Supporting health equity and rights is fundamental to @CARE's mission of empowering women/girls, promoting social justice, and reducing poverty.
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Breaking news! CARE's health work is expanding, and we have changed our team name to reflect that change! Instead of SRHR, we are now the HEALTH, EQUITY & RIGHTS (HER) team. Note that our twitter handle has changed, too. 1/
Can response to #COVID19 reinforce rather than overload the #health system🤔? We think so! Learn how @CARE #Tanzania partnered with government authorities for integrated, sustainable disease response ⚕️Our latest publication here!👉joghr.org/article/31594-wher… @CARETanzania @sssikder
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"The key role of community health workers in crisis response—from Ebola to #COVID19—cannot be overstated." @MaEllenSirleaf & @JNkengasong of @AfricaCDC
Investing in the health workforce—70% of whom are women—is crucial to #EndCOVIDEverywhere. Via @devex devex.com/news/opinion-how-h…
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“Definitely, #India is of priority [for donors]. And I understand: This is not a competition; there is a need, too. However, at the same time, we cannot deny the fact that #Nepal is definitely going through a similar situation,” Mona Sherpa, @CareNepal.
thenewhumanitarian.org/news/…
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"In many less developed nations, though, the virus is raging on, sometimes out of control, while vaccinations are happening far too slowly to protect even the most vulnerable."
No one is safe until everyone is safe. #COVID19 #VaccineForAll
nytimes.com/2021/05/05/world…
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Today on #DayoftheMidwife, we celebrate the courage and compassion of #midwives around the world🧡👏
Learn how midwives are providing life-saving reproductive health services in war-torn Taiz, #Yemen >> storymaps.arcgis.com/stories… #MidwivesDay #Midwife
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It's time for the international community to step up, or the situation in #India will get much worse. CARE has worked in India for over 70 years and @careindia is already responding on the ground. You can help too, by donating today >> careint.uk/32SpZQQ
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The new #SRH toolkit from @IAWG_RH @WHO @UNFPA helps to:
✅Guide humanitarian partners in planning to transition from the #MISP to comprehensive #reprohealth services
✅ Train facilitators in how to run the planning workshop successfully
bit.ly/2QYm56k
M-health technologies are helping health workers in India to provide #maternalhealth services for hard-to-reach and vulnerable communities. | via @NPRGoatsandSoda npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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@PathfinderInt & @HealthAtCARE are implementing #Actwithher to combat this horrific #HTP. The project is in a unique position to meaningfully engage adolescents and #ENDFGM in extremely impoverished areas of Ethiopia.2/3 @GAGE_programme @gatesfoundation
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Today, @CARE & @UNFPA reaffirmed their joint commitment to women and girls through a virtual launch of their MOU.
Together, with women and girls at the forefront, change is undeniable! youtu.be/37uOo_PZpdw
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Today, on #WorldHealthDay2021 we celebrate frontline health workers around the world protecting communities from #COVID19!
We also call countries to invest in a fast and fair global #vaccine distribution because no one is safe until everyone is safe > care.org/news-and-stories/he…
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“We direly needed PPE & sterilisers as the market ran out. Thanks to @decappeal & CARE, nursery & labs are now working safely.” - Dr. Hadi, director of #Amran Maternity&Child Hospital in #Yemen
Providing #PPE prevents the spread of #COVID19 in health facilities.
#WorldHealthDay
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No matter what we spend on vials of vaccines, it will all be worthless if those vaccines don’t make it into patients. Women health workers are our best shot. #WHWWeek care.org/news-and-stories/he…
Register for Apr 8 Briefing for Congress on HEALTH WORKERS: FRONTLINES OF GLOBAL COVID-19 RESPONSE. 11:30 am – 12:30 pm; Speakers include @MadhuDeshmukh, IntraHealth's @PollyDunford & CARE's Our Best Shot report will be featured. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @FHWCoalition
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Respecting human rights, equality and leadership for women health workers 👩⚕️⚕️ is the key ingredient to keeping everyone safe from #COVID19. bit.ly/3tZIcrn
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Every 2 hours a Yemeni woman dies in childbirth.
But thanks to the work of Suha, Gender Specialist for @CARE_Yemen, and her team, Yemeni women are receiving life-saving maternal health. #Yemen #YemenCantWait
Check out CARE’s NEW report "Our Best Shot" on effective #vaccine delivery showcasing female #frontlineworkers for fast & fair vaccine delivery #COVID19 #GenderEquity tinyurl.com/3sys95rt
Register for launch event March 30 @11:30 AM EST at lnkd.in/duPwTcE
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📢Pay, protect and respect women frontline health workers! 👩⚕⚕
Check out CARE’s NEW report to learn more about why investing in #vaccine delivery is non-negotiable: care-international.org/news/… #COVID19 #GenderEquity
Female health workers are on the frontlines to administer COVID-19 vaccines: politi.co/3vFIpBq “Let’s compensate these women fairly, professionalize them, give them the support they need so that they can do this effectively" @FHWCoalition
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Tell global leaders women belong at the leadership table in #COVID19 prevention and response👉: bit.ly/3tqMmIq