This World #SexualHealth Day, and always, love yourself. If you choose to have sex:
✅ Ensure it is consensual
✅ Have fun
✅ Be safe
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In 2013, Hauwa was sexually assaulted. 2 years later, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder & nearly took her own life. Hauwa survived & went on to create a #MentalHealth support platform in #Nigeria 🇳🇬
Watch her story:
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#SexualHealth doesn't get old!
There is no upper age limit for good sex & it can help keep you healthy into your later years.
More info 👉bit.ly/3q6thvs
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Update: The Argentina Ministry of Health informed that legionella has been confirmed as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases associated with a health clinic in the province of Tucuman, Argentina.
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Did you know that #SexualHealth is more than physical❓ It encompasses:
🙂 Respect
🙂 Pleasure
🙂 Safety
🙂 Freedom from coercion, discrimination & violence
More info 👉bit.ly/3Tz4de2
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Boosting local manufacturing and supply of SP and other proven antimalarial drugs in Africa is a critical strategy for reducing the burden of the disease. The region accounts for an estimated 95% of all #malaria cases and 96% of deaths.
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Great news for the fight against #Malaria:
@universal_kenya has become the first African pharmaceutical manufacturer to achieve WHO prequalification for the malaria drug sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
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SP is a safe & effective medicine for preventing #malaria among those most vulnerable – pregnant women & young children living in Africa, with children under 5 accounting for 8⃣0⃣% of all malaria deaths in the region.
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Great news for the fight against #Malaria:
has become the first African pharmaceutical manufacturer to achieve WHO prequalification for the malaria drug sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
📌 bit.ly/3D8FgR5
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It’s exciting #BackToSchool time for many children around the world. Dr explains how we can keep children safe from #COVID19 in schools ⬇️
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Mark was diagnosed with Type 1 #diabetes as a child. He is now a global advocate for improving diabetes care & prevention, and the Founder and Director of the
Young Leaders Program in #Brazil 🇧🇷
Watch his story:
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Day 2 of the third round of polio vaccination in all 195 districts in Tanzania. Each eligible child should be reached.
Thanks to parents & caregivers, vaccinators, community leaders, mobilisers, district and regional health managers
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Be aware of what to do before and after typhoons. #BePrepared
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Major health concerns already reported the spread of
🔴diarrheal diseases
🔴skin and eye infections
🔴acute respiratory infections
🔴malaria
Crops and livestock have been lost posing a serious threat to the nutrition of afflicted communities.
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Anu from #Nepal🇳🇵found out she had Rheumatic Heart Disease at 11. She has undergone 2 open heart 💟 surgeries incl. a mechanical heart valve operation.
“Though I have this condition it should not define how I should live my life.”
Watch her story:
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Is your community affected by an outbreak or public health event? #OpenWHO offers free online courses on today’s health threats to help you stay safe, including:
✅ #COVID19
✅ Ebola
✅ Food insecurity
✅ Leptospirosis
✅ & more
Start learning today:
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#Alcohol use during pregnancy is a risk factor for unfavourable outcomes.
NOT consuming alcohol whilst pregnant is beneficial for the health of mother & baby🤰🏽👩🍼👶
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How we design our cities can have an impact on today’s biggest health challenges.
Unhealthy diets and physical inactivity are leading global risks to health. Here are some tips on how to design #HealthyCities.🔽
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Due to our work on the flood response in #Pakistan, our experts aren't able to connect today as planned. We're postponing this chat for Monday, 5 September, 13:00h CEST.
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Set a reminder for our @TwitterSpaces chat about the impacts of floods on health situation in #Pakistan 
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12:30 CEST
@WHOPakistan’s Dr Palitha Mahipala and @DrMariaNeira
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People living with #MentalHealth conditions & noncommunicable disease like #cancer, heart disease, #diabetes & lung disease should be at the center of decisions that impact their lives.
