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@DrSamira_Asma

Assistant Director General for Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact. Ensuring global health data is credible and has an impact.

Geneva, Switzerland
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Joined April 2018
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    May 21

    NEW 'state of the world's health' report released. Presents latest data on more than 50 health and target indicators. Highlights global excess deaths due to , health trends and inequalities, and data gaps. (1/2)

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  2. 3 hours ago

    40 years of insights packed in an invaluable collection. A must to have for anyone interested in public health policy and it’s future.

    June 5 marks 40 years since the first reports of what came to be known as . To mark this anniversary, we will be sharing content, old and new, from across the Lancet family of journals. Look for and explore our NEW dedicated hub ➡️
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  3. 10 hours ago

    Last month released 2020 global excess mortality numbers, estimating 1.2M more deaths than reported. Peru’s openly shared, revised figures highlight the importance of timely, quality data to measure the true impact of the pandemic.

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  4. 11 hours ago

    Time to make both accessible and affordable to all. If not, will remain an utopia which is unacceptable and unethical in light of the tools at our disposal to deliver and be accountable.

    When the 100 year old insulin is still unaffordable & inaccessible, are we expecting a lot from Covid vaccine manufacturers & leaders?
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  5. 12 hours ago

    Excellent advancements in data works by I’ve been closely following. Congratulations for sharing valuable insights.

    We are helping to deliver several key elements of the UK’s . In today’s blog sets out all of the work is doing to ensure the UK has the data it needs to recover after the pandemic and inform decisions👇
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  6. 13 hours ago

    HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis both dropped out of the world’s top 10 causes of death in 2019. Global deaths from malaria have also fallen by nearly half, from 736 000 in 2000 to 409 000 in 2019. Yet these diseases still pose a major threat.

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  7. 14 hours ago

    Another reminder to prioritise investing in good data and health information systems. We’re less than 9 years from , we all should prioritise focus closing the data gaps and scale country capacity immediately and focus on meeting the targets equitably.

    An orange circle with a purple bar through the middle with text “The Gender Data Gap”, in the style of the ‘Mind the Gap’ sign.
    gaps (including gaps around intersecting inequalities) are a problem when drives policy & decision-making. In this blog, we break down the – what it is, why it persists & the consequences it has for women:
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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 1

    I’m happy to announce that the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine has been given Emergency Use Listing after being found to be safe, effective and quality assured following two doses of the inactivated vaccine.

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  9. 14 hours ago

    Majority of maternal deaths are preventable and causes treatable. Highest level of commitment from Tanzania 🇹🇿 will accelerate progress to meet triple billion targets and . is ready to support every country to track, prevent, reduce the burden of maternal mortality.

    Thank you President for your resolve to improve the health & well-being of women & girls. Grateful for the excellent discussion & way forward to expand access to quality reproductive & maternal health services & reduce preventable deaths & sufferings.
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  10. Jun 1

    People across the world are living longer and living more years in good health. Between 2000 and 2019, global life expectancy increased from 66.8 years to 73.3 years. Healthy life expectancy increased from 58.3 years to 63.7 years.

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    May 31

    Naming virus 🦠 variants with names easy to remember will facilitate international collaboration to monitor the virus evolution.

    Today WHO has announced a new naming system for key variants. The labels are based on the Greek alphabet (i.e. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc), making them simple, easy to say and remember. 👉
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    Jun 1

    News: Heads of join together & call on govt leaders to make an urgent financial commitment to & ending . Joint op-ed in newspapers worldwide. Joint press conf 17h CEST.

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  13. Jun 1

    SMART goals.

    ✅ Vaccinate 40% of the global population by end 2021 and at least 60% by first half of 2022 ✅ Costs $50B and generates $9T in additional global output by 2025 which is 180x return on investment
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  14. May 31

    Get inspired to end violence against children. Globally, ~1 billion children aged 2–17 yrs, experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence or neglect in the past year. INSPIRE technical package offers solutions to meet SDGs and triple billion targets.

    Great to see so many countries commit to tackle violence against children in a strong resolution Thanks & Tracy Carson 🇺🇸 and the many cosponsors 🇦🇷🇦🇺 🇧🇦🇨🇦🇨🇴🇸🇿🇪🇺🇬🇪🇮🇸🇮🇱🇯🇵🇲🇪🇴🇲🇲🇿🇯🇲🇹🇭🇬🇧🇬🇸🇵🇾🇵🇪🇺🇾🇻🇺 Now the real work begins. looks forward to support implementation.
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    May 31

    Today WHO has announced a new naming system for key variants. The labels are based on the Greek alphabet (i.e. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc), making them simple, easy to say and remember. 👉

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  16. May 31

    “Getting vaccines to all countries and all people requires collaboration, coordination, trade, and transport on a scale never seen before. Cross-border and local coordination, and transparent communications will be key.”

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  17. May 31

    The time to first tobacco use after waking up is indicative of nicotine dependence. Why become dependent when you can quit today?

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  18. May 31

    We lost 8 million people just last year due to a product that’s meant to kill its users. There are 1.1 billion smokers in the world today while we have the policies to prevent and control tobacco use. Why then are we loosing 8 million citizens prematurely every year?

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  19. May 31

    Metrics for preparedness and benchmarking to step up capacity is essential. A collaborative platform helps build sustained capacity in every country.

    We are in actions: Dynamic preparedness metric Updated WHO benchmarks for IHR capacities Health systems for health security , Preparedness research & development , and Visit:
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  20. May 31

    A graph to behold! Every country has the means to prevent avoidable deaths.

    Iceland didn’t report a COVID death this year. → All COVID data for all countries is here:
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  21. May 31

    Important developments on preparedness from

    Today approved: ✅ Resolution on Strengthening preparedness for & response to health emergencies ✅ Decision on Special session of the Health Assembly to consider developing a ✅ Decision on the Implementation of the International Health Regulations
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