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World Mental Health Day – October 10, 2021

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While the pandemic has made it increasingly difficult to find help for mental health illnesses in the past 18 months, these issues have been around for years, with many countries not offering mental health resources at all. WHO World Mental Health Day Campaign. Suicide Prevention Hotline : 1-800-273-8255.

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DHAGE identifies digital inclusion as key goal in building a resilient society

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Calls to action suggested by DHAGE include more inclusive and accessible health services by in-house and private sector companies, while barriers to digital services identified included a lack of digital skills and connectivity. WHY IT MATTERS. This would create a greater knowledge database.

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

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For example, Bangladesh’s National Disaster Management Plan 2021-2025 recognizes that persons with disabilities “are often overlooked and remain unrecognized, and current national [disaster management] systems and mechanisms require more emphasis on managing risks in an inclusive manner.”

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Vaccine credentials enabling wider progress on public health interoperability

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First announced in January 2021, the Vaccine Credential Initiative – co-founded by MITRE Corporation and others including Cerner, Change Healthcare, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and others – has made big progress over the past year-plus on new approaches to interoperable record-keeping.

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The Case for Procurement Transparency

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By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. This, critically, could have helped save lives.

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HIMSS22 Europe: ‘We need to develop eco-friendly digital health’

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of the world’s net greenhouse gas emissions come from the healthcare sector – double those from the airline industry. ” Healthcare without Harm produced a global roadmap in 2021, which lies out three pathways where hospitals can make improvements. These emissions directly lead to global warming.

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Calling for Holistic Maternal Care to Address Racial Disparities: The Role of Midwives and Doulas

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The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1,205 women died due to childbirth-associated health complications in 2021, up from 754 in 2019. is the most dangerous place to be born in in the developed world. According to the U.S. Further, the U.S.