Excited, inspired, humbled, proud to be at Harvard University Harvard UniversityGH 2024 symposium with Austin Demby , Vanessa Kerry, MD MSc Lia Tadesse and other global health leaders. We discussed the use of good partnerships and AI to improve healthcare in #SierraLeone . David Moinina Sengeh President Julius Maada Bio MoH

Achieving UHC requires partnership and collaboration and #MoH is leading the way on the global stage. Earlier today, Austin Demby and Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha engaged the Harvard Global Health Community and Dr. Vanessa Kerry Vanessa Kerry, MD MSc on leveraging good partnerships to achieve UHC in S/L🇸🇱.

Vanessa Kerry (Vanessa Kerry, MD MSc), World Health Organization (WHO)'s first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, will explain why global partnerships and policies are critical to protecting our populations’ health from environmental threats. (5/9) #AspenIdeasHealth

The climate crisis is a health crisis and we must act now. 🌱🌳🌍🏥⚕️
 
Our new article in @plos Global Public Health journal – “Advancing the climate change and health nexus: The 2024 Agenda” is available here 👉  journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Today might be #EarthDay , but every day our health is dependent on the health of our planet. 

We must act urgently to mitigate and adapt against the impacts of climate change on health, including through increased investment in the health workforce.

Climate change: Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without warming. Researchers say human activities like burning fossil fuels made temperatures up to 1.4C hotter than normal.⁦BBC News (World)⁩ bbc.com/news/science-e…

Ajay Banga & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlight vision to expand health investment, expand service coverage, remove barriers, and create jobs in health to improve population health & SDG goals.

The World Bank will help countries reach 1.5 billion people with more and better health services by 2030 with World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners. - Ajay Banga, World Bank President.

Watch #WBGMeetings now: wrld.bg/CoG850R6qu7

Great to catch up with Sierra Leone Minister of Health Austin Demby and Deputy Minister Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha during the HarvardGlobalHealthInstitute's #HGHi2024 event today and discuss our shared partnership.

We've been talking action-oriented approaches to climate and health HarvardGlobalHealthInstitute's #HGHI2024 .

The solutions are simple, we must:

🟢 invest in strengthening health systems
🟢 train more health workers
🟢 support countries to assess their climate & health gaps and vulnerabilities

Only 2 days left until our 2024 Global Health Symposium! Register today to secure your spot. 🌎📢

Register now: bit.ly/Health-Symposi…

Thank you Vanessa Kerry, MD MSc for joining me for a fire side chat at the The White House #GlobalHealthSecurity Strategy launch today and for your insights about how we can lead by diplomacy with a commitment to coordination, cooperation, collaboration, and communication.

Today as The White House marks the launch of the U.S. Global Health Security Strategy I joined Dr. John Nkengasong to speak about the importance of advancing global health security through health systems strengthening and investing in the health workforce.

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

🚨 New: Save the dates for World Health Organization (WHO)'s upcoming technical webinar series on #ClimateChange and #Health

Each webinar will be conducted twice to accommodate different time zones, and interpretation will be available in French, Arabic and Spanish

Register: who.int/news-room/even…

As the #WBGMeetings take place this week, it is critically important we continue to invest in global health to close the gap between the two standards of care which exist in the world and towards universal health coverage.

World Bank Health #HealthForAll #UHC2030

Great to virtually join Ocean Panel at the UN Ocean Decade conference this week launching the #BluePaper on the opportunities for the ocean to improve human health.

Read it here - oceanpanel.org/publication/oc… #OceanAction2030 #OceanDecade24

Only one week left until the 2024 Global Health Symposium on Thursday, April 18th! Don't forget to register for this exciting event with meaningful conversations around the theme of partnerships in action.

Register here to join us virtually: buff.ly/3VQSfQF

📢 JUST PUBLISHED 📢

The #OceanPanel ’s latest #BluePaper explores the opportunities for the ocean to improve human health and wellbeing - and the steps that must urgently be taken to safeguard both.

Read the #OceanPanel commissioned #BluePaper now 👇🌊 bit.ly/4azDB4H

Happy #WorldHealthDay !

Today, we champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to:
-quality health services
-education
-health information
-safe drinking water
-clean air
-good nutrition
-quality housing
-decent working
-environmental conditions
-freedom from

Today is #WorldHealthDay

More than half of the world’s population is not covered by essential health services.

No one should be excluded.
Your access to health care is your right bit.ly/2024WorldHealt…

#MyHealthMyRight