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Renée de Jong

@reneedejong.bsky.social
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Senior Advocacy Advisor Health and Nutrition @SaveTheChildren #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #GenderEquity - opinions are my own.

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Renée de Jong @reneedejong.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We’re at the #EB158 today to help ensure WHO delivers on its mandate to protect & promote child health worldwide. On the agenda: mental health, UHC/PHC, child nutrition, health economics, global health architecture & CSO engagement. Following EB158? Connect with us! @savechildrenintl.bsky.social
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WHO @who.int · 06/08/2025
Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination. #HealthForAll
Illustration of a woman standing in a lit doorway, casting a long shadow down a dark hallway. Text on the image reads: 'Restricting access to safe abortion drives women and girls to unsafe procedures.'
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Renée de Jong @reneedejong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Over 1,000 children have been killed. In one week. This genocide in Gaza must stop. ⬇️ Joint statement by World Health Organization and 5 other UN Agencies today. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza
Statement by heads of OCHA, UNICEF, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The way some Global North countries are othering and targetting international students and immigrants these days makes me better appreciate the term 'WALLED WORLD" bigthink.com/strange-maps...
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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In @devex.com Helen Clark and I reflect on "How we must rethink the future of women’s and children’s health" We posit that amid aid cuts, to sustain #WCAH, we must pivot to self-reliance, innovative funding, and global south leadership www.devex.com/news/opinion... #Devex
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Opinion: How we must rethink the future of women’s and children’s health
Amid aid cuts, to sustain women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health, the global health community must pivot to self-reliance, innovative funding, and global south leadership.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We need to make compassion great again
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10/12/2024
The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems. We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵
A chart in three parts showing data on child mortality to make the points that "The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time."
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Renée de Jong @reneedejong.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🚀 Applications are now open for the next cohort of the UN Youth Office #YoungLeaders (aged 15-35) for the SDGs! 🌍💪🏽 📅 Apply by 18 April 2025: www.un.org/youthaffairs... #SDGs #GlobalHealth #Youth
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Young Leaders for the SDGs | Youth Affairs
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/02/2025
Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
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Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
On top of the human cost, the US’s soft power and influence is disappearing. Russia and China will fill the void Amid the daily troubling news coming from the United States are the ongoing and increasingly damaging efforts by President Donald Trump,…
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Renée de Jong @reneedejong.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“The facts don’t lie: facts don’t work”. This timely and thought-provoking article by Maite Vermeulen, drawing on lessons from the advertising industry, made me rethink how I approach advocacy amidst the recent global developments.
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WHO @who.int · 24/01/2025
#HealthForAll For everyone. Everywhere.
Black text on white background. It reads:

With you, for you.
WHO remains committed to health for all.
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Giulia Gasparri @giuliagasparri.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
👏 @franciscoactivista.bsky.social por tu defensa del bienestar y los derechos de los niños y adolescentes, especialmente en el ámbito del cambio climático. It was💡to discuss how we can join forces to advocate for the rights children’s & adolescents’ in the climate crisis 🙌🙌@pmnch.bsky.social
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