
Beck Smith
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Associate Director, Policy @WellcomeTrust working on Mental Health, Climate & Health, Infectious Disease and Global Health Financing. itsbecksmith.bsky.social
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10-03-2009 16:10:13
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Looking forward to being part of this discussion on Wednesday with Sarah Kline, Babita Sharma and FHI 360 about challenges and opportunities in global mental health.

🤷♂️ Are you interested in climate and health but do not know where to start? 👀 The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released a new FREE e-learning course on climate and health 🥇First pilot module released with more to be released throughout 2024 👉Sign up here: web-staging.lxp.academy.who.int/coursewares/co…



With 2 groundbreaking interviewees and a quick learning team we have our very first podcast! Grab a ☕️ and listen to something positive about how mental health can be supported in disaster & conflict situations 🌍⚠️ MH InnovationNetwork Mental Health Innovation Network Asia Hub Red de Innovación en Salud Mental LAC SUCCEED Africa FCDO Global Health Research

Delighted to have met with Dr Adelheid Onyango, Dr Benido Impouma, and their colleagues this morning to discuss our mutual prioritisation of work on Climate and Health and the Lusaka Agenda #wha



Kicking off Thursday at #WHA with the launch of the Africa CDC #mentalhealth leadership program with John-Arne Røttingen speaking to Wellcome’s support of this initiative and the important role for science in making progress on mental health.






How inspirational to see the first cohort of Africa CDC Kofi Annan Public Health Leadership Fellows who are focused on #mentalhealth. CBM Global Disability Inclusion AFENETAfrica Wellcome


The declaration of the #mpox PHEIC by World Health Organization (WHO) is an important step in ensuring a commensurate response is rolled out to contain this outbreak as rapidly as possible. 🧵(1/4)

Huge thanks to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and his fantastic team for today's strategic dialogue between World Health Organization (WHO) and Wellcome, exploring how we can ensure science unlocks #HealthForAll.

What keeps Prof Miranda Wolpert up at night is how we get mental heath solutions out at scale and in an equitable way. The launch of the Coalition for Mental Health Investment at this year's Clinton Global Initiative is a significant step forwards.




Happy 1st Birthday #LusakaAgenda. To celebrate, Clare Battle has pulled together a fantastic thread capturing what's happened over the last year to implement this important agenda, with so much more to come.