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Progress towards meeting the health-related targets of the 2030 Global Goals is only about 1/3 of what is needed. The new SDG3 GAP report provides directions for how the partnership should evolve going forward in our joint efforts for better :

Progress towards meeting the health-related targets of the 2030 @GlobalGoalsUN is only about 1/3 of what is needed. The new SDG3 GAP report provides directions for how the partnership should evolve going forward in our joint efforts for better #HealthForAll:
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History is repeating itself, as the tobacco industry tries to sell the same nicotine to our children in different packaging: bit.ly/3yeDtt0

How can they talk about harm reduction when they are marketing these dangerous, highly-addictive products to children?

History is repeating itself, as the tobacco industry tries to sell the same nicotine to our children in different packaging: bit.ly/3yeDtt0 How can they talk about harm reduction when they are marketing these dangerous, highly-addictive products to children?
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Don't miss the Sherrie Silver Foundation performing live at the Walk the Talk: Challenge!
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Join the fun this Sunday in Geneva.

There are loads of activities starting from 8AM at Place des Nations: bit.ly/3U2Ok1S

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🎬 Which films will win from the 2024 official selection of the Film Festival?

Watch, comment and share your favourite films until May 26: bit.ly/4axYb4t

🎬 Which films will win from the 2024 official selection of the #HealthForAll Film Festival? Watch, comment and share your favourite films until May 26: bit.ly/4axYb4t #Film4Health
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Big Tobacco will stop at nothing to reach their audience… even if it means they kill 8 million people a year with their products.

It’s time to step in and call them out.

Join the campaign: bit.ly/3yeDtt0

Big Tobacco will stop at nothing to reach their audience… even if it means they kill 8 million people a year with their products. It’s time to step in and call them out. Join the campaign: bit.ly/3yeDtt0 #TobaccoExposed
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A few days are left until the 5th edition of Walk the Talk: the Challenge!

Join us on Sunday 26 May at Place des Nations in Geneva 🇨🇭

Activities start from 8AM. Let's walk, run, dance, exercise together!

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Double Olympic Champion 🥇 World Champion ⏱️ World Record over 800m David Rudisha OLY is giving a running masterclass at the Walk the Talk: Challenge!

Will you be able to keep the pace?

For keen runners wanting a special moment with an The Olympic Games legend, join us this

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Free samples! Sponsored events! Younger customers!

Tobacco industry marketing might look and feel different, but it’s all the same lies and deception that has caused addiction, harm and destruction for decades.

Expose big tobacco: bit.ly/3QCdfXP

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Earlier today, Al-Awda Hospital in northern was reportedly invaded. The hospital had been under siege since 19 May.

A total of 140 hospital staff, patients, and companions were inside the hospital at the time.

12 hospital staff, including the hospital director, 14

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Update from Kamal Adwan hospital in northern : reportedly all patients and health staff have been evacuated and the hospital is no longer functioning. Some patients went home, while the majority were referred to Al-Ahli Hospital. Al-Ahli referred stable patients to Al Helou

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At a time when conflicts, politics and economics have wrought destruction, discord and division, sovereign governments have found a way to work together to forge a to protect the world from inevitable future pandemics. My latest piece in Al Jazeera English:

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Health is fundamentally a political choice – a choice that is made in laws, regulations and policies, but also in budgets, and decisions about how economies are structured.

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When e-cigarettes are designed to look like school supplies or taste like candy, it’s obvious that the tobacco industry is directly targeting young people.

It’s time to step in and put an end to these manipulative tactics: bit.ly/3yeDtt0

When e-cigarettes are designed to look like school supplies or taste like candy, it’s obvious that the tobacco industry is directly targeting young people. It’s time to step in and put an end to these manipulative tactics: bit.ly/3yeDtt0 #TobaccoExposed
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The situation in remains beyond catastrophic.

What is needed now more than ever is a ceasefire and to get aid flowing into the Strip.

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Kamal Adwan hospital in northern was reportedly hit four times today, damaging the intensive care unit, reception, administration and the roof. 20 health staff and 13 patients remain inside but efforts are underway to evacuate them.

Over the past few weeks, intense

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Global targets set for syphilis require new annual infections to fall by 7 million by 2030 – instead, they increased by almost a million in 2022 bit.ly/44SGLyp

Global targets set for syphilis require new annual infections to fall by 7 million by 2030 – instead, they increased by almost a million in 2022 bit.ly/44SGLyp
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