#health_workers

Health at #COP29: Workforce crisis meets climate crisis
▻https://redasadki.me/2024/11/18/health-at-cop29-workforce-crisis-meets-climate-crisis

Health workers are already being transformed by climate change. COP29 stakeholders can either support this transformation to strengthen health systems, or risk watching the health workforce collapse under mounting pressures. The #World_Health_Organization’s “COP29 Special Report on Climate Change and Health: Health is the Argument for #climate_action“ highlights the health sector’s role in climate action. Health professionals are eyewitnesses and first responders to climate impacts on people and communities firsthand – from escalating respiratory diseases to spreading infections and increasing humanitarian disasters. The report positions #health_workers as “trusted members of society” who are “uniquely positioned” to champion climate action. The context is stark: WHO projects a global shortage of (...)

#Global_health #climate_and_health #COP29_Special_Report_on_Climate_Change_and_Health:_Health_is_the_Argument_for_Climate_Action #HRH #leadership #local_action #Maria_Neira #resilience

Integrating #community-based_monitoring (CBM) into a comprehensive learning-to-action model
▻https://redasadki.me/2024/07/14/integrating-community-based-monitoring-cbm-into-a-comprehensive-learning-t

According to Gavi, “community-based monitoring” or “CBM” is a process where service users collect data on various aspects of health service provision to monitor program implementation, identify gaps, and collaboratively develop solutions with providers. By engaging service users, CBM aims to foster greater accountability and responsiveness to local needs. #The_Geneva_Learning_Foundation’s innovative learning-to-action model offers a compelling framework within which CBM could be applied to #immunization challenges. The model’s comprehensive design creates an enabling environment for effectively integrating diverse monitoring data sources – and this could include community perspectives. #health_workers as trusted community advisers… and members of the community A distinctive feature of TGLF’s (...)

#Global_health #continuous_learning #global_health #HRH #Human_resources_for_health #Immunization_Agenda_2030 #learning_strategy #zero-dose_children #Zero-Dose_Learning_Hub_ZDLH_

Women’s voices from the frontlines of health and humanitarian action
▻https://redasadki.me/2024/03/07/womens-voices-from-the-frontlines-of-health-and-humanitarian-action

GENEVA, Switzerland, 8 March 2024 – The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) is sharing a collection of stories titled “Women inspiring women”, shared by 177 women on the frontlines of health and humanitarian action. Download: The Geneva Learning Foundation. (2024). #Women_inspiring_women: #International_Women’s_Day 2024 (1.0). The Geneva Learning Foundation. ▻https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10783218 The collection is a vibrant tapestry of women’s voices from the frontlines of health and humanitarian action, woven together to showcase the resilience, passion, and leadership of women who are making a difference in the face of war, disease, and climate change. TGLF reached out to women in its global network of more than 60,000 #health_workers, inviting them to share their heartfelt advice and vision (...)

#Global_health #gender #global_health #HRH #IWD2024

Before, during, and after #COP28: #climate crisis and #health, through the eyes of #health_workers from Africa, Asia, and Latin America
▻https://redasadki.me/2023/11/29/before-during-and-after-cop28-climate-crisis-and-health-through-the-eyes-o

Samuel Chukwuemeka Obasi, a health professional from Nigeria: “Going back home to the community where I grew up as a child, I was shocked to see that most of the rivers we used to swim and fish in have all dried up, and those that are still there have become very shallow so that you can easily walk through a river you required a boat to cross in years past.” In July 2023, more than 1200 health workers from 68 countries shared their experiences of changes in climate and health, at a unique event designed to shed light on the realities of climate impacts on the health of the #communities they serve. Before, during and after COP28, we are sharing health workers’ observations and insights. Follow The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn how #climate_change is affecting health in multiple ways: (...)

#Events #Global_health #HRH #leadership