@SheffieldSfGH

We're the Sheffield branch of Students for Global Health (@WeAreSfGH), a group of students from all courses tackling #globalhealth inequalities. Get involved!

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Sheffield Students for Global Health@SheffieldSfGH28 May 2020
Interested in global health? Want to make a difference to global health education in your medical school? @InciSioNUK have launched their SURGE study to learn about the views of medical students on global surgery education. Follow the link: oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/s…
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We at Sheffield SfGH would like to express our solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. For too long, racism in the form of systematic inequalities have pervaded our society. This has culminated in countless… instagram.com/p/CBDOXWYAci1/…
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InciSioN UK@InciSioNUK4 Jun 2020
Racism is not an issue unique to the US, but also occurs here in the UK. Unfortunately systematic racism is prevalent within the NHS. It is our collective responsibility to educate ourselves, others and to push for change. #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd (Graphics by @amileinusa)
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Interested in global health? Want to make a difference to global health education in your medical school? @InciSioNUK have launched their SURGE study to learn about the views of medical students on global surgery education. Follow the link: oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/s…
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Thank you so much for coming - we learnt lots and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Will Sharp MBE@DrWillSharp_MBE15 Feb 2020
For #globalhealth month @sheffielduni, I was invited to deliver a lecture on #medical #care delivered during my time rescuing #migrants in the #Mediterranean on @HMSEnterprise. Thank you @JonnyJa199411 for hosting and @SheffieldSfGH-an engaged and inquisitive Thursday night crowd
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Join us for our next event as part of Global Health month! An interactive workshop discussing issues on the affordability of insulin in developing countries
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Will Sharp MBE@DrWillSharp_MBE8 Feb 2020
Thank you for inviting me to speak this coming Thursday at @sheffielduni for your #globalhealth month. I’m looking forward to it! @SheffieldSfGH @RoyalNavy @DMS_MilMed
Sheffield Students for Global Health@SheffieldSfGH8 Feb 2020
Coming up this Thursday is our exciting talk by @DrWillSharp_MBE on delivering emergency medical aid to migrants in the Mediterranean, including rescue operations and providing remote medical care!
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Coming up this Thursday is our exciting talk by @DrWillSharp_MBE on delivering emergency medical aid to migrants in the Mediterranean, including rescue operations and providing remote medical care!
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IT’S GLOBAL HEALTH MONTH! Don’t fear if you have missed out so far... We have lots of interactive talks including a workshop on infertility coming up! To end the month we have an iconic social with MSF: Beats without borders which is NOT to be missed guys!!
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Great news - the UK's Faculty of Public Health @FPH have today declared a #ClimateEmergency, recognising climate change as 'the greatest threat to global public #health this century' Thank you FPH! fph.org.uk/news-events/fph-n… To other UK health orgs - we call on you to do likewise!
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75% of newborn deaths occur in the first week of life. Basic care such as thermal control and thorough documentation have huge control over reducing these deaths. - Dr Catherine Harrison from @BirthlinkUK on the role of essential care in LMICS. #ICHGWinter2019 @IntChildHealth
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Only have £150 to treat pre-eclampsia? Use a Foley catheter or a tiny dose of Misoprostol! - Professor Andrew Weeks on using existing neglected technologies to achieve UHC in rural areas. #ICHGWinter2019 @IntChildHealth
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Professor John Walley giving a talk on working with the private sector to achieve UHC. Some examples of non state providers of healthcare range from faith healers to pharmacists. #ICHGWinter2019 @IntChildHealth
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Rob Yates@yates_rob15 Nov 2019
Can a low income country move towards universal health coverage? Answer: Yes - by scrapping user fees bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l619…

Can a low income country move towards universal health coverage?

Mali, in west Africa, is where the idea that user fees for healthcare could work in poor countries was established. Sophie Arie finds that the country is now starting down a very different road Mali...

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Kirsten Mathieson: Increase public investment in health systems to at least 5% of GDP, to achieve equity. Graph below reflects that the poorest 20% account for 24% of all under-5 deaths, whereas the richest 20% account for 9% of deaths. #ICHGWinter2019 @IntChildHealth
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‘Health is a fundamental right - UHC and the realisation of people’s right to health should be the centre of all health systems’ - Kirsten Mathieson from @SavetheChildren on the importance and urgency of health advocacy #ICHGWinter2019 @IntChildHealth
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Dr Kunda Mutesu-Kapembwa speaking on reducing neonatal mortality at her hospital in Zambia. Low cost interventions such as infection control lead to high impact. #ICHGWinter2019 @IntChildHealth
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At the International Child Health winter meeting today, Rob Yates kicking off the talks today by speaking about the political influences over universal health coverage @IntChildHealth
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Amnesty International USA
@amnestyusa15 May 2019
Abortion bans like the one passed in Alabama are a violation of human rights. These bans will be deadly. They will endanger pregnant people’s lives. They will re-victimize survivors of rape and sexual violence by denying them their rights. We must not go back.
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