Duha Shellah
@DuhaShellah
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Physician-Scientist| Chairwoman @TResearchist| Vice Chair, EMR Youth Council @WHO| Research Lead @WFPHA_FMASP Y.Council| Palestine Chapter Chair @womeninGH 🎀🩺
Joined March 2024
New @bmj_latest opinion: Medicine's reckoning with genocide and crimes against humanity. Human rights statements and applying the human cost test in research stop the slide from neutrality to complicity #GenocideFreeResearch #MedicalEthics
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Accountability for human rights must guide every collaboration in medicine and science, write Rubin Minhas and colleagues From Darfur to Tigray to Myanmar, attacks on healthcare have become a weapon...
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From Gaza’s collapse to Sudan’s humanitarian catastrophe, genocide & war crimes weaponise healthcare itself. Medicine cannot remain silent. Our duty is to bear witness, act ethically & protect life. https://t.co/rWamisGwl2
#GlobalHealth #medicalethics #HumanRights
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Achieving #HealthForAll means every voice counts. The @WHO Civil Society Commission has built a vital platform where civil society organizations (CSOs) connect, advocate and implement solutions that turn community voices into real change. I commend the @WHOEMRO Youth Council for
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This #InternationalYouthDay, I’m proud to stand with young changemakers across the Eastern Mediterranean Region who are shaping today’s health agenda with courage, creativity, and vision. Thank you to Dr. @HananBalkhy , WHO EMRO Regional Director, and the incredible @WHOEMRO
#InternationalYouthDay 🌍 “Being part of the EMR Youth Council is one of the most empowering experiences of my life… We are leaders of today, shaping the health agenda of the Eastern Mediterranean Region with fresh ideas and lived experiences.” - Dr Duha Shellah, Vice
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As a Palestinian public health professional & Chair of the @WFPHA_FMASP Emergencies and Disasters WG, I proudly endorsed & contributed to this joint Gaza statement. This is a genocide-related health crisis. Famine is a weapon. Silence is complicity. Health requires peace.
🧾Public health must not be silent. In the face of unprecedented devastation in Gaza, we, the European public health community, refuse to remain silent. Health requires peace. Silence is not neutrality. 📄 Read the full statement: https://t.co/UjV9Im3KX5. . #gaza
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Read the full story from our Chair of Public Health in Emergencies & Disasters Working Group, Dr. Duha Shellah: https://t.co/sgVNtJL8ab
#decolonization #healthresponses #humanitariansettings #traumainformed
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(A reflection on CSW69 and the need for transformative health responses in emergencies) As humanitarian crises multiply across the globe, from Gaza to Sudan to Yemen, the health needs of women and...
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Despite growing global recognition of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) as a major health challenge, significant gaps remain in how the global NCD movement addresses the needs of conflict-affected populations. Read the full story here: https://t.co/9AT63F6vHz
#ncd #leadership
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Despite growing global recognition of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) as a major health challenge, significant gaps remain in how the global NCD movement addresses the needs of conflict-affected...
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🌍 Deeply honored to receive the BMJ Global Health Grant — a milestone that supported my journey as an Emerging Voice for Global Health and my participation in #HSR2024 in Japan 🇯🇵 Thank you @GlobalHealthBMJ for investing in young voices from the Global South.Proud to represent
Since 2019, the BMJ Global Health Grant has recognised rising talent in #globalhealth. Our partnership with @EV4GH helps us to support a young health-systems researcher through their learning & peer support programme. Meet our latest winner: https://t.co/yy80KwGrrz
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From the 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum to the UN High-Level meeting on NCDs: Closing the Gaps on Conflict, Gender, and Youth Leadership https://t.co/GGO99i6dS8 Feat article by @DuhaShellah #NCDs
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Despite growing global recognition of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) as a major health challenge, significant gaps remain in how the global NCD movement addresses the needs of conflict-affected...
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Thrilled to contribute to @IHPblog with my latest piece! ✍️ Reflecting on my participation in the 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum, I delve into critical areas that demand our immediate attention: 🔸 Addressing NCDs in conflict zones, especially Gaza 🔸 Promoting gender equity
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Last Saturday, I had the honor of stepping onto the TEDx stage at Al-Quds University— and now I’m finally sharing this moment with you. I spoke about what it means to pursue health justice from the margins: as a young Palestinian woman, a physician, a researcher, and an
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No global security without health security. No health security without full SRHR. And no SRHR without justice for Palestine.” This was my message at #CSW69 - carried into every room, every session, every meeting. #Palestine #SRHR #GlobalHealth #HumanitarianSetting
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This CSW69 also marked the end of my 5-year journey with @masarouna @OxfamMENA , where I proudly served on the Youth Advisory Panel for Palestine. Grateful for the growth, solidarity & collective advocacy.
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Spoke at 3 powerful events: 1️⃣ Resisting Backlash in MENA 2️⃣ Young Feminists from SWANA United for Liberation 3️⃣ Unfinished Business: SRHR in MENA – Beijing+30 I focused on SRHR, youth leadership & health justice in conflict settings—rooted in the lived realities of
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Centering Palestine at #CSW69 Proud to join the global conversation at CSW69—centering Palestine, demanding health security for all, and calling for gender-responsive humanitarian systems. Representing @Juzoor as part of the @Oxfam - @AsfariInstitute at @AUB_Lebanon Youth
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Such an honour to be appointed as the Chair of the Public Health in Emergencies and Disasters Working Group at the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), a prestigious and reputable global public health organization This is a defining moment in my career - an
Welcome Dr. Duha Shellah, our new Chair for our Public Health in Emergencies and Disasters Working Group. 🎉 We can't wait to see all you accomplish in your new role. Congratulations! #workinggroup #emergencies #disasters #socialjustice #equityforall
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Thrilled to share our latest research, “Building Evidences in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (BePHEP) – A Systematic Review” published in the International journal for Equity in Health. You can access the full article here: https://t.co/VVtHJvRXIb
#emergency #LMICs
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International Journal for Equity in Health - Humanitarian crises exacerbate the vulnerability of already fragile healthcare systems and significantly increase the risk of infectious disease...
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Over one year on from Israel's continued siege on Gaza, Duha Shellah examines the impact on Gaza’s medical students, and the implications that this has for the destruction of healthcare infrastructure. https://t.co/bcSl2qBJI1
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Over one year on from Israel's continued siege on Gaza, Duha Shellah examines the impact on Gaza’s medical students, and the implications that this has for the destruction of healthcare infrastruct...
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"The destruction of education and healthcare infrastructure will inevitably lead to profound consequences on the provision of medical education and the future of healthcare." Medical education in Gaza must be protected, writes Duha Shellah https://t.co/87UN8cpuaB
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Over one year on from Israel's continued siege on Gaza, Duha Shellah examines the impact on Gaza’s medical students, and the implications that this has for the destruction of healthcare infrastruct...
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