6⃣ people from around the 🌎🌍🌏 share their lived experiences:
📌 bit.ly/wholivedexperi 🎞️
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#Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a #flu-like illness and sometimes, a potentially life-threatening complication called severe dengue.
Learn more about dengue, its symptoms and treatment and how we can protect ourselves from the disease: bit.ly/3cxmY0Q
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Set a reminder for our chat about the impacts of floods on health situation in #Pakistan ⬇️
🗓 2 September
⏰ 12:30 CEST
🎙 ’s Dr Palitha Mahipala and
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For the last 5 years, the has provided thought-leadership to the & on health & financing & helped to shape the narrative that health shouldn't be seen as a cost, but as an investment. Pleased to join the #H20Summit today. bit.ly/3KDSpmx
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During #COVID19, worked closely with the civil society organization People in Need to improve pandemic response in a remote island. Working with health workers and local governments greatly improved vaccination coverage in villages.
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We only have one brain 🧠 - let's take good care of it:
🏃♂️ Keep physically active
🍌 Eat a healthy diet
😴 Get enough sleep
🧩 Stimulate your mind
💟 Look after your heart
⛑️ Wear a helmet
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"The #COVID19 pandemic has been far more than a health crisis. It has deepened economic, social and health inequalities in all countries. Already-vulnerable groups suffered the most"-
WHO Director-General's full remarks at the #H20Summit ⬇️
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If you survived a drug-resistant infection or were a direct caregiver of a person affected by a drug resistant infection, then you are invited to apply for the inaugural WHO Task Force of #AntimicrobialResistance Survivors.
2⃣ weeks to go:
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"Under our internal grading system, WHO has classified the flooding in #Pakistan as a grade 3 emergency, the highest level, which means all 3 levels of the organization are involved in the response: the country & regional offices, & headquarters"-@DrTedros twitter.com/WHO/status/156
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WHO is:
🔎 increasing surveillance for acute watery diarrhoea, cholera, & other diseases
🩺 delivering essential medicines & medical supplies
🚑 providing mobile medical camps
🚰 distributing 1 700 000 aqua tabs to ensure access to clean water
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WHO is responding as districts in #Pakistan
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million people in 116 districts across the country.
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continue to be affected by unprecedented levels of flooding.
The impact of the heavy monsoon rains is drastic, affecting million people in 116 districts across the country.
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It's the International Day for People of #AfricanDescent
The right to health means ending all kinds of discrimination in health systems & in determinants of health, including:
👩🏾🎓 education
👨🏾💼 employment
🏠 housing
Together we can achieve #HealthForAll
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It's the International Day for People of #AfricanDescent
People of #AfricanDescent who face exclusion, racism, and xenophobia can experience health inequities.
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It's the International Day for People of #AfricanDescent
People of 
descent can face injustices that negatively impact their health.
Social justice & health equity are 
to achieve #HealthForAll.
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descent can face injustices that negatively impact their health.
Social justice & health equity are to achieve #HealthForAll.
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International #OverdoseAwarenessDay is a day to mourn the lives lost & to commit to preventing future overdoses. Today & every day we remember those lives lost. Visit the overdose memorial 👉bit.ly/3cGklJY
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Millions of people in #Pakistan🇵🇰 are in dire need of humanitarian aid:
🏚️ Over 800 health facilities have been damaged
🔴 The floods could trigger the spread of water- & vector-borne diseases such as malaria & dengue fever
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"But it won’t just happen. Eliminating #monkeypox needs three things: the evidence that it’s possible, which we are now beginning to see; political will and commitment; and the implementation of the public health measures in the communities that need them most"-
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"These signs confirm what we have said consistently since the beginning: that with the right measures, this is an outbreak that can be stopped. And in regions that do not have animal-to-human transmission, this is a virus that can be eliminated"- #monkeypox
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"Some European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, are also seeing a clear slowing of the [#monkeypox] outbreak, demonstrating the effectiveness of public health interventions and community engagement to track infections and prevent transmission"-
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