Associate Director, UNICEF
Bronxville, NY
Joined June 2017
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Who #finance health?
Since 2000 a consistent increase in total spending on health in most countries, though a proportional decline in 2020 even though the per capita expenditure increased #CPHIA2023
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Infection Prevention is key #CPHIA2023 . #Water and #sanitation, infection #prevention, #immunization, rational use of antibiotics, and #diagnosis are essential to prevent infectious disease outbreaks. #UNICEF can do more for #Children
Pandemic Financing in Africa #CPHIA2023 No country is the world is completely ready for pandemics, and #Africa is worse. #UNICEF supports countries to be ready for #EveryChild.
The future of global health partnership #GHI at #CPHIA2023. The Lusaka agenda ~ Vision statement: all partners support country led effort to sustain UHC. Five shifts 1. #PHC at center, 2. domestic financed health service, 3. Equity, 4. Collaboration and 5. African R&D
Official launch of African continental coordination mechanism on 27 Nov 2023 at #CPHIA2023 hosted by #Zambia. #UNICEF will cochair the monitoring sub committee with Cote d’ivore.
Community Health Works #CPHIA2023
#UNICEF is committed to support #AfricaCDC and its member states to add 2 million #CHWs in Africa to reach every #Child for better health and nutrition outcomes. Support #PHC at last mile.
Delighted to catch up with colleagues from @AECID_es to assess our ongoing partnership in promoting children health and well-being. Explored areas where @UNICEF and @AECID_es can further collaborate to build a resilient health systems #ForEveryChild.
Pleased to meet Mr. Antón Leis García at the sidelines of the Global Pneumonia Forum. @UNICEF partnership with @AECID_es #ForEveryChild continues to deliver results for children across the globe on priority areas for children.
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The shortage of infant formula signals an opportunity for the USA to start a debate on #breastfeeding
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1000 baby hats reached 20 countries @unicefAfghanistan, @unicefDRC, @unicefNigeria, @unicefPakistan, @unicefEthiopia, @unicefMadagascar, @unicefKenya, @unicefSierraLeone, @unicefBurundi, @unicefLesotho, @unicefTanzania, @unicefUganda, @unicefSouthSudan, @joylawn, @robyncalde,
Unicef stays in Afghanistan in 13 field offices and Kabul to support essential and life saving services. @guptavineeta @UNICEFhealth @action_tweets @RESULTS_AU @HealthBarr @Gulalai_Ismail #MNCH
The scrutiny we have over #COVID 19 #vaccines can be used to exam the nearly 10 million annual #maternal #newborn deaths, #stillbirth, #child #mortality, nearly all #preventable.
@Unicef among first responders and in @Lebanon, a lot more we can do for mothers children and families.
UNICEF team at Beirut airport supporting with the logistics of a donation from Sanofi Foundation to @mophleb: 10,000 doses of tetanus vaccine, emergency anesthetic antibiotics, pain killers and other health supplies for direct distribution to hospitals
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It is time to invest more in the basic infrastructure of health facilities to allow infection prevention and control. We should deploy what we have while developing vaccines for Covid 19.
@UNICEF and @WHO launched #communityhealth guideline in #COVID-19 to improve MNCH services for the most vulnerable.
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From #Afghanistan to #Ethiopia, the two week field trips confirm the first #1000days between #pregnancy, #neonatal and 48 months of a #child remains a critical period to @savelives to meet #SDG3 target.
On the ground at an IDP camp near Herat western #Afghanistan. @UNICEFAfg supports basic #health services. In #emergencies. Great partnership! But a lot more to be done to further reduce #maternal #newborn and #childmortality. @UNICEFGulf
