Epidemiologist for City of Cape Town, Urban Health & NHI dreamer. Tweets are my own. she/her 🏳️🌈
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The moral injury clinicians of all kinds go through on a daily basis is heart wrenching
Professor Hamzah Mustak is a pioneering eye surgeon who resigned from Groote Schuur Hospital to make way for a junior specialist. However, his position was never filled as a result of budget cuts. Now, patients are left to suffer. #CarteBlanche @govanwhittles
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The Urban Health Programme and Monitoring Initiative, aims to inform relevant policies, programmes and projects going forward, and so positively influence health outcomes for communities.
See: bit.ly/3Iohj9t
#CTNews #CommunityServicesandHealth
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Cape Town Mayor @geordinhl has made his city’s health a priority, using the #Cities4Health network by @BloombergDotOrg @WHO and @VitalStrat to help address health policies within his community. Learn more about the work he's doing: theguardian.com/advertiser-c…
Fantastic representation from @CityofCT Mayor @geordinhl recognising the importance of a healthy, equitable City to achieve the vision of a City of Hope! Looking forward to the #cities4health summit in Cape Town next year!
For the Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, health is an equity issue. A new interview highlights his #NCD priorities as one of 73 mayors in the #Cities4Health network.
Read more: theguardian.com/advertiser-c… @BloombergDotOrg @WHO
Dr Natacha Berkowitz retweeted
For the Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, health is an equity issue. A new interview highlights his #NCD priorities as one of 73 mayors in the #Cities4Health network.
Read more: theguardian.com/advertiser-c… @BloombergDotOrg @WHO
What a fantastic week networking and sharing ideas for healthy city policy! Looking forward to the 2024 summit!
That’s a wrap! This week in Athens, Greece, 13 cities in the Partnership for Healthy Cities network swapped public health policy strategies and committed to #beatNCDs, reduce injuries—and save lives. #Cities4Health @BloombergDotOrg @WHO
I can’t explain how much I love this article. Not only because of the amazing humans interviewed but rather how it portrays us all as regular Joes- trying to do our best and escaping to Schitts Creek and a G&T when needed
I spoke to @Telegraph about my experience as a government epidemiologist during a pandemic.
I dedicate it to my wife. Without her constant support I could never have done what I did.
She and all partners of pandemic responders are unsung heroes. 🦸🏻♀️
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.@ProfKevinFenton sharing London Public healths journey to reducing health inequalities (which are all too familiar in the @CityofCT context), as well as the recovery plans from Covid-19 -which hold the community connection at the heart @BloombergDotOrg @VitalStrat #cities4health
Describing our cities and identifying the drivers to impact change. Political will and intergovernmental collaboration so important! @BloombergDotOrg @VitalStrat #cities4health
Opening plenaries @BloombergDotOrg @VitalStrat PHC summit in London- just look at all those cities! #cities4health @CityofCT
We need to invest in infrastructure and support for traders, especially those promoting east access to healthy foods.
Proud to be a City Leader! Such fantastic work being done across the globe with the support of @BloombergDotOrg and Partnership for Healthy Cities. Looking forward to continuing the great work! #cities4health #citylabs2022 @CityofCT
Our team has been at #CityLab2022 with partners including @BloombergDotOrg, @WHO and mayors in the Partnership for Healthy Cities. #cities4health
Wise words and a similar approach from my data colleagues in @CityofCT
As COVID spread, the importance of data moved into the public eye as never before.
@Greendrv, @baltdata, and Ming Tang of @NHSEngland sat down with @BiBlauer at #CityLab2022 to share how Chief Data Officers use data to solve their city’s toughest challenges.
“Deep immersive nature can counteract all Urban stressors” from world renowned Landscape architect Amanda Burden #cities4health #citylab2022 @BloombergDotOrg
What a privilege to Experience this..
.@walkwithamal -- a 12-ft puppet of a 10 year old refugee -- has traveled the world to raise awareness about young people displaced from their homes. At #CityLab2022 we heard about the ambitions of the project and its powerful impact so far.
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If we want to effectively tackle mental health, we need to embrace a public health approach that recognizes the social factors that contribute to mental illness and the ways the institutions in our communities can be activated and empowered to take action.
#WorldMentalHealthDay
Chief Heat officers from LA, Athens and Sierra Leone discussing the public health impact of heat in cities.. silent but most prevalent impact of climate change on our cities #citylab2022 @BloombergDotOrg #cities4health @CityofCT
Amsterdam #FemkeHalesma advocating for the necessary role of Cities in supporting the entrepreneurial citizen
#citylab2022
@BloombergDotOrg
Open plenary by @MikeBloomberg - sharing the message about the importance of Cities sharing knowledge, best practices and experiences to build better urban environments.
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@BloombergDotOrg
#cities4health
@VitalStrat
