Smiley by name, smiley by nature | Public health & social medicine đź©ş | Board @MSF_Canada | Climate person | Cat person | Opinions mine
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UN experts horrified by blatant disregard for health rights in #Gaza following deadly raid on Kamal Adwan hospital and the arbitrary arrest & detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
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1 month in hospital: $30k
1 month in prison: $10k
1 month in shelter: $7k
1 month in social housing: $4k
The solution is clear, and so is the cost of inaction. The question is, which will we choose to pay for?
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glad to write an article for the @globeandmail about hospital crowding/wait times and how the public can show up for ERs instead of in them. one day, we won't need the rooms, and the medicine will come to us. until then, here are some things you can do:
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If you need the ER this holiday season, don’t fret – but do read this first, by @jamesmaskalyk theglobeandmail.com/opinion/… via @GlobeDebate
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Canadian doctors warned to be on the lookout for scurvy
by Mike Crawley @CBCQueensPark for @CBCNews
Find the case in this week's issue here ➡️cmaj.ca/content/196/33/E1144
cbc.ca/news/health/scurvy-ca…
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Medical services are protected under international law. But there is growing concern attacks on health-care workers, patients and facilities are being normalised as part of war. @OurANU theconversation.com/attacks-…
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"Health research incorporating a human rights lens can drive the climate-health agenda forward."
Climate Adaptation and Human Rights: Potential Directions for Health Advocacy and Research, by @sandraqsmiley & Michele Heisler: hhrjournal.org/2024/07/clima… #ClimateAction #humanrights
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#HHR Climate adaptation & #HumanRights @sandraqsmiley @MicheleHeisler identify 3 areas of #healthrights research urgently needed in adaptation hhrjournal.org/2024/07/clima…
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If you haven't already, make sure to check out Episode 3 of our podcast - Not If, But When - with #Mpox back in the news.
Dr Rosamund Lewis, Technical Lead, global mpox response, @WHO, updates us on the current situation.
đź”— bit.ly/3VGJW8p
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@WHO info states that monkeypox virus (MPXV) is transmissible through face-to-face contact and respiratory secretions with or without physical contact. @WHO is supporting DRC @SanteMinistre for transmission studies to better understand mpox
who.int/multi-media/details/…
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The killing, detention and enforced disappearance of health workers in #Gaza, in parallel with the systematic attacks and destruction of hospitals and other medical facilities, has had a devastating impact on the people of Gaza. #HumanRights #CeasefireNow
reliefweb.int/report/occupie…
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đź‘‹ @HonAhmedHussen, we've been raising the alarm about the massive humanitarian crisis in eastern #DRC for more than a year.
We've increased our aid but can't do it on our own.
Additional funding is needed for other organizations to scale up: bit.ly/3KU6ltS
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On #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay, a group of #Inuit is visiting Quebec City to honor those who died in a #TB sanatorium there. @seechangeinit's Naomi Tatty is with the group. "These stories are finally being heard after all these years."
cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/…
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For years, researchers have shown how Indigenous, Black and other racialized groups have been disproportionately affected by polluting industries.
Now, a new law will require the federal government to better track this injustice and aim to correct it. cbc.ca/news/climate/environm… .
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Thank you @CBCTashauna for this. I’ve had moments of panic that I went on national TV to talk about “private women things”. However when 70% of women develop fibroids, impacting pain & fertility, BUT the medical world doesn’t know why, we need to speak up.
cbc.ca/news/health/uterine-f…
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Over 10 000 people need to be evacuated out of #Gaza for medical care, including for trauma-related injuries, cancer, heart, mental health and other conditions.
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Yesterday and Today
Elisapee Ishulutaq ~ Inuk
2014
#NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay
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Latest — For @dw_hotspotasia As polio cases rise in Pakistan, is there a way out? Last month, Pakistan reported its fifth case of the deadly virus. Experts views large population movements and "significant vaccine hesitancy" are hindering progress.
dw.com/en/as-polio-cases-ris…
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Save the Children said in April that every child left in the Gaza Strip is at risk of malnutrition. Children under five, of which there are 346,000 in Gaza, are at the greatest risk.
cbc.ca/news/world/malnutriti…
