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Adele Waugaman @Tech4Dev

Passionate about digital transformation for health and well-being.

Joined January 2009
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Adele Waugaman@Tech4Dev
9 Sep 2024
So thrilled to share @USAID's new #digitalhealth policy guidance, the Digital Health Position Paper (2024-2029). Learn more:
USAID
@USAID
9 Sep 2024
We are committed to strategic investments in digital transformations to strengthen partner country health systems foster global health security and sustainability → read our new digital health guidance: usaid.gov/global-health/digi…
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And, in a globalized society, all of this matters for American public health and national security.
Atul Gawande
@Atul_Gawande
25 Jan 2025
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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Justine Moore
@venturetwins
14 Nov 2024
A PhD student used both Claude and Gemini as an AI therapist. She vented her frustrations around getting a cancer diagnosis, and joked about how much it was costing the healthcare system. The difference in responses is staggering.
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Eric Topol
@EricTopol
15 Oct 2024
Quite a special report @TheEconomist today on the US economy gift link: econ.st/3A72R5e
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John Morales@JohnMoralesTV
7 Oct 2024
I debated whether to share this. I did apologize on the air. But I invite you to read my introspection on @BulletinAtomic of how extreme weather 📈 driven by global warming has changed me. Frankly, YOU should be shaken too, and demand #ClimateActionNow. thebulletin.org/2024/09/hurr…

Hurricane Helene isn’t an outlier. It’s a harbinger of the future.

An atmospheric scientist and weathercaster explains why his warnings about Hurricane Helene were not universally well-received, one viewer accusing him of being a “climate militant” and another...

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One of my favorite among the calls to action in the new USAID #digitalhealth Position Paper focuses on centering the design of digital systems--especially those used at the point of service delivery--to meet the needs of the people and health workers involved in care exchange.
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Eric Topol
@EricTopol
21 Aug 2024
Good idea. Light bulbs have energy ratings. Why don't #AI chatbots? @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0… by @SashaMTL @CarolejeanWu @strubell @sarahookr @YJernite
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World Health Organization (WHO)
@WHO
3 Jun 2024
"AI is augmenting human capabilities allowing general clinicians to have expert tools at their side." Watch @GawandeUSAID speak about the opportunities of using #AI in healthcare ⬇️
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GO GREEN
@ECOWARRIORSS
26 May 2024
Wildfires are a normal part of nature These are not Over 44 million acres burned last year in Canada This year could be even worse Forests in a warming world are no longer able to exist and are combusting fueling even more warming A vicious circle with no exit
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25 May 2024
🔴⚠️♨️🔥🇲🇽It is one of the worst and longest heatwaves hittin4 #Mexico.More than 100 #wildfires from #Yucatan to central areas, wide #drought are the results. And temperatures could rise again in few days. Here #GOES16 in a 12hrs animation of May24 #oladecalor #climateemergency
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Damian Carrington@dpcarrington
8 May 2024
Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me… 🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis
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Jeff Berardelli
@WeatherProf
9 Nov 2023
October 2023's atmospheric moisture (we call it precipitable water) was ~10% above the 1980s levels. That is a lot of excess moisture. Warmer air holds more moisture and dumps more rain overall. The relationship is straight forward, ~8% increase per 2 degree F warming.
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Hey ⁦@capitalweather⁩ what kind of rainbow is this?
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Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglish
22 Sep 2023
There were emotional scenes of celebration when Indigenous groups in Brazil got a ruling from the Supreme Court that will help protect their ancestral lands from mining, drilling and farming ⤵️
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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
25 Aug 2023
Carl Sagan’s incredibly eloquent 4 min speech to Congress in 1985 about precisely how CO2 and other greenhouse gases caused by humans lead to #climatechange. Worth your time to watch and listen. #ClimateActionNow

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UN Environment Programme
@UNEP
24 Aug 2023
The ocean is becoming more acidic, and the consequences can be catastrophic. Loss of biodiversity is a likely result, accompanied by a reduction of harvestable resources. The only way to stop ocean acidification is to drastically reduce CO₂ emissions.

Drastic emissions reductions can combat ocean acidification

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CNN
@CNN
10 Aug 2023
The number of people killed or disabled by certain heart problems caused by exposure to air pollution has risen significantly since 1990: 31% worldwide, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association cnn.it/445bYwv

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New York Times Opinion
@nytopinion
5 Aug 2023
Gangstagrass held a workshop on depolarizing American music that explained how the music industry artificially separated “hillbilly” music from “race” music for marketing purposes. Our two-party political system works in much the same way, says @fstockman. nyti.ms/3OqI6os

Opinion | This Is the Music America Needs (Published 2023)

I recently spent two days with Gangstagrass, a band that is making music that creates social cohesion, not division.

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Scott Dworkin
@funder
27 May 2023
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spencer 🦈@Unpop_Science
27 May 2023
The number one threat to wild birds is not feral cats. It’s not windows, windmills, or oil spills. Those are all serious issues, but the biggest killer of birds is indirect starvation by insecticide. phys.org/news/2023-05-pestic…

Use of pesticides and herbicides found to be biggest cause of bird decline in Europe

A large team of ornithologists, zoologists, biologists and ecologists from across Europe and the U.K. has found that the chief cause of declining bird populations in Europe and the U.K. is the use of...

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