I want to invite you to join us on the path to 2030 as we build the health workforce of the future to save lives—and our planet.
The
@Seed_Global
2030 Strategic Plan is our continued commitment to tackle the health challenges we are facing in the world.
Thank you
@ChrisEvans
for joining me and
@Seed_Global
in celebrating frontline health workers. It was an amazing night in what has been a challenging year for many.
We’re proud to support doctors, nurses, and midwives around the world. THANK YOU!!!
Delighted to appoint Dr
@VBKerry
as
@WHO
’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health.
Dr Kerry’s extensive experience and dedication to public health make her an invaluable asset in addressing the health consequences of the
#ClimateCrisis
. I look forward to working together
I cannot emphasize point enough!!! Vaccinate over travel bans. Better use of resources and will actually save lives, not create false narratives. We should thank South Africa and others for sharing this data and information. It is a gift not to be punished but rewarded.
@POTUS
CNN medical analyst Dr. Peter Hotez to G7 leaders on Omicron: ‘Forget about the travel bans, let’s go vaccinate the African people’ • Today News Africa
Thank you so much to
@Pink
for her incredible support and performance at
@seed_global
‘s first ever virtual event. We are honored to have such an incredible talent, creative, principled partner to help us save more lives in this urgent moment of now.
#COVID19
#HealthForAll
Thank you Paul for challenging us all to do better. I am profoundly grateful for your friendship, mentorship and for letting me walk part of the journey with you. There are no words for this loss
#BREAKING
: Dr Paul Farmer, a renowned American physician and co-founder of Partners in Health
@PIH
, has died aged 62.
Farmer was a receipt of the National Order of Outstanding Friendship (Igihango), which he was conferred upon by President
#Kagame
in August 2019.
Is anyone awake to what is happening?! This administration should be responding in full as we learned made the difference in 2014. Nearly 100 children dead from Ebola in DRC as crisis worsens
I can’t stop being grateful for
#KobeBryant
‘s response when people told him he needed to have a son to carry on his legacy. He shut them down by pointing out he had a daughter who would and then some. 😢I know that gift from my own father and it’s awesome. 💪💥
#girldad
I realize that one of the many deeply painful parts of this loss is losing such a force, inspiration and optimist at a time where the world seems to need it most. The beauty of Paul is his torch will be carried by thousands who he inspired. 💔🙏 thank you dear friend
Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda.
Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children.
1/🧵
Congratulations to
@ughe_org
’s Vice Chancellor, professor
@agnesbinagwaho
for the International Prize for Women in Science by
@UNESCO
&
@LOrealGroupe
👏🙌👏So grateful for your relentless leadership, challenge to change the world for the better. 💥 félicitations!!
#hope
Eradicating disease of this scale shows us what is possible when we are committed and determined! 👉Plus resources to do it, Africa to be declared free of wild polio in 'milestone'
Worth noting. Yes
#covid
cases are falling but the absolute numbers of cases is still HIGHER than in the spring and summer of 2020 and now plateauing. We still have work to do...
#Texas
#Mississippi
decision to relax will impact us all. Pandemics don’t respect borders 😉
America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is. I'm proud to partner with the President-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis as the President's Climate Envoy.
100% this should be a priority and currently a growing failure in the US.
#Boston
public schools just went remote given rising rates 😢 but restaurants are open...
Today as
@WhiteHouse
marks the launch of the U.S. Global Health Security Strategy I joined
@USAmbGHSD
to speak about the importance of advancing global health security through health systems strengthening and investing in the health workforce.
If we can adhere to universal mask wearing & social distancing, might be able to ease impact but reality is current direction is leading to 21 states w/ rising cases, 2M cases total in US and health systems stressed to brim. We can and should be doing better!
@HMSGlobalPolicy
I'm not sure if more shutdowns will be needed or not.
But the last round saved tens of thousands of lives, if not more.
And I'm absolutely sure that doctors and scientists should make this call, not the Treasury Secretary.
Uplifting story for the day. We coded a young 57 year old
#covid
patient and got him back.
#hope
#wecandothis
💪 The MD, RN, respiratory therapists were all calm, focused and amazing. Privilege to work with our strong team.
🙋♀️ The adoption of the Climate & Health Resolution 🌍 at
#WHA77
by World Health Organization Member States is a powerful recognition of our shared vulnerability to climate change.
Our future will be better if we embrace the principles outlined ⬇️
Grateful to help champion tackling today’s disease burdens plus challenges from
#climatechange
@Seed_Global
@WHO
we can and must choose a healthier path forward!
