Agnes Offenberg

.#Vaccines, antibiotics, antiviral medications and anti-inflammatory drugs are all associated with a reduced risk of #dementia. upi.com/Health_News/20…

@chris_stoffer Kindersterftecijfer is gestegen!

Onderaan de streep heeft het Amerikaanse volk gekozen voor beleid dat rekening houdt met de waarde van ongeboren leven en Israël. Dat stemt dankbaar. We wensen de VS en haar president wijsheid en Gods zegen! 🇺🇸 #verkiezingen2024

Music is therapy for our patients in South Sudan ♫ Listen to the music and learn how our teams are improving mental healthcare for people in Lankien 👇

“Vulnerable newborns and sick and wounded children in need of intensive care are being killed in tents, in incubators and in the arms of their parents.” Full statement from @UNICEFmena's @AdeleKhodr on the decimation of newborn care in the Gaza Strip: uni.cf/3UGdCm9

Je 18e verjaardag hoort groot feest te zijn, maar voor sommige jongeren is het een nachtmerrie. Ze verliezen hun vertrouwde hulpverleners en belanden soms zelfs op straat. Daarom álle steun voor de oproep: haal de harde grens van 18 uit de jeugdwet! 🙌🏽 generationyouthcare.nl/nieuws/samen-v…

The new @WHO report on #tuberculosis (TB) shows: - 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 – the highest number recorded since 1995; - TB-related deaths declined for a second consecutive year, as access to services continues to improve; - multidrug-resistant TB remains a serious challenge. The fact that TB still kills and sickens so many people is an outrage, when we have the tools to prevent, detect, treat, and #EndTB.

Shortly after the @WHO-led mission to Kamal Adwan Hospital yesterday, the facility's third floor was reportedly hit again, injuring six children who are patients there. One child sustained a critical injury. Water tanks were damaged. Heavy bombardment persisted very close to the hospital, including when WHO was delivering aid. It is appalling that hospitals in #Gaza continue to be attacked, patients continue to be harmed, and health workers and humanitarians continue to work under life-threatening conditions.

There is simply no alternative to @UNRWA. The ban of UNRWA will not make #Israel safer, it will only deepen the suffering of the people of #Gaza and increase the risk of disease outbreaks and other health issues.

Iran’s authorities must immediately & unconditionally release the university student who was violently arrested on 2 Nov after she removed her clothes in protest against abusive enforcement of compulsory veiling by security officials at Tehran's Islamic Azad University. 1/2

The situation unfolding in northern #Gaza is apocalyptic. I join the @iascch leaders in urging, yet again, all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians, and call on #Israel to cease its assault on Gaza and on the humanitarians trying to help — there is no alternative to @UNRWA. Our full statement:

Energetic start to #GNLI Day 5 with presentations and group discussions by @WHO regions on storytelling and effective messaging, as well as best practices on interviewing and communicating at the top tables. @djmasonrn #nursingleadership

ICN CEO @HowardCatton shares concerns of #nurses about @UNRWA ban.

A fabulous group of #GNLI2024 scholars who I am absolutely confident will provide transformational nursing leadership because I’ve seen and heard what they have already achieved.

#GNLI #Geneva week Day 6 begins with enthusiastic scholars’ mock presentations of regional projects followed by sessions on Influencing the #globalhealth agenda & The global #healthcareworkforce, as well as GNLI Alumni panel discussions ! @djmasonrn @maggedyann #nursingleadership

Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda outlines his plan to force states to report on women’s miscarriages and abortions.

Starting early in Geneva at ICN-GNLI this morning. Excited to be representing Wales with 28 other countries. @ICNurses Fab to see my great colleagues @agnesoff #GNLI2024

Medical needs are overwhelming in Gaza. In the four weeks since opening our second field hospital in Deir Al Balah, we carried out 10,962 outpatient consultations, 40% of whom were children under 14. Today, our teams expanded activities to include paediatric hospitalisation. We already see many children suffering from skin and respiratory tract infections - a direct result of the dire living conditions in the overcrowded camps. With winter approaching, we anticipate being overwhelmed by the number of severely ill children requiring specialised care. “We are treating children with illnesses related to their dire living conditions, but when they leave the hospital, they return to the same place that is making them ill. It’s a vicious cycle that can only improve with a ceasefire now,” says Sakib Burza, MSF Hospital Director. Getting enough medical supplies into Gaza to open the paediatric activities has been extremely complicated. Israeli authorities must urgently simplify and speed up administrative procedures to be able to get aid through Gaza as people desperately need it. Field hospitals are not a solution, but a last resort in response to Israel’s destruction of the healthcare system. Almost 100,000 people have been injured since the beginning of the war while only 17 out of 36 hospitals are now partially functioning.

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WHO has reported 516 attacks on healthcare in Gaza over the past year. Any fighting, bombings and shelling in the immediate vicinity or grounds of a hospital are unacceptable. MSF calls on all warring parties to protect medical staff, health facilities and patients at all times.

This comes one day after an Israeli airstrike hit a mosque right next to the hospital. Over the past months, the Al Aqsa hospital compound and its surroundings have been repeatedly hit, while it is one of the only 17 hospitals still partially functional in the Strip.