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Christopher Strebel

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Strategic Advisor, EPFL | Strategy, AI & partnerships. Former WHO digital transformation lead: scaled digital to 1.3B+ COVID visits & supported $1.3B+ health financing. UNESCO, Ecolint, Cornell & NYU | #Health #AI #DigitalStrategy #Philanthropy 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️

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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Expanding access to lifesaving sickle cell treatment and care. Sickle cell disease contributed to an estimated 81 100 deaths among children under 5 in 2021. WHO is working to close that gap, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 80% of cases occur. www.who.int/news/item/01... #SickleCell
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WHO moves to expand access to lifesaving sickle cell treatment and care for children
Sickle cell disease contributed to an estimated 81 100 deaths among children under five in 2021. WHO is working to close that gap, pairing updated clinical guidance with new efforts to make quality-as...
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Tom Kiefer @thogek.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Wouldn't it be funny if this grew into a trend? "Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ #engineers after #AI falls short": techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/f... 🤖🧹🧓
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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short | TechCrunch
"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
World No Tobacco Day - 31 May 2026 Unmask the appeal – countering tobacco and nicotine addiction. #TobaccoExposed www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
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World No Tobacco Day 2026
Unmask the appeal – countering tobacco and nicotine addiction. Tobacco and nicotine industries design their products to get young people stuck in a cycle of addiction. The grip of tobacco and nicotine...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Overlooked Decisions of the 79th World Health Assembly. -Stop stealing our health workers! -A stroke of progress -Remote radiology to the rescue -Where’s the money? -Cold War-era guidelines updated and more... #PublicHealth healthpolicy-watch.news/the-forgotte...
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The Overlooked Decisions Of The 79th World Health Assembly - Health Policy Watch
The resolution explicitly recalls last year's resolution on the health effects of nuclear war, a text the World Health Assembly fought bitterly over before
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sales of nicotine pouches increased by more than 50% from previous year in 2024. Nicotine pouch are being aggressively marketed to adolescents and young people. In many countries regulations around these pouches is limited or absent. #tobacco www.who.int/news/item/15...
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WHO warns nicotine pouch brands targeting youth as sales surge
The World Health Organization (WHO) today issues a strong warning over the rapid global expansion of nicotine pouch products, which are being aggressively marketed to adolescents and young people. WHO...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"SHAKE the salt habit"- revamped. The SHAKE package is full of proven policies to help governments reduce high salt consumption. #PublicHealth www.who.int/news/item/12...
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WHO launches revamped SHAKE package to help reduce salt intake
The World Health Organization (WHO) releases the second edition of SHAKE the salt habit, a technical package for sodium reduction, to support countries in accelerating efforts to reduce high salt cons...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Algeria becomes the 29th country to eliminate trachoma! Affecting the eye, trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. The disease remains endemic in 30 countries & is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of 1.9 million people. www.who.int/news/item/23...
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Algeria eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Algeria as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the 10th country in WHO’s African Region and the 29th country globally to ...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Countries prepare for Antimicrobial Resistance outbreaks in health-care facilities. #PublicHealth #AMR www.who.int/news-room/fe...
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Helping countries prepare for AMR outbreaks in health-care facilities
For WHO, engagement with leading collaborating centres deepened the technical foundations of its AMR outbreak preparedness work, accelerated scale‑up across multiple Member States, and reinforced its ...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Big progress in health policies for refugees & migrants. WHO is reporting a major shift in how countries are responding to the health needs of refugees and migrants. New data shows 60+ countries, now include health policies for refugees & migrants. #PublicHealth www.who.int/news/item/26...
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Encouraging progress in inclusive health policies for refugees and migrants
WHO reports a major shift in how countries are responding to the health needs of refugees and migrants, with new data showing more than 60 countries – two thirds of those surveyed – now include them i...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Progress in reducing child deaths is slowing. An estimated 4.9 million children died before their 5th birthday in 2024. Most of these deaths are preventable with proven, low-cost treatment and access to quality health care. #PublicHealth www.who.int/news/item/18...
