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Violence against women remains one of the world’s most pervasive human rights violations, affecting women and girls in every community, at every age.
🔸 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime.
#EndViolence #NoExcuse #16Days #WHOFides
How you can take action:
✔ Raise awareness of health care attacks & risks to humanitarian workers.
✔ Advocate for leaders to uphold international humanitarian law.
✔ Support trusted humanitarian organizations with funding or volunteering
Saving lives shouldn't cost lives
#WHOFides #ActForHumanity
**World Hepatitis Day 2025: Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down**
#WorldHepatitisDay #LetsBreakItDown #HepatitisAwareness #PublicHealth #SDG3 #HepatitisElimination #VaccinesWork #WHOFides #HealthForAll
**World Hepatitis Day 2025: Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down**
#WorldHepatitisDay #LetsBreakItDown #HepatitisAwareness #PublicHealth #SDG3 #HepatitisElimination #VaccinesWork #WHOFides #HealthForAll
Every single 🩸 donation can make a difference for someone's life, just one donation could save 3 lives!
Learn more: bit.ly/4kXZ3VT
#WorldBloodDonorDay
#WHOFides
👉🏻 With proper protection, 4 out of 5 cases of skin cancer could be prevented.
#SkinCancerAwareness #WHOFides
How to protect yourself:
🔆 Watch for the UV index, and use sun protection when it’s 3 or higher.
🚫 Avoid direct sun exposure (10am - 2pm.
🧢 Wear tightly woven clothing, hats, sunglasses.
🧴 Apply broad-spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreen: reapply often.
#SkinCancerAwareness #WHOFides
☀️ Ultraviolet radiation (UVR), from the sun or sunbeds, is the main cause of skin cancer.
☢️ UVR is a proven human carcinogen, harmful to the skin, eye, & immune system.
♨️ Sunburns & intense UV exposure, especially during childhood, greatly ⬆️ the risk of skin cancer.
#SkinCancerAwareness #WHOFides
Skin Cancer Awareness Month 2025 | 1-31 May
Skin cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in fair-skinned populations, with over *1.5 million* new cases of skin cancer being diagnosed every year.
#SkinCancerAwareness #WHOFides #MedSky
#Didyouknow
➡️ An average university hospital generates 1,634 tons of healthcare waste each year.
Read more: lnkd.in/dfAVusHm
#handhygiene
#WHOFides
#WorldHandHygieneDay
#HandHygieneDay
#Didyouknow
➡️ Approximately 70% of healthcare workers do not routinely practice hand hygiene.
➡️ Currently 68% of countries are in compliance with hand hygiene as a key national indicator.
Read more: lnkd.in/dfAVusHm
#handhygiene
#WHOFides
#WorldHandHygieneDay
#HandHygieneDay
World Hand Hygiene Day 2025: It might be gloves. It's always hand hygiene.
#Didyouknow
➡️ Healthcare-associated infections are one of the most common problems in healthcare, affecting about 1 in 10 patients on average.
Read more: lnkd.in/dfAVusHm
#handhygiene
#WHOFides
#WorldHandHygieneDay
World Hand Hygiene Day 2025: It might be gloves. It's always hand hygiene.
publichealthupdate.com/world-hand-h...
#handhygiene #WHOFides #WorldHandHygieneDay #HandHygieneDay
Vaccines are one of humanity’s greatest achievements with at least 154 million lives
Despite ignorant and fearful rhetoric, all communities deserve protection against vaccine-preventable diseases
less disease = more life
@who.fides
#VaccinesWork #HumanlyPossible #WHOFides
💪️ Ending malaria is not just a health imperative; it’s an investment in a more equitable, safer and prosperous future for every nation.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/42ObeNG
#WorldMalariaDay #WHOFides
🤰🏽 Today is #WorldHealthDay, and we're championing the health of mothers and newborns.
🌎 Around the world, millions of lives are lost each year due to causes that could be prevented with timely, quality care.
#HopefulFutures #WHOFides
विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस २०२५: स्वस्थ शुरुवात, समृद्ध भविष्य 🇳🇵
७ अप्रिल,२०२५
World Health Day 2025: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures!
