In crises, communication isn’t “soft” — it’s a core public health intervention.
New WHO COVID-19 Response special issue in the Journal of Health Communication explores RCCE-IM capacity building during #COVID19 and lessons for resilient systems.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🏃♂️ Proud to join my @fao.org Albania colleagues at #TiranaMarathon2025 🇦🇱, running the 10K for everyone’s right to good, healthy and sustainable food. 💚
Hand in Hand for #BetterNutrition, #BetterLife and a #BetterFuture! 🌾🍎
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #RightToFood #CityOfTirana #FAOShqipëri
🏃Join #FAOAlbania and run for a cause! 🌾
Tomorrow, our team joins the #TiranaMarathon2025 — running for the right to good, sustainable food for everyone! 🍎🌍
Let’s go #HandinHand for better foods and a better Future! 💚
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #FoodHeroes #RightToFood
🏃♀️Bashkohu me #FAOAlbania dhe vrapo për një kauzë! 🌾
Nesër, i bashkohemi #TiranaMarathon2025 në mbështetje të së drejtës për ushqim të mirë dhe të qëndrueshëm për të gjithë! 🍎🌍
#KrahPërKrah për ushqime më të mira dhe një të ardhme më të mirë! 💚
#WFD2025 #FAO80 #FoodHeroes #HeronjTëUshqimit
Food is life.
Food is land.
Food is roots.
Food is memory.
Food is a right, not a privilege.
On this #WorldFoodDay, as we mark #FAO80, let's all walk together #HandinHand.
Honour our roots and cultivate innovation. Harvest a better future for all.
#4Betters #BetterTogether
🎓 I’m happy to share my new certification: “Infodemiology Training Program” from infodemiology.com - The Public Good Projects.
@debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social #ABMF @apha.org #PHHC @nacchoalerts.bsky.social #ASTHO #CTHS @jmirpub.bsky.social #ImpactToEquity @unicef.org @acpimphysicians.bsky.social #TMP
📢Apply by 1 October for 🆓 Hybrid #GIS 📚 Courses:
1️⃣ Beginners → Geodata Visualization
2️⃣ Advanced → Spatial Data Automation
🗓 Oct-Dec 2025 |📍UBT | 💻 Hybrid
✅ No fee | Laptop | English B1+
🌱 Boost your GIS skills
Apply 🔗 bit.ly/4nCWEkV
@fao.org #Albania @iamo.bsky.social #UBT @ubt.edu.al
🌱 Click. Grow. Thrive.
FAO is leading the DART initiative, helping farmers, especially women and youth, in rural Albania use digital tools to boost productivity and access vital services.
📲 Read more: tinyurl.com/ch5h7cvf
#DigitalAgriculture #RuralTransformation #FAO #Albania
Data Scientist (2501947)
Location: Albania-Tirana
Closure Date: 08/Sep/2025, 11:59:00 PM
Apply: lnkd.in/dx_F-dVC
#UNJobs #FAOJobs #FAOAlbania #DART #DigitalAgriculture #LeaveNoOneBehind #RuralDevelopment #SmartFarming #Innovation #Sustainability #AgTech
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Front-End Developer (Web & Mobile) (2501864) Location: Albania-Tirana
Closure Date: 01/Sep/2025, 11:59:00 PM
Apply: lnkd.in/dC66esFt
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Back-End Developer (Geospatial & Cloud Solutions) (2501846)
Location: Albania-Tirana
Closure Date: 29/Aug/2025, 11:59:00 PM
Apply: lnkd.in/dpNx6kcc
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🌟Check out these currently open vacancies at FAO Albania in the fields of digital services to farmers.
Apply, share, repost, and like!
#UNJobs #FAOJobs #FAOAlbania #DART #DigitalAgriculture #LeaveNoOneBehind #RuralDevelopment #SmartFarming #Innovation #Agrifoodsystems #DigitalTransformation
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💡 Vaccination saves lives.
But only if people #trust the system behind it.
Let’s keep working to ensure that trust is earned and maintained.
