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It's
#WorldImmunizationWeek
#Immunization
is one of humanity's greatest achievements helping to eradicate smallpox and save at least 3 million lives a year.
And you’re part of it. By being vaccinated, you’re helping to keep others safe. Now we need your help again.
We’re…
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Yes,
#VaccinesWork
!
They have enabled dramatic reductions in illness, disability and death from common childhood diseases.
#WorldImmunizationWeek
➡️
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World Health Organization (WHO) Retweeted
Reaching all children with lifesaving vaccines is critical to
#EndPolio
. I joined the
@wef
Special Meeting today alongside 🇵🇰 Prime Minister
@CMShehbaz
, 🇸🇦 Health Minister Fahad bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel,
@KSRelief_EN
Supervisor General Abdullah Al Rabeeah, and
@BillGates
and…
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Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
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Vaccines save lives.
They build futures.
Millions of children are now protected from deadly diseases, but millions are still missing out on life-saving vaccines.
Speak up and tell your leaders it’s time for
#immunization
for all.
It’s time to show the world what’s…
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It's
#WorldImmunizationWeek
What have we achieved?
Saving 154 million lives. That is 6 lives a minute. Every day for the last 50 years.
#immunization
is one of humanity’s greatest achievements.
However, there are still places where people lack access to vaccines.
Speak up,…
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World Health Organization (WHO) Retweeted
Merci beaucoup, mon frère President
@EmmanuelMacron
, for an excellent discussion last Friday about the
#WHOAcademy
inauguration in Lyon later this year and its key role in the ongoing
@WHO
transformation.
We are grateful for your sustained leadership on global health: to…
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World Health Organization (WHO) Retweeted
For 50 years there was effectively zero progress on tackling
#meningitis
.
Today, while meningitis is still a killer disease driving explosive outbreaks and infecting more than 2.5 million people globally every year, there is now a concerted fightback. Momentum, if seized upon,…
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World Health Organization (WHO) Retweeted
Vaccines protect children from serious diseases such as measles, mumps, polio, whooping cough, meningitis, and many other diseases.
#WorldImmunizationWeek
#HealthForAl
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Scaling up primary health care (PHC) steps across low and middle-income countries could save 60 million lives.
It can increase average life expectancy by 3.7 years by 2030.
Let's make
#HealthForAll
a priority:
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Here are 7 top tips to help your intergenerational activity succeed:
🔹 Make sure everyone benefits
🔹 Ensure everyone is treated equally
🔹 Focus on quality over quantity
🔹 Respect cultural difference
🔹 Promote cooperation, not competition
🔹 Encourage reflection to support…
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Al Awda Hospital-Nuseirat in
#Gaza
was damaged on April 22. 1,000 deliveries a month took place in the hospital, and the staff also provided services to survivors of gender-based violence.
Health care should always be protected.
#CeasefireNOW
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World Health Organization (WHO) Retweeted
"I was hesitant to take my child to get vaccinated...I feel assured by the words spread by the medical staff. Medical staff also come to give vaccinations right in the village, making it convenient for us. Now my 2 children have been fully vaccinated." - Giàng A Cu,
#Vietnam
🇻🇳
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One proven way of addressing ageism is through ‘intergenerational practice’, which means people of different ages taking part in activities together to promote understanding and respect.
Activities can take place in schools, workplaces, local communities, and more.
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#Immunization
has saved 6 lives a minute for five decades.
We cannot stop now. Speak up and tell leaders it’s time for immunization for all.
Let’s show the world what’s
#HumanlyPossible
.
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Ageism exists when age is used to put individuals into categories.
Ageism:
◾️ undermines mutual understanding, respect, and solidarity across generations
◾️ harms our health and well-being
◾️ costs societies billions of dollars
#AWorld4AllAges
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World Health Organization (WHO) Retweeted
The health system in
#Haiti
is on the brink of collapse.
@WHO
is deeply concerned about the impact of violence on hospitals and health centers in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, where less than 50% of facilities are functioning at normal capacity. And those that remain…
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The roadmap to
#DefeatMeningitis
by 2030 requires an initial investment of US$ 130 million, which is loose change compared to the return that the right investments can deliver
#meningitis
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World Health Organization (WHO) Retweeted
The Global Road Map to
#DefeatMeningitis
is absolutely achievable by 2030.
We have a real opportunity. For the first time, the Men5CV vaccine gives us hope of being able to eliminate
#meningitis
as a public health problem.
The benefits are not just for health, but sustainable…
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