HIGH Horizons, alongside the World Health Organization (WHO), has developed a conceptual framework for #ExtremeHeat and maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH). Intended to provide a broad understanding of extreme heat and MNCH, find out more and download the framework👇 high-horizons.eu/news-conceptua…

Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur theguardian.com/world/article/…

#Midwives📣 In partnership with Human Rights Watch, we are launching a survey designed to delve into the intersection of midwifery and #ClimateChange It aims to get insights into how you are experiencing the impact of the climate crisis on health Share your insights👁‍🗨 internationalmidwives.org/midwives-exper…

Four lesbians in #Argentina were set on fire by a man who threw a Molotov cocktail into their room. One burned to death immediately. Two died days later, burns covering up to 90% of their bodies. We're calling on authorities to end anti-LGBT hate speech: hrw.org/news/2024/05/1…

🌍 The climate crisis isn't just about extreme weather. It's a sexual health and reproductive rights emergency. As temperatures rise, so do challenges for abortion access and women's health services. Climate justice is reproductive justice. Learn more: ow.ly/xT5l50RKW6u

🌍 Calling all midwives! 🤰 Join us and Human Rights Watch in honoring the #IDM2024 theme by sharing your experiences on climate change and health. Take the survey now to shape advocacy efforts for a healthier, more sustainable future: ow.ly/1hUq50RZ5aF #MidwivesandClimate

"Sudan is on a trajectory today towards the worst famine for four decades or longer" Alex de Waal tells Newsday. He says what's different from previous famines is it will affect the whole country - and see catastrophic numbers of child deaths. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Ask if you live in a free world without explaining the difference between freedom as an ideal and the ideology that we are being sold for freedom.

Millions of people are being exposed to life-threatening heat in the Southwestern U.S. #heatdome These events are happening more intensely and frequently every year. So who pays for the damage to our health, homes, food, and livelihoods? #StopDrillingStartPaying 👇

Will Peru become the Americas' next haven for organized crime? As I write in The Hill, a mosaic of private interests is bending govt to their will, destroying democracy & the rule of law--and creating an ideal environment for org crime to thrive. Human Rights Watch thehill.com/opinion/470771…

Scientific evidence by World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the harmful impact of #climatechange at key stages of human life cycle. It found climate-related natural hazards hv some “serious mental &physical health impacts” in pregnancy &for younger &older people. anayda portela shorturl.at/t2fOQ

It’s time for a similar review of the UN-led response to the crisis in Afghanistan.

The special rapporteur pulls no punches. Bennett calls the Taliban’s system of discrimination a crime against humanity, saying it “constituted in and of itself a widespread and systematic attack on the entire civilian population of Afghanistan.” hrw.org/news/2024/06/1…

Women are missing from the biggest high-level political negotiations happening right now to try to end crises around the world, says my colleague @nwiddersheim. ardwatalab.net/news-headlines…

**NEW** report on wildfire as a maternal health and reproductive justice issue. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCatastrophe #doula #midwifery hrw.org/report/2024/08…

Wildfires are a growing risk for maternal and newborn health and reproductive justice in the US. What is being done? Not enough.

My amazing partner nurturely and @HRW have a report out today on why the wildfire crisis is a reproductive justice crisis. Please take a look. hrw.org/news/2024/08/2…

US government report (NTP) says fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids. It found moderate evidence linking high fluoride to lower IQs in kids. About 1.9 million are exposed to naturally high fluoride levels in their water. apnews.com/article/fluori…