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Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children die before age five
An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new estimates released today. Most of these deaths are preventable with proven,...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A reliable pipeline with new antibacterial agents that are accessible to all those who need them is urgently needed. #PublicHealth www.who.int/news/item/11...
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WHO releases new target product profiles for urgently needed antibiotics
We need a reliable pipeline with new antibacterial agents that are innovative, affordable, accessible to all those who need them.Dr Yvan Hutin/ Director of Antimicrobial Resistance at WHOThe World Hea...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Communities are improving social and economic protection for health preparedness and response. www.who.int/news/item/06...
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Communities at the centre: advancing social and economic protection for preparedness and response
Communities are at the centre of health emergencies across all hazards, as well as need- and risk-based interventions. Many countries are facing multiple and/or prolonged crises concurrently, posing s...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to have eliminated leprosy. Even though leprosy is often thought of as a biblical disease it still occurs in more than 120 countries, with around 200 000 new cases reported every year. #PublicHealth #leprosy www.who.int/news/item/04...
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Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to be verified by WHO for the elimination of leprosy
WHO, together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), congratulates Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas – and the second globally – to be officially verified as having elimi...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Hearing loss affects around 90 million children and adolescents aged 5-19 years, across all parts of the world . However, it commonly remains undetected, especially in low-resource settings. Act now so no child is left behind due to ear or hearing problems. www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
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World Hearing Day 2026
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Next-generation influenza vaccines could save millions of lives. Each year, there are around a billion cases of seasonal influenza globally, with 3 - 5 million cases leading to severe illness and an 290 000 - 650 000 deaths from respiratory complications. #vaccines www.who.int/news/item/18...
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Next-generation influenza vaccines could save millions of lives, finds WHO
Next generation influenza vaccines that provide broader and longer-lasting protection than existing seasonal vaccines, could play a vital role in reducing the global burden of influenza, according to ...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Conflict and instability increase maternal mortality. Nearly 67% of all maternal deaths 🌍 occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility. www.who.int/news/item/17...
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Conflict and instability make pregnancy more dangerous
This brief aligns the latest maternal mortality estimates with whether a country is conflict-affected or considered institutionally fragile. Nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
One in two people facing cataract blindness need access to life-changing surgery. Vision impairment is an enormous financial burden, the annual global cost to productivity is estimated to be US$ 411 billion. #PublicHealth www.who.int/news/item/11...
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One in two people facing cataract blindness need access to life-changing surgery
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate efforts to ensure that millions of people living with cataract can access simple, sight‑restoring surgery – one of the most effect...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
4.5 million girls, many under the age of 5, are at risk of being forced into female genital mutilation. Currently, more than 230 million girls and women are living with the lifelong consequences. International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. www.who.int/news/item/05...
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Over four million girls still at risk of female genital mutilation: UN leaders call for sustained commitment and investment to end FGM
Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights and cannot be justified on any grounds. It compromises girls’ and women’s physical and mental health and can lead to serious, lifelong complica...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
WHO urges schools worldwide to promote healthy eating for children. Today, an estimated 466 million children receive school meals globally, yet there remains limited information available about the nutritional quality of the food they are served. www.who.int/news/item/27...
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WHO urges schools worldwide to promote healthy eating for children
Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which released a new global guideline on evidence-based policies an...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Renewed commitment to a leprosy-free world. Leprosyis is one of the world's oldest diseases, but can be cured with multidrug therapy (MDT). WHO has collaborated with Novartis since 2000 to provide MDT, free of cost, to all leprosy patients worldwide. #NTDs #Leprosy www.who.int/news/item/21...
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WHO renews commitment to a leprosy-free world, spotlighting partnership and progress ahead of World Leprosy Day
Access to treatment for leprosy is essential to global efforts to eliminate leprosy, says the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of World Leprosy Day, to be observed on 25 January.
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Sugary drinks 🥤 and alcoholic beverages 🍹 are getting cheaper, due to consistently low tax rates in most countries. These drinks are fueling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers and injuries in children and young adults. www.who.int/news/item/13...
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Cheaper drinks will see a rise in noncommunicable diseases and injuries
In two new global reports released today, WHO is calling on governments to significantly strengthen taxes on sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages.
