
Catherine Kane
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Partnership builder talking public health, emergencies, diplomacy, risk comms, community, health workers | WHO worker | humanitarian, ❤️🐕, hiker | my opinions
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined February 2007
Speaking of which, are you joining us for the State of the World's Nursing Report 2025 on 12 May?.Register now, before we run out of space!.More info at @DrCareyMcCarthy.
who.int
On International Nurses Day 2025, WHO and partners host the global launch of the State of the world’s nursing 2025 report. The launch event features WHO lead author Dr Carey McCarthy presenting the...
Happy International Workers’ Day #MayDay everyone. Preparing today for release of next State of the Worlds Nursing report with WHO CNO and Workforce Director Amelia and Jim on 12 May #IND2025
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From #MayDay2025 to #InternationalNursesDay to #WHA78, your health workforce team is planning, working together and advocating for 🌏health & care workers.Today @JimCHRH, @WHO Chief Nursing Officer & @HowardCatton @ICNurses honed in on data+decent work #ProtectInvestTogether
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Should kids just “get the disease” instead of being vaccinated?.Can vaccines really overwhelm a child’s immune system?.Who decides what vaccines we get—and why?.Get the facts on @WHO #Sciencein5 Dr Kate O'Brien.#ScienceNotScare.
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Requiescat in pace @Pontifex."The church—those that appointed him-wanted a change. they wanted a change from the periphery. Perhaps what some did not predict is that when somebody starts to see the world from the viewpoint of the poorest, he undergoes a profound transformation”.
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“Health workers, facilities they work in, and patients they care for … must never be targets. In fact, under international humanitarian law, they should be actively protected.” @WHO @DrTedros #NotATarget #ProtectInvestTogether #GenevaConventions.
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Health workers are #NotATarget .Palestinian NGO Healthcare Workers Watch: 162 medical staff remain in Israeli detention, inc some of Gaza’s most senior physicians. 24 missing after being taken from hospitals during the conflict.#ProtectInvestTogether.
theguardian.com
Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained
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Important advice + recommendations for health workers in caring for patients who may be immigrants.Author has well-iterated policy + ethics issues."Doctors and Nurses Should Get Ready for Mass Deportations"
nytimes.com
Doctors have a responsibility to reassure their patients, regardless of immigration status, that they are welcome and protected.
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We can be anxious about #AI esp in areas as critical as #Health .@washingtonpost #oped explains-w data-AI's potential to support #healthworkers with better tools+more⏱️to.✅interact w patients.✅explain the science.✅think through unusual/unexpected issues.
washingtonpost.com
The technology is making health care more accurate and less expensive.
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RT @HowardCatton: Thank God @DrTedros is safe but if the WHO DGs safety can’t be assured what hope for health workers and patients. Interna….
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Mystery disease in remote🇨🇬is severe malaria.Malaria still kills ~600,000 people/year🌍.✅12% of deaths are in DRC, where it is a leading killer.😢most of 143 deaths are👶under 5.They need trained, supplied #iccm health workers+new #vaccine+🚰+sanitation
theguardian.com
Malnutrition in south-west Kwango province has left local population vulnerable to the illness, experts say
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RT @oneillinstitute: TOMORROW | Join the Center for Global Health Policy and Politics and @WHO for “Are Health and Care Workers Protected?”….
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Human Rights Day! #StandUp4HumanRights #HealthForAll.We're launching the new @PLOS paper on how countries safeguard & protect health & care workers.⭐️@oneillinstitute.⭐️@GawandeUSAID.⭐️@WitsUniversity Rispel.⭐️@PSIglobalunion Roque.⭐️@JimC_HRH @WHO .Join!
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Are we doing enough to protect health & care workers?. @PLOS paper says more needed to align national policy w Global Health & Care Worker Compact.Excited to moderate a 10 DEC panel with @JimC_HRH @GawandeUSAID @WitsUniversity @PSIglobalunion . REGISTER at
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♀️health workers on #Marburg virus response 🇷🇼 call for.✅PPE designed for♀️.✅♀️focused drug, Vx data.✅♀️leadership.✅investment in IPC, emergency systems.➕welcome renewed mental care focus.Must read⬇️@LancetGH @DrTsion #ProtectInvestTogether.
thelancet.com
We are female health-care workers standing on the front line of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda. We worked in the emergency, intensive care, and Marburg virus disease isolation and...
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RT @DrTedros: 3/4 of unpaid care work is performed by women, which limits their career opportunities and earnings. On the #DayOfCare, we m….
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Nice story illustration of a #systemsapproach to health ✅community health worker #ASHA.🔗expectant mother information via digital app .🔗preventive visit for anemia .🔗supervisor follow-up .=healthy🤱+👶 #KhushiBaby.#communityhealth #immunization #equity.
devex.shorthandstories.com
Khushi Baby, a nonprofit based in Rajasthan, India, addresses health care gaps by using digital records to track maternal and child health focusing on malnutrition, anemia, and vaccination coverage.
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Ready for Health & Care Workforce 2025?.@WHO Health Workforce team & Dr Aylward pre-brief Member States for #WHA78.#migration reporting trends on WHO Global Code of Practice.#data #decentwork #jobs #nurses #midwives #CHWs .Data➡️Dialogue➡️Decision-making.#InvestinHealthWorkers
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Female doctors have 76% higher suicide risk than general population, according to analysis of 39 studies from 20 countries published in BMJ that found no overall increase among male physicians compared with the general public.⏳⏰to #ProtectInvestTogether.
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RT @LawrenceGostin: This is the first PHEIC since the IHR reform in of May 2024. As a member of the IHR Review Committee, I believe the mos….
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