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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 12

    Athletes and visitors to Rio de Janeiro, and other areas where is circulating, are being encouraged to:

    12:08 PM - 12 May 2016 · Details
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  2. 33 minutes ago

    : Life expectancy ⬆ by 5 years since 2000, but health inequalities persist

    4:21 AM - 19 May 2016 · Details
    39 retweets 19 likes
  3. 1 hour ago

    World 2016: Monitoring for the Sustainable Development Goals

    Life Expectancy at Birth (2015)
    The 2016 “World Health Statistics” brings together the most recent data on the health-related targets within the Sustainable Development Goals
    3:33 AM - 19 May 2016 · Details
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  4. 4 hours ago

    Health care must reach EVERYONE

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    1:12 AM - 19 May 2016 · Details
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  5. 4 hours ago

    methods, such as correct use of condoms, help prevent the transmission of & other sexually transmitted infections

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    58 retweets 45 likes
  7. 6 hours ago

    When women can plan their fertility, they can plan their futures

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    11:12 PM - 18 May 2016 · Details
    118 retweets 105 likes
  9. 15 hours ago

    The health of women & girls is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

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    1:44 PM - 18 May 2016 · Details
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  10. 23 hours ago

    There is more than one kind of ? Better air quality means better health & economic growth 🌁

    6:00 AM - 18 May 2016 · Details
    185 retweets 116 likes
  11. 21 hours ago

    New risk assessment for European Region

    New virus risk assessment for European Region: Overall low to moderate risk of outbreak in late spring/summer
    101 retweets 53 likes
  12. 21 hours ago

    Women & girls of reproductive age living in humanitarian emergencies need sexual & reproductive health services

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  14. 22 hours ago

    During emergencies: -Women still have babies -Children still need vaccines -Adolescents still need health services

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    122 retweets 87 likes
  15. 23 hours ago

    In humanitarian emergencies, those most impacted are also the most vulnerable: -Women -Children -Adolescents

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  17. 24 hours ago

    For the nearly 60 million internally displaced persons, refugees & asylum seekers worldwide, home is nowhere in sight

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    75 retweets 48 likes
  18. May 18

    Leave no one behind: Women, children & adolescents in emergencies

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    3:59 AM - 18 May 2016 · Details
    352 retweets 333 likes
  19. May 17

    WHO South-East Asia Region completes switch 🇰🇵🇹🇱🇹🇭🇮🇩🇲🇻🇮🇳🇧🇹🇲🇲🇳🇵🇱🇰🇹🇭

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    11:42 PM - 17 May 2016 · Details
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  20. May 17

    98 mil niñas serán beneficiadas con la vacuna contra el Virus del Papiloma Humano

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    10:48 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details
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  21. May 17 Afghanistan

    campaign launched in , 9 million to be vaccinated >

    12:12 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details
    67 retweets 63 likes
  22. May 17

    is present in all parts of the world. New resistance mechanisms emerge & spread globally

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    9:10 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details
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  23. May 17

    threatens the effective prevention & treatment of a range of infections caused by: Bacteria Parasites Viruses Fungi

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    115 retweets 54 likes
  25. May 17

    Patients w/ infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria are generally at ⬆ risk of worse clinical outcomes & death

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  26. May 17

    We can fight ! Preventing infections around the time of birth, protecting mothers & babies

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    83 retweets 72 likes
  27. May 17

    threatens hard-won gains in women’s & children’s health

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    6:12 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details
    266 retweets 191 likes
  28. May 17

    Impossible choices. A matter of life and death. We need to

    Impossible choices. We need to Share Humanity
    Convened by the UN Secretary-General, the World Humanitarian Summit will gather the best ideas on how to deliver better for people and #ShareHumanity
    5:55 AM - 17 May 2016 · Details
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  29. May 17

    WHO DG has given answers on questions about: -World Health Assembly -Zika -Syria Watch LIVE on

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  30. May 17

    LIVE on : Join us for a press briefing with WHO DG Dr Margaret Chan

    62 retweets 85 likes
  31. May 16

    WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation

    11:22 PM - 16 May 2016 · Details
    70 retweets 45 likes
  34. May 16

    WHO guidance focus on: -Preventing & treating obstetric complications - - Female sexual health

    2:14 PM - 16 May 2016 · Details
    204 retweets 116 likes
  35. May 16

    New WHO guidance contribute to the efforts. Action must be taken to: -Stop the practice -Help those living with its consequences

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    51 retweets 27 likes
  36. May 16

    Access to the right information & good training for health workers can can help prevent new cases of Female Genital Mutilation

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    67 retweets 37 likes
  37. May 16

    Health workers play a key role in the treatment & care of girls & women living w/ female genital mutilation

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    12:30 PM - 16 May 2016 · Details
    115 retweets 81 likes
  38. May 16

    Health workers need to know how to treat the health conditions that may affect women & girls with

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    11:40 AM - 16 May 2016 · Details
    198 retweets 132 likes
  39. May 16

    Many health workers remain inadequately trained to recognize and treat the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation properly

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    69 retweets 42 likes
  41. May 16

    Female genital mutilation is a global concern. Health workers worldwide need to be prepared to provide care to women who need it

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    99 retweets 62 likes
  43. May 16

    Female genital mutilation immediate complications include: -Severe pain -Excessive bleeding -Problems urinating -Infections -Death

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    200 retweets 82 likes
  46. May 16

    Frequently Asked Questions on the health risks associated with residues in food

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    52 retweets 42 likes
  47. May 16

    WHO guidance will help health workers provide better care to millions of girls & women who have undergone female genital mutilation

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    86 retweets 63 likes
  48. May 16

    Summary report: Joint WHO/ meeting on residues [PDF]

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  49. May 16

    Female genital mutilation violates human rights & it must NEVER be performed

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    5:38 AM - 16 May 2016 · Details
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  50. May 15

    In 🇲🇳, women & men between 18 and 30 years old will be immunized with a combined - vaccine

    11:12 AM - 15 May 2016 · Details
    111 retweets 125 likes
  51. May 15

    WHO is supporting the government of 🇲🇳 in the ongoing immunization campaign

    5:41 AM - 15 May 2016 · Details
    98 retweets 105 likes

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