabetes. 828 million people are living with diabetes. Diabetes doubles your risk of TB. Disease synergies demand collaborative action! hq_globaltuberculosisprogramme.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjujud...
February 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Just out @WHO guidance on TB and diabetes. 828 million people are living with diabetes. Diabetes doubles your risk of TB. Disease synergies demand collaborative action! hq_globaltuberculosisprogramme.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjujud...
Did you know: diabetes increases the risk of TB, but the impact of the 2 diseases!
WHO has released updated operational guidance on addrsssing this dual epidemic
hq_globaltuberculosisprogramme.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjujud...
WHO has released updated operational guidance on addrsssing this dual epidemic
hq_globaltuberculosisprogramme.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjujud...
February 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Did you know: diabetes increases the risk of TB, but the impact of the 2 diseases!
WHO has released updated operational guidance on addrsssing this dual epidemic
hq_globaltuberculosisprogramme.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjujud...
WHO has released updated operational guidance on addrsssing this dual epidemic
hq_globaltuberculosisprogramme.cmail20.com/t/d-e-sjujud...
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Tonight on #C4News we reveal the terrible humanitarian emergency in Sudan's Nuba Mountains,where a million people have fled fighting and genocide but are starving with virtually no aid. I've just returned from the region for the new series of Unreported World but we had to put this on the news now
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Tonight on #C4News we reveal the terrible humanitarian emergency in Sudan's Nuba Mountains,where a million people have fled fighting and genocide but are starving with virtually no aid. I've just returned from the region for the new series of Unreported World but we had to put this on the news now
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
30 Million users! Congrats, Bluesky!
January 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
30 Million users! Congrats, Bluesky!
Déclaration de l’OMS sur une menace mondiale potentielle pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH
Déclaration de l’OMS sur une menace mondiale potentielle pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH
L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) est très préoccupée par les conséquences de la suspension immédiate du financement des programmes de lutte contre le VIH dans les pays à revenu faible ou inte...
www.who.int
January 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Déclaration de l’OMS sur une menace mondiale potentielle pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Even Musk's own platform is correcting him...
Elon Musk corrected by Community Notes after spreading misinformation on his own X platform yet again
The truth and facts clearly do not matter to Musk
leftfootforward.org
January 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Even Musk's own platform is correcting him...
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Turns out that a man who entirely baselessly and bizarrely calls a British minister a rape genocide enabler and tweets random conspiracy theories day and night might neither be the most stalwart nor reliable political ally.
January 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Turns out that a man who entirely baselessly and bizarrely calls a British minister a rape genocide enabler and tweets random conspiracy theories day and night might neither be the most stalwart nor reliable political ally.
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
“I WILL STILL BE PRESIDENT THIS TIME NEXT WEEK”. In case you missed @therestpolitics.bsky.social interview with Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili earlier today here it is. Remarkable woman in remarkable times in her battle for democracy v autocracy. open.spotify.com/episode/4FuP...
356. Georgia, Russia, and the fight for democracy - An interview with the President of Georgia
The Rest Is Politics · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:30 PM
“I WILL STILL BE PRESIDENT THIS TIME NEXT WEEK”. In case you missed @therestpolitics.bsky.social interview with Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili earlier today here it is. Remarkable woman in remarkable times in her battle for democracy v autocracy. open.spotify.com/episode/4FuP...
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Christmas is a joyous time in London—our city comes alive with lights in our streets and the kindness of friends and strangers alike.
Let’s embrace the generosity and warmth of the season and carry that spirit into 2025.
From my family to yours, Merry Christmas.
youtu.be/YTKleI47IkI
Let’s embrace the generosity and warmth of the season and carry that spirit into 2025.
From my family to yours, Merry Christmas.
youtu.be/YTKleI47IkI
A Christmas Message from the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
YouTube video by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
youtu.be
December 25, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Christmas is a joyous time in London—our city comes alive with lights in our streets and the kindness of friends and strangers alike.
Let’s embrace the generosity and warmth of the season and carry that spirit into 2025.
From my family to yours, Merry Christmas.
youtu.be/YTKleI47IkI
Let’s embrace the generosity and warmth of the season and carry that spirit into 2025.
From my family to yours, Merry Christmas.
youtu.be/YTKleI47IkI
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Good morning, Bluesky Friends! 🗽💙 🌊
December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Good morning, Bluesky Friends! 🗽💙 🌊
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Migrant workers and survivors of exploitation and modern slavery are among the most vulnerable people in our city.
To support them, we’re committing £50,000 to @focusonlabour.bsky.social to allow migrants to report abuse safely and access support, ensuring London remains safe for all.
To support them, we’re committing £50,000 to @focusonlabour.bsky.social to allow migrants to report abuse safely and access support, ensuring London remains safe for all.
Project launches in London to help migrants 'securely' report abuse
New City Hall-funded research will explore the barriers faced by migrants with ‘insecure’ immigration statuses in reporting exploitation
www.standard.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Migrant workers and survivors of exploitation and modern slavery are among the most vulnerable people in our city.
To support them, we’re committing £50,000 to @focusonlabour.bsky.social to allow migrants to report abuse safely and access support, ensuring London remains safe for all.
To support them, we’re committing £50,000 to @focusonlabour.bsky.social to allow migrants to report abuse safely and access support, ensuring London remains safe for all.
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Tree of the Day … the one where the squirrel sat for ages just watching the world go by …
December 19, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Tree of the Day … the one where the squirrel sat for ages just watching the world go by …
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Diversity is what makes our city stronger. On International Migrants Day, we proudly honour and celebrate migrant Londoners and the remarkable contribution they make. They are an essential thread in the vibrant tapestry of our capital.
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Diversity is what makes our city stronger. On International Migrants Day, we proudly honour and celebrate migrant Londoners and the remarkable contribution they make. They are an essential thread in the vibrant tapestry of our capital.
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
New @restispolitics -
Deep dive on the politics of immigration, latest from Trumpland and from France and Germany alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/352-...
Deep dive on the politics of immigration, latest from Trumpland and from France and Germany alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/352-...
352. How to solve the small boats crisis
Will Labour be able to deliver on their promises on immigration? What is the thinking behind some of Trump’s cabinet picks? Could German politics swing to the right? Join Rory and Alastair as they dis...
alastaircampbell.org
December 18, 2024 at 9:03 AM
New @restispolitics -
Deep dive on the politics of immigration, latest from Trumpland and from France and Germany alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/352-...
Deep dive on the politics of immigration, latest from Trumpland and from France and Germany alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/352-...
Reposted by Farai Mavhunga
Elon Musk poured at least $274 million into political groups in 2024, fueling a spending spree that helped Donald Trump win the presidency, and securing a new title for himself: the most prolific donor of the election cycle
The World’s Richest Man Is Now America’s Biggest Political Donor
Elon Musk poured at least $274 million into political groups in 2024, fueling a spending spree that helped Donald Trump win the presidency, and securing a new title for himself: the most prolific dono...
www.bloomberg.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Elon Musk poured at least $274 million into political groups in 2024, fueling a spending spree that helped Donald Trump win the presidency, and securing a new title for himself: the most prolific donor of the election cycle