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A major milestone 🎯: people needing treatment for trachoma (the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness) have dropped below 100 million for the first time ever! #PublicHealth #NTDs www.who.int/news/item/06...
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Global population requiring interventions against trachoma falls below 100 million for the first time
The number of people requiring interventions against trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, has fallen below 100 million for the first time since global records began.
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
WHO validates Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This accomplishment reflects Brazil’s long-standing commitment to universal & free access to health services. #PublicHealth #HIV www.who.int/news/item/18...
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WHO validates Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Brazil for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, making it the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this histori...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New flu strain putting severe pressure on healthcare across Europe. At least 27 of 38 countries in WHO’s European region are reporting high or very high flu activity. #flu #influenza www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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New flu strain putting severe pressure on healthcare across Europe, says WHO
At least 27 of 38 countries in WHO’s European region are reporting high or very high influenza activity, body says
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Expert group’s new analysis reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism. Evidence based on 31 primary research studies, published between 2010 & 2025, strongly supports the positive safety of vaccines used during childhood and pregnancy. #autism #vaccines www.who.int/news/item/11...
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WHO expert group’s new analysis reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism
New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has found that, based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The conclusio...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Tracking universal health coverage: 2025 🌍 global monitoring report. Key numbers: * almost 20% of people are living in poverty or pushed deeper into it due to health expenses (1.6 billion) * over 50% of people lack access to health services (4.6 billion). #health www.who.int/news/item/06...
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Most countries make progress towards universal health coverage, but major challenges remain, WHO–World Bank report finds
A new joint report from WHO and the World Bank Group reveals that most countries – across all income levels and regions – have made concurrent progress in expanding health service coverage and reducin...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New tools saved a million lives from malaria last year. Progress is also being made in eliminating malaria. To date, a total of 47 countries and 1 territory have been certified malaria-free by WHO. www.who.int/news/item/04...
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New tools saved a million lives from malaria last year but progress under threat as drug resistance rises
This year’s report provides a critical and up-to-date snapshot of efforts to control and eliminate malaria across 80 countries. The report also presents the threat posed by antimalarial resistance and...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Infertility is estimated to affect 1 in 6 people of reproductive age at some point in their lives. WHO issues first global guideline on infertility. www.who.int/news/item/28...
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WHO issues first global guideline on infertility
The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on countries to make fertility care safer, fairer and more affordable for all in its first-ever global guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and trea...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Act Now: Eliminate Cervical Cancer, accelerate impact toward these 2030 targets: 90% of girls vaccinated against HPV by age 15; 70% of women screened by age 35 and again at 45; 90% of women with cervical disease receiving treatment. www.who.int/news/item/17...
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World marks cervical cancer elimination day as countries accelerate action
Today marks the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day – mandated by the World Health Assembly – a historic milestone in global efforts to end a preventable cancer.
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the 🌍’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives. But models show that long-term cuts to international funding could result in up to 2 million additional TB deaths between 2025 and 2035. #TB www.who.int/news/item/12...
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Global gains in tuberculosis response endangered by funding challenges
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives and affecting an estimated 10.7 million people last year, according to the WHO Global Tuberc...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Egypt eliminates trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma remains a public health problem in 30 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people. #trachoma www.who.int/news/item/12...
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Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, marking a historic public health milestone for the country and WHO’s Eas...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The WHO Bulletin confirms that traditional medicine continues to be a vital health resource for billions of people worldwide. But <1% of global health research funding is dedicated to traditional medicine and undermines efforts to build the required evidence base. www.who.int/news/item/07...
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WHO Bulletin special issue on traditional medicine
In the run up to the 2nd WHO Global Summit in Traditional Medicine, 17-29 December in New Delhi and online, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a special issue dedicated t...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Globally, it is estimated that 14.3% 10–19-year-olds experience mental health conditions, yet these remain largely unrecognized and untreated. As a result, UN agencies call out to advance child and youth mental health policy. www.who.int/news/item/07...
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Joint call to strengthen policy and investment for child and youth mental health and well-being
Despite increasing recognition of mental health across UN policy frameworks, children and youth remain largely absent from global commitments, data systems, and financing priorities.
