Meriel Flint-O’Kane (@merielflint) 's Twitter Profile
Meriel Flint-O’Kane

@merielflint

Working with LSHTM Environmental Health Group on research strategy, partnerships & policy in WASH 🌏💧💩. DrPH student. Mother of 2. Views my own.

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NIHR Global Health (@nihrglobal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are seeking to appoint experts in global health research, and community engagement and involvement, to join Funding Committees for three of our programmes. Applications from individuals based in LMICs are welcome and encouraged. Apply to join: nihr.ac.uk/committees/pro…

We are seeking to appoint experts in global health research, and community engagement and involvement, to join Funding Committees for three of our programmes. Applications from individuals based in LMICs are welcome and encouraged. Apply to join: nihr.ac.uk/committees/pro…
Meriel Flint-O’Kane (@merielflint) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great to be at #UNCwaterandhealth First session this morning by UNICEF on their game plan to reach safely managed sanitation by 2030 #sanitationsystems #sanitationforall #WASH

Great to be at #UNCwaterandhealth First session this morning by <a href="/UNICEF/">UNICEF</a> on their game plan to reach safely managed sanitation by 2030 #sanitationsystems #sanitationforall #WASH
Meriel Flint-O’Kane (@merielflint) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Understanding scale of challenge for WASH in Ugandan schools: 58% of primary schools have drinking water facilities & 56% have access to hand washing facilities. $121million gap in the annual government budget for WASH provision in schools. #WASHinschools #UNCwaterandhealth

Understanding scale of challenge for WASH in Ugandan schools: 58% of primary schools have drinking water facilities &amp; 56% have access to hand washing facilities. $121million gap in the annual government budget for WASH provision in schools. #WASHinschools #UNCwaterandhealth
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As mum of 2 girls (1&3) who deals with 💩 a LOT, I loved learning about how mums around the world are disposing of their baby and toddler feces 🪣 🚽 and hearing positive outcomes from an intervention to improve safe disposal in Odisha, India. #UNCwaterandhealth #poounitesusall💩

As mum of 2 girls (1&amp;3) who deals with 💩 a LOT, I loved learning about how mums around the world are disposing of their baby and toddler feces 🪣 🚽 and hearing positive outcomes from an intervention to improve safe disposal in Odisha, India. #UNCwaterandhealth #poounitesusall💩
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Great opportunity for #HealthEconomists to submit an abstract for this WASH Economics conference taking place in March 2023. Organised by Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social Britta Augsburg Hybrid and in person London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Deadline for abstracts: 18th November

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📢We are hiring! Role for outstanding research Programme Manager to help us deliver+drive fwd our portfolio of global WASH research. Busy+dynamic team based in Ldn+working with our brilliant international collaborators. More info 👉jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… Deadline: 4th Dec

Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social (@ianrossuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PhD opportunity! I have a project advertised in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine / Nagasaki Uni joint PhD prog lshtm.ac.uk/study/research… deadline *15 Jan* the project aims to characterise uncertainty around (i) JMP estimates for water coverage; (ii) costs of piped water lshtm.ac.uk/study/research… 1/

Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social (@ianrossuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Registration open for the (free!) WASH economics conference on 30-31 March at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine & on Zoom. To stay updated about this year (& future) pls join the mailing list eepurl.com/iiPUVX To register, in-person or online lnkd.in/es8WGXdQ                #WASHecon

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Great to hear Julie Hennegan RGHI Fellows meeting virtually to share study plans for #MenstrualHygiene cohort study in #Bangladesh thanks to #hybrid enabled global research gathering 🌏

Great to hear <a href="/julie_hennegan/">Julie Hennegan</a> <a href="/RGHIHygiene4All/">RGHI</a> Fellows meeting virtually to share study plans for #MenstrualHygiene cohort study in #Bangladesh thanks to #hybrid enabled global research gathering 🌏
UCU (@ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨BREAKING: YOU DID IT!  We have agreed a two week period of calm after breakthroughs in talks covering:  - pensions - ending zero hour contracts - ending casualisation - tackling workload - pay  Watch and RT #ucuRISING

Felicity de Vere (@felicitydevere) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today 350 anaesthetists, trained purely in anaesthesia for the last 3 years, were turned down for the next stage of anaesthetics training in the UK. This is despite Royal College of Anaesthetists stating there is a "current shortage of 1400 anaesthetists in the UK"...🧵

Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social (@ianrossuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

*Senior* job klaxon at Environmental Health Group, LSHTM re: hygiene & climate / AMR / One Health! We’re seeking a planetary health & hygiene expert at Assistant or Assoc Prof level (£50-70k) 👉 jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… - full-time, funded for 2yrs - £150k to develop new research #WASHtwitter

Ian Ross. @ianrossuk.bsky.social (@ianrossuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PLEASE SHARE THIS JOB W/ CLIMATE & HYGIENE PEOPLE Assist. or Assoc. Prof (£50-70k) at Environmental Health Group, LSHTM re: hygiene & climate / AMR / One Health Are you a planetary health & hygiene expert? 👉 buff.ly/3nJwnYP - full-time, funded for 2yrs - £150k to develop new research

Meriel Flint-O’Kane (@merielflint) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Everyone busy showing their #gratitude to colleagues in the Environmental Health Group, LSHTM wall of appreciation at our annual summer retreat. #KindnessMatters #TeamWork #WASHresearch

Everyone busy showing their #gratitude to colleagues in the <a href="/LSHTM_EHG/">Environmental Health Group, LSHTM</a> wall of appreciation at our annual summer retreat. #KindnessMatters #TeamWork #WASHresearch
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Happy Environmental Health Group, LSHTM team after a brilliant retreat; catching up, discussing future #WASHresearch priorities and #partnerships, lots of great career development chats & most importantly, pausing to #celebratesuccess as a team💧💩🎉

Happy <a href="/LSHTM_EHG/">Environmental Health Group, LSHTM</a> team after a brilliant retreat; catching up, discussing future #WASHresearch priorities and #partnerships, lots of great career development chats &amp; most importantly, pausing to #celebratesuccess as a team💧💩🎉
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Using #LEGO to facilitate hygiene systems thinking=really fun+great way to visualize ideas 💡 These ones represent ideas for evidence needs to enable progress acceleration in hygiene systems for health RGHI #globalhealth #hygienesystems #funfacilitation

Using #LEGO to facilitate hygiene systems thinking=really fun+great way to visualize ideas 💡 These ones represent ideas for evidence needs to enable progress acceleration in hygiene systems for health <a href="/RGHIHygiene4All/">RGHI</a>

#globalhealth #hygienesystems #funfacilitation
APHRC (@aphrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To accelerate progress towards attaining SDG 5 - gender equality and 6 - clean water & sanitation, @APHRC & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are hosting a convening on gender, sanitation, & quality of life. Our ED, Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo attended the opening session, giving an overview of our work. #WeAreAfrica

To accelerate progress towards attaining SDG 5 - gender equality and 6 - clean water &amp; sanitation, @APHRC &amp; <a href="/LSHTM/">London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine</a> are hosting a convening on gender, sanitation, &amp; quality of life. Our ED, <a href="/CKyobutungi/">Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo</a> attended the opening session, giving an overview of our work.

#WeAreAfrica
Max Eyre (@maxeyre3) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interested in an #epidemiology #OneHealth #PhD at Environmental Health Group, LSHTM London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine starting Oct 2024? Apply now for our OneZoo Centre for Doctoral Training project 'Identifying exposure pathways for environmentally transmitted zoonoses in climate-vulnerable urban settlements in Brazil'! #EpiTwitter #phdlife #rstats