From next year the Gates Foundation will require grant holders to make their research publicly available as preprints, articles that haven’t yet been accepted by a journal or gone through peer review. go.nature.com/4aLHljq

140 countries recognize health as a human right in their constitution. Yet, for billions of people, this right remains out of reach.

This #WorldHealthDay , we call on all people to claim #MyHealthMyRight !

Bravo 👏 Caius Ikejezie Maria Van Kerkhove Oliver Morgan World Health Organization (WHO) Mike Ryan Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 👏👏👏 World Health Organization (WHO)GOARN

Happy #WorldHealthDay !

Today, we champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to:
-quality health services
-education
-health information
-safe drinking water
-clean air
-good nutrition
-quality housing
-decent working
-environmental conditions
-freedom from…

A big part of real leadership is the ability to step down from positions of power

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners managed to reach Al-Shifa — once the backbone of the health system in #Gaza , which is now an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege. The team witnessed at least five dead bodies during the mission.

Most of the buildings in the hospital complex…

Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports

A WHO-led multi-agency mission accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in north #Gaza on 5 April to conduct a preliminary assessment of the extent of destruction and identify needs to guide future efforts to restore the…

As we observe #WorldHealthDay , let’s say it loud and clear:

Health is a human right. For everyone, everywhere.

#MyHealthMyRight

WHO/Europe @WHO

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Why is deconfliction necessary for safely conducting humanitarian operations in #Gaza ?

Dr. Mike Ryan breaks it down ⬇️

Research requires researchers, which come in many shapes and sizes. We have increased the number of NHS Consultants over time, but we have not increased the number of clinical academics in hospitals, & the situation in primary care is even worse. 2/9

The number of states reporting H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in cows is now 6. According to USDA, outbreaks have been detected in 15 herds: Texas (7), Kansas (3), New Mexico (2), Idaho, Michigan & Ohio (new) with 1 each.
Still a single confirmed human case.
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

NEW: Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research and Cardiff University have found evidence that bacteria resistant to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, were present in mothers and babies under a week old in Nigeria in 2016.

More info ⬇️
ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03-2…

Deadline extended!
📢We are looking to select new ECDC
Advisory Forum members, who will represent patients, professional bodies & academia.
Apply by 11 April. For more information👇
europa.eu/!WvqMK6

Nurses are among the most trusted health voices.

This is why World Health Organization (WHO) is joining forces with Nursing Now Challenge to tackle #PandemicAccord mis- and disinformation.

If you are a nurse, or a friend with a nurse, please check this event: bit.ly/4afU5ia

Professor Aisha Holloway FNMRCSI (Ad Eundem) and I look…

Hearing about #H5N1 #birdflu in cows? Got questions? We've got (some) answers.
I'll be updating this with the news the Idaho herd is confirmed to have H5. Also, details from a CDC analysis of the virus recovered from the infected worker. statnews.com/2024/04/03/h5n…

CDC update on the sequence of the virus ion the human H5N1 case. Essentially the same virus as in cows, with one mammalian adaptation marker, the PB2 E672K mutation which has been found repeatedly in infected carnivores as well). This mutation does not increase transmissibility

Everybody working on preparedness, response, systems & workforce should read this - please. GOARN Ihor Perehinets Scott Dowell

🌟At our town hall meeting, Marco Cavaleri, from the EU Medicines Agency and our scientific advisory board observer, emphasised the importance of 'accelerating #clinicaltrials and seizing the opportunity to get better medicines to patients faster' during #publichealth emergencies.

It's World Health Worker Week #WHWWeek 2024!!

An important moment to recall commitments to protect and invest in health and care workers & take stock of new evidence:

World Health Organization (WHO) OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives (2024) Bilateral agreements on health worker migration and mobility

🙏 also @ILO Working4Health