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WHO @who.int · 06/11/2025
Not all medicines are equal ⏱️ Some need to be taken at a certain time 🍽️ Some need to be taken with food 🍂 Some may interact with herbal remedies #MedSafetyWeek
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The World Health Organization releases new guidance for countries to counter severe cuts to funding, which is disrupting the delivery of essential health services in many places. #PublicHealth www.who.int/news/item/03...
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WHO issues guidance to address drastic global health financing cuts
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance for countries on ways to counter the immediate and long-term effects of sudden and severe cuts to external funding, which are disrupting...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year. www.who.int/news/item/29...
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Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year, warns new Lancet Countdown report
WHO and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognized as the most powerful driver of climate action, as a new global report released today warns that continued ove...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
1️⃣ What a great day at the Swiss Digital Leadership Forum 2025 in Brugg: full of ideas, energy, and inspiring people shaping the next chapter of digital transformation in Switzerland. 💡🇨🇭 #DigitalLeadership #Transformation
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
South Africa launches National Action Plan to protect millions from substandard and falsified medical products. www.who.int/news/item/26...
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South Africa launches National Action Plan to protect millions from substandard and falsified medical products
On 30 September 2025, South Africa launched its National Action Plan (NAP) to address the persistent threat of substandard and falsified medical products, marking a significant step toward safeguardin...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Health Works Leaders Coalition promotes health system investments and spurs economic growth and job creation. www.who.int/news/item/17...
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Health Works Leaders Coalition launched to promote health system investments and spur economic growth, job creation
This global alliance brings together health and finance ministers, philanthropic organizations, business leaders, leaders of global health agencies, and civil society representatives with the aim of p...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
People I interact with most often on Bluesky. Thanking them all. @gmf1369.bsky.social @journeyled1.bsky.social @atoth99.bsky.social @tammyjo408.bsky.social @sassysister27.bsky.social @jim-c.bsky.social @theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Turning apple waste into profit and protein. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Turning apple waste into profit and protein | Cornell Chronicle
Mmm, what's in these meatballs? A secret ingredient that would improve human health as well as apple producers' bottom line.
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Maldives is the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’: mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B. #PublicHealth 🛟 #HIV #Hepatitis www.who.int/news/item/13...
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Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
In a landmark public health achievement, WHO has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for EMTC...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics. “Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said Dr Tedros. www.who.int/news/item/13...
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WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
World Mental Health Day serves is a reminder that there is no health without mental health. This WMHD focuses on the urgent need to support the mental health & psychosocial needs of people in humanitarian emergencies. 🚑 #PublicHealth #MentalHealth www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
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World Mental Health Day 2025
Find out about this year's World Mental Health Day campaign (10 October) and how you can get involved.
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
WHO tobacco trends report: 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco. A new global report shows the # tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024. www.who.int/news/item/06...
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WHO tobacco trends report: 1 in 5 adults still addicted to tobacco
The world is smoking less, but the tobacco epidemic is far from over. A new WHO global report shows the number of tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024. Yet, tobac...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
New recommendations aim to end preventable deaths from postpartum haemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal mortality. Earlier detection and faster intervention could save tens of thousands of lives every year. #PublicHealth, #MaternalHealth www.who.int/news/item/05...
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Global health agencies issue new recommendations to help end deaths from postpartum haemorrhage
Through landmark new guidelines released today, leading reproductive health agencies are calling for a major shift in how postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is prevented, diagnosed and treated. The recommen...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Latest report release on antibacterial agents in clinical and preclinical development, and on diagnostics that are already available or in the pipeline. "But the pipeline of new treatments & diagnostics is insufficient to tackle... drug-resistant bacterial infections." www.who.int/news/item/02...
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WHO releases new reports on new tests and treatments in development for bacterial infections
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its latest reports on antibacterial agents in clinical and preclinical development, and on diagnostics that are already available or in the pipeline ...
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Christopher Strebel @c-strebel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over 1 billion people at risk. But only 28% of low-income countries report having the recommended hypertension medicines. www.who.int/news/item/23...
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Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over a billion people at risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its second Global hypertension report, showing that 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024, yet just over one in five have it under contr...
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