Femi Oladapo

Peace

A new global Task Force aims to accelerate ethical inclusion in research, for safer pregnancies and births.

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Today is #SickleCell Awareness Day 🩸

40% more people are living with sickle cell disease today than in 2000. It is a growing health challenge, affecting around 7.7 million people in the world today.

Read WHO’s new recommendations on care during pregnancy: bit.ly/446z3AV

#HealthForAll for everyone, everywhere, every time. We remain committed, come what may

We see you.

WHO is grateful for the love 💙 and messages of support we received.

We stand by you. #HealthForAll

Huge thanks to the Guideline Development Group for the forthcoming @who.int ICM & FIGO Consolidated postpartum haemorrhage guidelines! Collaboration & diversity in action! Grateful for the support from @USAID and HRP. #PPH… we’re coming for you!

Black text on white background. It reads: With you, for you. WHO remains committed to health for all.

#HealthForAll

For everyone. Everywhere.

Huge thanks to the Guideline Development Group for the forthcoming @who.int ICM & FIGO Consolidated postpartum haemorrhage guidelines! Collaboration & diversity in action! Grateful for the support from @USAID and HRP. #PPH… we’re coming for you!

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Violence against women takes multiple forms, incl.:
🫸🏽 Intimate partner violence
🫸🏽 Sexual violence
🫸🏽 Psychological violence
🫸🏽 Female genital mutilation
🫸🏽 Forced & early marriage
🫸🏽 Femicide
🫸🏽 Trafficking

#EndViolence against women & girls!

#NoExcuse #16Days

1 in 3 women worldwide has experienced physical and/or sexual violence mostly at the hands of an intimate partner.

It’s the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls!

1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:

A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger

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#NoExcuse

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Last year, more and more women and girls living through war or armed conflicts experienced sexual violence, incl. rape as a weapon of war.

Sexual violence is used as a tactic to
🙅🏻‍♀️ Terrorize
🙅🏻‍♀️ Humiliate
🙅🏻‍♀️ Dominate

Violence against women and girls is never inevitable. #EndViolence

#NoExcuse #16Days

It’s completely safe to take the HPV vaccine and prevent risks of cervical cancer.

4 Facts about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine:

➡️ It protects against HPV - the virus that causes more than 95% of #CervicalCancer cases

➡️ It has been in use for over 18 years

➡️ It is constantly monitored and safe

➡️ It is highly effective, even after a single dose

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BREAKING: Heard the sky is blue here! Forget doom and gloom – it’s a whole new vibe! 🌞

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