Sandra Smiley (she/her)

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Depuis jeudi, nous constatons une recrudescence des combats entre le M23 et les FARDC ainsi que leurs alliés, dans le territoire de #Masisi au #NordKivu. Ces derniers affrontements ont provoqué des déplacements de population.

UN experts horrified by blatant disregard for health rights in #Gaza following deadly raid on Kamal Adwan hospital and the arbitrary arrest & detention of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

1 month in hospital: $30k 1 month in prison: $10k 1 month in shelter: $7k 1 month in social housing: $4k The solution is clear, and so is the cost of inaction. The question is, which will we choose to pay for? theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… @globeandmail

glad to write an article for the @globeandmail about hospital crowding/wait times and how the public can show up for ERs instead of in them. one day, we won't need the rooms, and the medicine will come to us. until then, here are some things you can do: #comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

If you need the ER this holiday season, don’t fret – but do read this first, by @jamesmaskalyk theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via @GlobeDebate

"At the policy level, during COVID we had vaccines being processed within six to seven months. But today, mpox has come & you don’t see the same urgency in trying to bring it under control. We have dengue fever & we don’t hear the same urgency." - @laktarr001 #healthequity

Canadian doctors warned to be on the lookout for scurvy by Mike Crawley @CBCQueensPark for @CBCNews Find the case in this week's issue here ➡️cmaj.ca/content/196/33… cbc.ca/news/health/sc…

Medical services are protected under international law. But there is growing concern attacks on health-care workers, patients and facilities are being normalised as part of war. @OurANU #Echobox=1727651434" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theconversation.com/attacks-on-hea…

Finding graves is not enough; Inuit survivors of #TB sanatoriums need healing journeys by Naomi Tatty @seechangeinit #healthequity theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

"These days, @kaylee_byers looks at rat management more from a 'social justice' perspective. That’s because close contact with [rats] tends to be more pervasive among the unhoused & precariously housed in low-income areas like the Downtown Eastside." #mentalhealth #healthequity

"@MathieuJPP said that in North America & Europe, people have been using antibiotics & other antimicrobials at far higher rates than elsewhere in the world: 'In many ways we are contributing more to the problem, while not even dealing with the worst of the consequences.'"

"Health research incorporating a human rights lens can drive the climate-health agenda forward." Climate Adaptation and Human Rights: Potential Directions for Health Advocacy and Research, by @sandraqsmiley & Michele Heisler: hhrjournal.org/2024/07/climat… #ClimateAction #humanrights

As adaptation to #climatechange has important health & #humanrights implications, it must remain top-of-mind as climate policy is made. @MicheleHeisler & I outline 3 issues at this nexus on which +++health research & advocacy are needed: hhrjournal.org/2024/07/climat… via @hhrjournal

#HHR Climate adaptation & #HumanRights @sandraqsmiley @MicheleHeisler identify 3 areas of #healthrights research urgently needed in adaptation hhrjournal.org/2024/07/climat…

If you haven't already, make sure to check out Episode 3 of our podcast - Not If, But When - with #Mpox back in the news. Dr Rosamund Lewis, Technical Lead, global mpox response, @WHO, updates us on the current situation. 🔗 bit.ly/3VGJW8p

@WHO info states that monkeypox virus (MPXV) is transmissible through face-to-face contact and respiratory secretions with or without physical contact. @WHO is supporting DRC @SanteMinistre for transmission studies to better understand mpox who.int/multi-media/de…

The killing, detention and enforced disappearance of health workers in #Gaza, in parallel with the systematic attacks and destruction of hospitals and other medical facilities, has had a devastating impact on the people of Gaza. #HumanRights #CeasefireNow reliefweb.int/report/occupie…

"We know how to keep people cool... it really is a resource problem" Extreme heat is a global killer — & worse for our health than previously thought, new research shows by @theanandram, @benshingler & @LaurenPelley #climatechange #healthequity cbc.ca/news/health/he…