#Vaccination #Infodemic #HealthSecurity #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLive
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Thanks to our hosts #SECID and #TFGH, and colleagues like Amanda Bolster, Silvia Bino, Ledia Agolli, Laura Blank, Valbona Zefi, Earta Ndreu, Juliana Nanaj, and others who made this workshop so dynamic and solution-focused.
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I was glad to lead sessions on:
🧠 Understanding audience risk perception
📊 Creating persuasive, data-driven messages
🌐 Social listening & online misinformation
🛠️ Communication tools that work in real life
#StrategicComms #HealthLiteracy
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Over 2 days, I joined health communicators, country reps, & journalists from 🇦🇱🇧🇬🇧🇦🇭🇷🇽🇰🇲🇰🇲🇪🇷🇸 to:
• Share what worked
• Learn from what didn’t
• Practice countering misinformation
• Build audience-focused strategies
#RCCE #PublicHealth #ScienceReporting
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📉 In our region, flu vaccine rates are far below the 75% target for at-risk groups.
Why❓
• Misinformation
• Weak health messaging
• Low health care workers engagement
• Structural gaps
#VaccineConfidence #RiskCommunication #HealthCommunication
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Just returned from the SECID-SEEHN & The Task Force for Global Health workshop in Vienna 🇦🇹 (30 Jun-1 Jul 2025), where we addressed one of the biggest public health challenges in Southeast Europe: low influenza vaccination coverage.
#VaccineCommunication #Influenza
🧵 Here’s what we focused on👇
Together, we are more agile, responsive and prepared to support partners across sectors.
🔗 www.riskcomms.com/response-network
#RCCE #StrategicCommunication #PublicHealth
Altug Akin | Ben Duncan | Đorđe Novakovic | Ljubica Latinovic | Peggy Hanna | Philippe Borremans | Suzanne Brownlow Kerba
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After years of working independently in #RiskCommunication, I know the value of focus & flexibility. But in emergencies, collaboration isn’t optional—it’s essential.
Proud to join a network of senior experts ready to act when it matters most.
#CrisisComms #RCCE-IM #EmergencyResponse
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🚜 Can sustainable agriculture boost productivity in Albania’s vegetable sector?
Join #FAO Team’s discussion panel to explore how 🌿 smarter, greener practices can drive growth - starting with greenhouse farming.
📍Lushnje |🗓️ 23 April ⏰ 13:15-14:30
🔗 lnkd.in/dSa6acbz
The Blue Report is amazing. The most clicked on articles are right here
theblue.report
After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
1/7🧵AI is revolutionizing public health—enhancing surveillance, decision-making, and resource allocation. Our new paper @thelancetph.bsky.social convened by @obshealth.bsky.social looks at the opportunities, threats, and challenges
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Grateful to @ecdc.europa.eu for hosting a hands-on #InfodemicManagement2025 #EUInitiativeOnHealthSecurity workshop. Combating misinformation demands collaboration, evidence-led strategies & continuous capacity building. Honored to contribute as @who.int RCCE-IM expert! #HealthSecurity #PublicHealth
#InfodemicManagement2025 #EUInitiativeOnHealthSecurity #InfodemicResponse #ECDC #WHO
Spanish newspaper @eldiario.es reaches 100K paying members. Journalist-owned, profitable and influential, its rise is not unique, with so many other European news sites on the same path: @zetland.dk @mediapart.fr @dennikn.bsky.social @ilpost.it
www.eldiario.es/blog/el-bole...
WHO Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge
Podcast Awake at Night
What keeps you up at night?
#WHO Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge talks #health, #well-being, #mentalhealth and #peace with #UN
@melissafleming.bsky.social in her excellent podcast.
"The most urgent medicine is peace".
▶️ bit.ly/4fY3can
#1Dollar1World
Let’s raise $1 billion to support (@who.int) the World Health Organization’s critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding.
#HealthForAll
whofoundation.donorsupport.co/page/FUNEKRB...
In this Viewpoint, Lawrence Gostin, Benjamin Meier, and Loyce Pace explore concerns surrounding possible US withdrawal from
@who.int and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.
ja.ma/4gXWQbs
#MedSky
