Better housing leads to better health. #NewZealand 🇳🇿 has improved health, school attendance, and employment outcomes among low-inc…
#NewZealand 🇳🇿 has improved health, school attendance, and employment outcomes among low-income families by improving quality of housing.
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
What would your city look like with half a million fewer cars on the road every day? Increased walking, wheeling, and cycling in #…
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🥳 1⃣0⃣0⃣ countries committed to climate action for health – sharing knowledge, experiences, lessons learned and tools for members to…
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It’s International #LeadPoisoning Prevention Week. No level of lead exposure is safe. Look out for the early signs of lead exposur…
No level of lead exposure is safe.
Look out for the early signs of lead exposure to prevent long-term health impacts.
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“We innovate. We adapt. We evolve.” Today is #WorldPolioDay. Learn about how the #polio programme is driving progress, from upgrad…
Today is #WorldPolioDay.
Learn about how the #polio programme is driving progress, from upgraded labs to next-generation vaccines, to #EndPolio everywhere.
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‘The health situation in #Gaza is a crisis for generations to come’ — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with A…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his latest interview with Anna Foster and BBC Radio 4’s Today news programme
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Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
“I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation.” This is Catherine Meng’anyi’s story. Survivor, nurse, and advocate to #EndFGM.
This is Catherine Meng’anyi’s story. Survivor, nurse, and advocate to #EndFGM.
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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 overreliance on fossil fuels and failure to adapt to a heating world are already having a devastating toll on human health.
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EVERYONE deserves access to a wide range of safe and effective contraceptive methods. When people can choose if and when to have c…
When people can choose if and when to have children, there are:
✅ Fewer maternal deaths
✅ More empowered women & girls
✅ Improved participation in the workforce
✅ Better menstrual health
Barrier methods like condoms also mean people can protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections.
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