Today is the first-ever dedicated Health Day in COP's history. Among the experts converging on
#COP28
to discuss climate’s impact on human health is Dr. Vanessa Kerry (
@VBKerry
), the first-ever
@who
Special Envoy for Climate Change/Health and CEO of
@Seed_Global
.
#UniteTheFight
Investing in health workforce essential. The health and social sectors generate formal and secure jobs, ~ 70% will be occupied by women, achieving progress toward gender equality AND poverty alleviation, bringing families into formal sector
@womeninGH
@ForbesWomen
@Seed_Global
“More than 115K healthcare workers have died due to
#Covid19
...they represent a loss of over 1 M years of education, $4.5 B in training, and a blow to a sector facing personnel shortages estimated to reach 18M people by 2030”
@VBKerry
@Seed_Global
Our goal of ending malaria is being threatened by climate change.
We must build strong, climate-resilient health systems to tackle the growing threat of malaria and other climate-sensitive infectious diseases.
#EndMalaria
#WorldMalariaDay2024
Great to catch up with Sierra Leone Minister of Health
@DembyAustin
and Deputy Minister Dr. Jalikatu Mustapha during the
@HarvardGH
's
#HGHi2024
event today and discuss our shared partnership.
Joy!! When I had my first child 7 yrs ago there were only 2 rooms in entire
@MassGeneral
for nursing moms. I campaigned for more to ensure we could all do our jobs and care for our families. More were created but just walked past a new one!! A little thing w/ huge significance
Congratulations!! A warm welcome dear
@VBKerry
to the climate change and health
@WHO
’s family! At this critical time your advocacy role and support is very much needed.
@DrTedros
It just got real. 1) World will need estimated 1.1M health workers at cost of $2.75B to vaccinate just 20% of population. 2) There's global shortage of ~8M health workers, worst where burdens of disease are highest. Why
@Seed_Global
prioritizing training for last 10yrs in Africa.
Congratulations to our Educator of the Year award winners:
@DrScarrow
and
@BrianNahed
! Thank you for your dedication to educating neurosurgeons and for working with the CNS!
Cases are up 240% in last 2 weeks & hospitalizations are up 77% this past month, 31% this week alone.
The positive rate for COVID testing is increasing. That’s not a great combination. 2/
Gender inequality negatively impacts women, health systems, & health outcomes!
The new
@WHO
report out today "Fair share for health and care: gender & the undervaluation of health & care work" shows investing in health is an *investment in women.*
1. Suspending travel frm Europe is merely bait/ switch. will do nothing. 2. We are only at beg of worst to come 3. Our actions shld have been weeks ago 4. *** and to be clear, we are TWO WEEKS away from tests.
@realDonaldTrump
just failed country at time of deepest need
#COVID19
Get your
#flushot
if you have access to one! Too many people need vaccines around the world - don’t take this for granted. Protect yourselves & those you love if you can.
Our mom was champion of de-stigmatizing depression, authoring
#youarenotalone
Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey through Depression to share her story and others. She would applaud
@JohnFetterman
’s courage and leadership 🙌
@HarperCollins
The climate crisis is a health crisis and we must act now. 🌱🌳🌍🏥⚕️
Our new article in
@plos
Global Public Health journal – “Advancing the climate change and health nexus: The 2024 Agenda” is available here 👉
One of the chief concerns of pandemics like
#covid
is the loss of essential services. 👉Child vaccinations fall sharply amid pandemic, UN says.
@gavi
Grateful to the courageous and ever accurate
@Winnie_Byanyima
and
@agnesbinagwaho
about the urgency for new investments rooted in justice, equity, and our combined wellbeing.
#lowpoint
in the day. Realizing - after the fact - that you helped answer the plane’s medical emergency wearing your daughter’s headband.... at least it explained the skeptical looks.
#yep
sorry
@Delta
$1.5B for primary care 🙌 great step towards resilient and responsive health systems, investing in health workforce, climate response 👉 Multilateral dev banks and WHO launch new investment platform to strengthen primary health care.
@Seed_Global
We have many frontlines right now. Our survival and opportunity to live and thrive are at stake everywhere around globe. Trump's decisions are making it harder. Cutting funds to
@WHO
is just one. via
@usatoday
@Seed_Global
@MassGeneralNews
@harvardmed
Excited to be speaking at
#COP26
in 60 minutes at the UK Government pavilion on “Planetary Health and Public Health” encouraging concerted action on the dual threats of climate change and pandemics.
