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@WHO @UNICEF @HelenClarkNZ @ABanerjeeWHO @DrTedros @unicefchief @Sarah_Dlish @DinaBalabanova @richardhorton1 @ashageorge72 @sunitanar @globalhlthtwit @markskeptic @KarinEEStenberg @MariamClaeson @MagaliRomedenne 📢Publishing tonight at 2330 h GMT and launching tomorrow at @WHO! A major new report from @WHO @unicef & @TheLancet detailing critical, emerging risks to #childhealth & calling for urgent action 📹Watch live from 1pm GMT/1400 CET hubs.ly/H0mYK5x0 💻#FutureChild

Interesting numbers about the ecological impact of formula feeding via @IssopOrg @UNICEF

ISSOP2019 presentations are now available issop.org/2019/11/03/iss…

#FHS Professor @mfouad61 sharing his experience as a researcher from the Middle East on the #challenges and barriers to conducting #research in conflict zones. #ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @AUB_Lebanon @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

Dr. @achiumento @LivUni explores the ethical issues in #research involving #children in #conflict settings #ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

Dr. Freeman: empirical studies support views that arms trade increase the risk but not necessarily cause conflict. Regardless of evidence on “causation”, the role of #arms production and #trade as an enabler of #conflict is hard to deny. #ISSOP2019 @smhwpf @CAATuk @IssopOrg

Prof. Tilman Ruff @tilmanaruff, ICAN’s co-founder, presenting on the planetary health imperative to eliminate nuclear #weapons. #ISSOP2019 #nuclearban #nuclearweapons @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @nuclearban @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

Dr. Özmert: “the #challenges faced while conducting research include legislations, language, forced #migration, #war crimes, #culture and beliefs, difficulty of access to countries for independent investigators” #ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @AUB_Lebanon @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

#HappeningNow: parallel sessions on research methods, #publichealth response, and identifying #torture and abuse among #children in #conflict zones, as well as a pilot study in #Yemen by @save_children #ISSOP2019

.@Dima_Bteddini: The main problematic issues we have been facing in our #research include: confidentiality and security, factors of distrust and fear, recruitment, stakeholders, and #communication difficulties due to language or illiteracy... #ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg

@lizWWyld @doctorsanjay @PHE_uk @LSHTM @BSACandJAC @bpaiig @HelenEBedford Vaccine hesitancy discussions here at #ISSOP2019 : hesitancy can’t be addressed through education & training alone-what we say as health professionals really matters. Communication is key! IPA have a fab training programme for HCPs @IssopOrg @IPAWorldorg

Dr. Sam-Perlo Freeman @smhwpf of @caatuk joining #live to address the role of global arms trade in fueling #conflict. “The size of international arms trade is uncertain due to limited data. However, it’s probably around $100billion per year.” #ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

Kicking off day 2 of #ISSOP2019 meeting with a presentation by Dr. Motee Ashhab on his personal and professional reflections on living and practicing paediatrics in a #conflict zone @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

#FHS professor @DrSamarHajj presenting on paediatric burns among #refugee communities in #Lebanon. #ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

Health professionals and practitioners concluding day 1 of #ISSOP2019 meeting with parallel oral presentation sessions addressing different topics on the #children #rights, #health and #wellbeing in armed #conflict. #ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

Marit Sijbrandij and Kelly McBride @save_children present on “Psychological assessments as innovative global tools for #health professionals” #ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

Parallel session is held by Daniel Martinez and Nikola Morton @MSF on #humanitarian responses in #conflict zones: Humanitarian paediatrics goes beyond health. It’s about education, protection, childcare, welfare, stimulation and integration. #ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

Be part of the @IssopOrg 2019 Annual Meeting at #AUB in collaboration with @ISPCAN and @lebpedsoc, and contribute to discussions over a strategy for the protection of children impacted by wars, occupations, and armed conficts More about the conference bit.ly/2MbyHSX #FHS

“I am free but I don’t feel free” Dr. @JassiSandhar presenting experiences of #child #soldiers in Northern #Uganda. #ISSOP2019 #childsoldiers @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

#HappeningNow session on “engaging the voice of #children- generating resilience and resistance” youth are sharing their experience at the peer educators for Beit Atfal Assumoud @MedicalAidPal program in #Lebanon #ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @JeffreyGoldhag1 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees