Thrilled to take on the role as President & CEO of @WDavidson_Inst. WDI has a strong track record supporting businesses, entrepreneurship market-based solutions in LMICs deep experience with education training. I look forward to many great health climate collaborations!
We're thrilled to announce the WDI Board of Directors has selected innovator, entrepreneur and leader Wendy Taylor as the Institute's President and CEO—effective July 15. Taylor's career spans the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Welcome! bit.ly/3zlzEmi
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to speak on a panel to discuss how human centered narratives are critical for this moment of nuclear risk reduction and strategic stability — it is not only incumbent upon us to tell these stories but necessary in today’s landscape.
📽️ Following a screening of “Where the Wind Blew,” a documentary about US and Soviet nuclear weapons testing victims, @jqdupont stressed the importance of centering human narratives around #nuclear weapons
View highlights from the discussion: councilonstrategicrisks.org/…
Tonight at the @DCIndieFilmFest Film festival Andre Singer’s powerful film about nuclear weapons testing in Kazakhstan and the United States 🇰🇿🇺🇸. @CSRisks superstar Jackson @jqdupont will join a discussion panel - “Where The Wind Blew - trailer” on #Vimeovimeo.com/194539092
Less than a week since OpenAI started rolling out ChatGPT vision.
And people have been busy executing god-like tasks.
35 truly mind-boggling examples:
(29th is my favorite)
A new @LancetGH analysis shows a third of new mothers—more than 40 million women worldwide—face lasting health issues after childbirth. Yet many of these conditions go unrecognized.
Women's health, including postnatal care, needs more attention. bit.ly/3RsAwLD
Congratulations @PeterHotez ! I can’t imagine a more deserving recipient of this @IDSAInfo Courage in Leadership award. Thank you for your unwavering voice and courage.
Dr. Peter Hotez Receives Inaugural IDSA Anthony Fauci Courage in Leadership Award | many thanks to @IDSAInfo @IDWeekmtg for your recognition this month and for all your support, means a lot texaschildrens.org/about-us/…
📣A vaccine against Chikungunya has secured regulatory approval for the first time.
The next step is even more important: making the vaccine accessible to those in endemic countries who are most at risk from the disease, writes CEPI CEO @DrRHatchett🔽
cepi.net/news_cepi/accelerat…
🚨 With the knock of a gavel, the @UN_PGA just declared the adoption of the declaration on Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
No discussion. Less than 3 seconds to object.
A moment of history in the blink of an eye.
#PPRHLM
If you’re headed to NYC or Abuja Monday, join us! We’re brining #UNGA to Abuja. Great speaker line up for an exciting cross-continent conversation. #UNGA2023
2️⃣@Jhpiego & @LastMileHealth: From Abuja & NYC: Health Workers at the Heart of PHC and Pandemic Response 💉😷
📅 Date: 18 September
🕒 Time: 1:30 - 4pm ET
📍 Location: The Westin, NY/ Online
Find out more. 👉🏾 eventbrite.com/e/from-abuja-…
“We don’t need to phase down coal, oil and gas. We need to phase out coal, oil and gas. We need to stop spending money on what is harming us.”
Mary Robinson at the start of the @WomenDeliver conference on why a crisis mindset needs adopting on the #ClimateEmergency.
#WD2023
Woohoo! @GlobalHlth5050 just recognized Jhpiego as a 'Very High Performer' in our efforts to prioritize gender equality both within our workplace and in the global health sector broadly. Learn more: jhpiego.org/news/jhpiego-rat…
📣 Check it out: #IMNHC2023 presentation slides 💻 and plenary recordings 📽️ are available online. 1,800 delegates from 95 countries came together at IMNHC to share evidence and accelerate progress toward MNH targets and the reduction of stillbirths: alignmnh.org/imnhc-2023-pre-…
Why is the climate crisis also a health crisis? A deteriorating climate has deadly consequences for the world's most vulnerable countries and communities, and @creynoldsdc @pandemicaction explains why👇#PowerOurPlanet 🔗 glblctzn.me/live-in_paris