@Seed_Global
@ThisIsReckitt
@LSHTM
@WHO
One of the main things we’ve learned in the past months about
#COVID19
is that the faster all cases are found, tested, isolated & cared for, the harder we make it for the virus to spread. This principle will save lives & mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic.
It's getting harder for health workers to do their jobs because of the challenges arising from the climate crisis.
Thank
@AtlanticLIVE
for hosting the
#AtlanticHealth
Summit and great to share the stage with
@juliettekayyem
&
@GaurabBasuMDMPH
for such an important conversation.
It is unacceptable there are two standards of care in the world. My interview in the Daily Telegraph about
@seed_global
mission to ensure everyone, everywhere has access to trained health workers and high quality healthcare.
‘It is unacceptable that there are still two standards of care.’
Why Vanessa Kerry – daughter of former US Senator John Kerry – has global healthcare inequality in her sights.
Free to read ⬇️
@Telegraph
@VBKerry
"There is absolutely no such thing as too ambitious for the moment we're in today," says
@VBKerry
(
@Seed_Global
) as she highlights the urgency towards climate action.
Watch the full session here:
#SDIM23
Grateful to
@Amref_Worldwide
for creating scholarships for nurses, midwives and female health workers. 🙌 $500k Keeping the pipeline strong is critical. The need for scholarships is a major barrier to scaling the workforce
@Seed_Global
@AfricaCDC
@_AfricanUnion
So where are we with
#COVID19
testing in the U.S.? Nowhere close to where we need to be. The early lack of test kits, and the current limited number of supplies and extraction kits now required the U.S. to take a different approach to coronavirus response than other countries.
I'm looking forward to taking part in
@theNAMedicine
Climate and Health Day tomorrow.
There is still time to get involved and attend virtually. Register here -
#ClimateActionForHealth
Breaking news: Congressman Massie has tested positive for being an asshole. He must be quarantined to prevent the spread of his massive stupidity. He's given new meaning to the term
#Masshole
. (Finally, something the president and I can agree on!)
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting H.E.
@FirstLadyBio
to discuss health care in Sierra Leone.
@Seed_Global
will continue our work in
#SierraLeone
training midwives to deliver excellent care to mothers and newborns. We are committed to getting things done.
#WHA77
has been landmark in championing critical initiatives for our health and wellbeing. Thank you to
@WHO
Council on
@Economy4Health
chaired by Prof
@MazzucatoM
and the lead member countries for bringing forth the the
#healthforall
resolution👏
🙌 great news and a tribute to the determination of health workers and
@MinofHealthUG
to contain this outbreak.
@Seed_Global
proud to have played a part in training health workers and providing PPE
@JaneRuth_Aceng
Honored to be part of the team
@NEJMEvidence
@NEJM
, working to bring a unique approach to how we present innovative and original clinical and clinical trial research. Launching in 2022.
About:
Editors:
"We are truly, truly responsible for other people's lives."
ICYMI:
@Seed_Global
CEO
@VBKerry
joined
@GreaterBoston
to discuss the country's surging COVID-19 case numbers →
As the daughter of a veteran, I️ grew up with profound respect and gratitude for the sacrifice our armed forces and veterans have made.
#thankyou
#veteransday
@JohnKerry
@DrTedros
@WHO
have done a remarkable job providing information, leadership and experience in the face wod the greatest challenge we have seen in modern times. Any attempt to say otherwise is an attempt to shift blame...
@DrSenait
@Seed_Global
@UN
@jameschau
Here’s a truly frightening thought: imagine a global pandemic with no global leadership...
We need to trust in science, and unify now more than ever before.
@DrTedros
@DrSenait
@doctorsoumya
I’m disappointed 😰🤕not to be in person
@COP28
this year, but emergency knee surgery had other plans...I will be participating remotely & remain dedicated to working with all of you to demand
#ClimateAction
for health during
#COP28
– and beyond.
@Seed_Global
@WHO
#ClimateCrisis
It was great to virtually join the
@WHO
#ATACH
global meeting session on collaborating across sectors to advance climate + health implementation.
Sectors must work together so we are not only investing in health, but also in the *fundamental underpinnings of our survival.* 🌍🌱
Acclaimed experts
@JohnKerry
and
@VBKerry
told us what's happening at the U.N. summit on climate change
#COP26
.
In the half-hour
@GreaterBoston
interview, the father-daughter duo each lent their expertise — and delighted at their worlds colliding.
yes, response to
#covid19
failure. We’ve been lied to, misled, left unprepared. We don't have tests, know who’s infected, have nat’l plan or leadership,
#ppe
. We do know we’re vulnerable, united in this challenge. We know actions matter.
#flattenthecurve