7 April 2025
#WorldHealthDay #HopefulFutures #WHOFides #HealthForAll #UniversalHealthCoverage #LeaveNoOneBehind #PublicHealth
विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस २०२५: स्वस्थ शुरुवात, समृद्ध भविष्य 🇳🇵
७ अप्रिल,२०२५
World Health Day 2025: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures!
7 April 2025
#WorldHealthDay #HopefulFutures #WHOFides #HealthForAll #UniversalHealthCoverage #LeaveNoOneBehind #PublicHealth
This #WorldHealthDay, we're championing the health of mothers and newborns.
🌎 Around the world, millions of lives are lost each year due to causes that could be prevented with timely, quality care.
Learn more: www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#WHOFides
World Tuberculosis Day 2025: ‘Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver'
Read more: lnkd.in/d8gSdWei
#EndTB #WHOFides #WorldTBDay #WorldTBDay2025 #YesWeCanEndTB #tuberculosis #tuberculosisawareness #PublicHealth #PublicHealthUpdate
🫁 Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable. With the right actions, we can stop TB transmission and save lives.
🏥 Seek medical attention if you have symptoms like prolonged cough, fever and unexplained weight loss
📎 Learn more: bit.ly/4hwM4Zd
#EndTB #WHOFides
#WorldObesityDay 🌏
🧒 Children living with obesity face unique challenges. The Society for Bariatric Anaesthesia (SOBA UK) has recently updated guidance on anaesthesia for children with obesity, ensuring safe & tailored perioperative care. Read more here: 🔗 lnkd.in/dk4bQvrz
#WHOFides #AnSky #PedSky
#WorldHearingDay👂
Hearing loss can make hospital experiences (especially anaesthesia 😷) more frightening.
🔹 Recognise it
🔹 Keep aids in until patient asleep whenever possible
🔹 Prioritise aid reinsertion ASAP or before waking up
Small changes ➡️ huge difference.
#AnSky #WHOFides #PedSky
It’s World Rare Disease Day 🌎
People with rare diseases sometimes (or often!) need anaesthesia too 🧬
Many rare diseases start in childhood 👶
Improving education is good 🔊 📖
Improving research might be even better 🥼 🧪
Improving advocacy might be the best start 💪 💥
#WHOFides #AnSky #PedSky
Today, the 28th February is Rare Disease Day
*facts*:
🧬 Around 80% of rare diseases are of genetic origin
👶🏻 70% of rare diseases start in childhood
🔎 More than 7,000 rare diseases identified
🎗️ 1 out of 5 cancers are rare
🔗 WHO: bit.ly/41aTCKY
#WHOFides
I am happy to share that I have joined #WHOFides: a network of healthcare influencers- Voices you can trust.
Fides aims to counteract the spread of health-related misinformation and empower the public to make informed, evidence-based decisions about their health.
#WHOFIDES
International Childhood Cancer Day 15 February 2025
Act Early: Detect, Diagnose, and Treat Childhood Cancer
#ChildhoodCancer #WHOFides @who.fides
www.who.int/news-room/fa...
Today is #WorldCancerDay
Are you aware of cancers risk factors?
1- Tobacco use
2- Alcohol
3- Obesity
4- Lack of physical activity
5- Diet poor in fruits & vegetables 🥗
6- Some viral infections like #HPV, hepatitis B & C ( #vaccines work)
7- UV
8- Air pollution
#WHOFides
Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases D! #WorldNTDDay
💡A diverse group of diseases that lack public health attention, caused by a variety of pathogens, prevalent among vulnerable communities in tropical areas.
🩺 NTD examples: Chagas Disease, Leprosy, Leishmaniasis, Dengue Fever.
#WHOFides
🚭 A decrease in global tobacco users from 1 in 3 in 2000 to 1 in 5 in 2022. However, country surveys consistently show that children aged 13–15 years in most countries are using tobacco and nicotine products.
Credit to WHO.
#WHOFides #NoTobacco
