Just completed delivering a fantastic and much-needed capacity building event on leveraging healthcare claims data for informing policy in Da Nang with dynamic colleagues and counterparts from several countries

Nutrition is essential for children to learn, build their #HumanCapital, and grow up to be productive adults. Investing in early nutrition yields high economic returns and is one of the best value-for-money development actions. #InvestInNutrition

I do love Hong Kong SAR’s approach of introducing us to the bus driver. Captain Hui was excellent.

Average salt intake is nearly twice the recommended level, resulting in heart disease and other health burdens. Effective salt reduction interventions can help save lives and #HealthCare costs and boost productivity and #HumanCapital. wrld.bg/xtJC50PxSbJ.

If you want to know why women don't report assaults, a footballer was kissed against her will in front of millions worldwide, the guy who did it didn't resign & gave a completely different version of events than those caught on camera & people are still debating what happened.

More than half the world’s population is covered by a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. But many of these taxes could be improved by excluding healthy alternatives. Explore our database to learn about opportunities to strengthen these taxes: wrld.bg/K5aN50PEAkj

There’s only two acceptable starts to emails when you know someone’s on leave: 1. When you’re back, could you XXX…2. I’m really sorry to bother you, but this couldn’t wait because XXX. Not acknowledging someone is on leave isn’t productive communication.

Did you know #MedictoMedic supports students who are training to be #audiologists? Audiologists are professionals who specialise in hearing and balance disorders. The first cohort of audiologists graduated in #Malawi in 2021.

The tobacco industry is preying on our children with flavoured tobacco and e-cigarettes, directly targeting them through social media influencers and ads near schools.    I urge all countries to make all schools tobacco- and nicotine-free to protect our children. Here’s World Health Organization (WHO)

Blog from the technical team of the Joint Learning Network Domestic Resource Mobilization collaborative which recently organized a meeting of the collaborative on the sidelines of the G7 health meeting in Nagasaki blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacifi… via World Bank East Asia Pacific

💻💼👩‍💻LAPTOPS This year we have distributed 12 laptops to students in our community. Wherever possible we aim to give students a laptop (secondhand) to help in their studies. This enables them to continue studying during blackouts & study independently after libraries have closed

👩‍🎓 Did you know #MedictoMedic provide scholarships to a range of health workers through their training? 🔬Medical Laboratory Scientists help clinicians diagnose patient conditions through accurate processing and testing of lab samples. 👏Well done Elita 🙌

💆 #physiotherapists help reverse poverty - they can rehabilitate patients and get them back to employment. ⚕ Would you like to sponsor a physiotherapy student in #Malawi? 👏 Well done Nengezi :) 💬 Get in touch today! [email protected]

Ultra-Processed People has been shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. They’ve been incredibly supportive so thanks to their wonderful booksellers and everyone who bought the book from their local Waterstones. To be on this list is a dream for me.

Nearly three fifths of the world’s population are now covered by a national soda tax. Find out more with the latest update to the World Bank Global SSB Tax Database Learn more: wrld.bg/q96r50Q3zzl World Bank Data #InvestinHealth

Today is #OneHealth Day. Have you heard of One Health❓ It’s a relationship between humans, animals, plants & the environment. It relies on the understanding of how human actions and policies could affect animal, plant & environment health & how it impacts humans as a result.

#DENTISTS Did you know, there are less than 50 registered dentists in #Malawi? With thanks to a collaboration with Stichting Improve, an organisation in the Netherlands, we have started 10 #scholarships for Dental Students at KuHES. Welcome to the #MedictoMedic community.

ICYMI, there was a small bit of good news on child obesity in October. The 2022/23 National Childhood Measurement programme showed a fall in rates of obesity among reception (4-5 y/o) and year 6 (10-11 y/o) children for the second year running. 1/n

UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have reduced the number of under 18s having a tooth removed due to tooth decay by 12%, with the largest reductions were in children aged up to nine years old. Read our news article👉 mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2023/11/1… #SugarTax (1/2)

Sugary drink intake by children and adolescents increased by almost a quarter between 1990 and 2018, finds new study. The increase parallels rises in obesity among young people 🔗 bmj.com/content/386/bm…