As the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics @TFGH, we aim to bring compassion and ethics to the center of global health practice and research.
Joined July 2019
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
7 Jun 2024
As @TFGH celebrates 40 years of global health impact, @FACEofHealth celebrates its first 5 years. FACE grew out of a desire to promote the role of compassion and ethics in global health practice. Check out the FACE team's reflections on the last 5 years: bit.ly/3VkfTUJ
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At #WHA77, CGHE & leading health organizations hosted an art gallery event on people-centered care's role in strengthening health systems. HERO Fellow Dr. Nida Ali shared powerful testimonials from the LHEAP Project in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
9 May 2024
40 years of #globalhealth impact! Reducing childhood mortality by 60%. Helping 50 countries eliminate at least one #NTD. Reducing polio by 99%. @TFGH is honored to contribute to this work. Let’s continue to forge strong partnerships that aim for measurable results.
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
13 May 2024
We were delighted to welcome former @Merck CEO Dr. Roy Vagelos to @TFGH 40th anniversary celebration. In 1987 he announced that Merck would donate Mectizan for the control river blindness—“As much as needed, for as long as needed.” #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF #TaskForce40years
ALT Pictured are the current Mectizan Expert Committee chair Professor Gilbert Burnham, Merck representative Maria Verbanac, Dr. Vagelos, and M.D.P. director Dr. Yao Sodahlon.
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
15 May 2024
Thank you @DrTedros for your inspiring remarks shared during @TFGH's 40th anniversary celebration last week. We are proud to partner with you and the @WHO to solve the global health challenges we face now and in the future 🌍 bit.ly/3WDbg9p #40YearsofTaskForce
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
29 Apr 2024
Meet our double champ, Ms. Jean Marion Apiny!
March's Compassionate Heroes Award winner and April's Employee of the Month.
Join us in applauding her incredible impact! 👏
#CompassionateHeroes #EmployeeOfTheMonth
@FACEofHealth @Picho1900
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“Humility is tied to compassion. We find some of the most humble people are truly some of the best partners.” -Dr. Gretchen Stoddard, IZUMI Foundation
Read more about #HumanFlourishing: bit.ly/3OC9h0i
And tag an organization that you think embodies #CompassionateCare!
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How do religious and secular sacred spaces prompt ethical reflection? Join @EmoryCompassion for a contemplative science seminar this Wednesday, April 17 from 4 - 5pm EDT to explore this question and more: tinyurl.com/aprilseminar2024
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“Being able to help people is so rewarding. It takes care of your heart, your mind, and your spirit.” - Dr. Bibi Khoyratty, Founder, Rahma Community Clinic
Read more about the insights gathered from the #HumanFlourishing & #CompassionateCare project: bit.ly/3OC9h0i
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“We have to listen. Those who are suffering want to tell us something. When they feel, ‘They are listening to me,’ they come up with a trust relationship.” - Dr. Julker Nayan, @CRP_Bangladesh
Read more about #HumanFlourishing & #CompassionateCare: bit.ly/3OC9h0i
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
Forgiveness is a critical tool in a mental health practitioner’s toolkit.
For mental health professionals looking to incorporate forgiveness into their practice, visit this section of the newly relaunched @DiscoverForgive discoverforgiveness.org/ment… 🔗
#DiscoverForgiveness
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
29 Mar 2024
@TFGH has partnered with @MediaplanetUK on today’s Infectious Diseases campaign, launching online and within the @guardian 📰 Follow the link to read more from CEO Dr. Patrick O’Carroll: tinyurl.com/yddrn4b3 #InfectiousDiseasesCampaign2024
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“Most of the healing takes place in the communication.” - Dr. Regi George, founder, @tribalhealth in India
What do you think compassionate communication looks like in healthcare?
Read more about #HumanFlourishing in the #CompassionateCare series: bit.ly/3HUNKwb
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"We walk with the families we've been living with and have come to know and love. Rejoicing with those who rejoice and weeping with those who weep is very powerful." - Jonathan Miles, @shevet_achim
Read more about #HumanFlourishing & #CompassionateCare: bit.ly/3HUNKwb
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We all have a responsibility to help #FightRacism. Learn more about the role of #compassion in addressing inequalities within and among countries: taskforce.org/wp-content/upl… #SDG10
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Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) retweeted
20 Mar 2024
Join us for our 4-day CBCT Retreat May 2-5. Open to anyone who has taken a full CBCT Course, the retreat is available in person in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, or online via Zoom. More information: 👉hubs.la/Q02nBR0f0
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Dr. Rasul at @friendship_ngo shared how repairing a young girl's cleft palate can catalyze a ripple effect in her family and community.
Read more about #HumanFlourishing in the #CompassionateCare series: bit.ly/3HUNKwb
Where have you witnessed a similar ripple effect?
ALT "Learning from Exemplars in Global Health. Insight 2: When you heal one person, you heal the world."
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We enjoyed participating in the MeTa Series at @PHGSU last week! Our data analyst, Amy Richards, and director, David Addiss, spoke to students about #compassion as the "why" behind #GlobalHealth work, and ethics as the guiding framework.
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