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Arash Rashidian

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Director of Science, Information and Dissemination, WHO EMRO Professor of Health Policy

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Arash Rashidian @arashidian.bsky.social · Aug 4

Today, 12:00–13:30 (Cairo time), we host Zoe Jordan, JBI Executive Director our next session of the #NEDtP Webinar Series 2025 on Institutionalizing Evidence-Informed Policy-Making.

4 August 2025
Zoom link: lnkd.in/dCGbwiMx

She will focus on introducing JBI Tools and Resources.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Dec 24

The upside of A.I. hallucination
gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/s...

How Hallucinatory A.I. Helps Science Dream Up Big Breakthroughs (Gift Article)

Hallucinations, a bane of popular A.I. programs, turn out to be a boon for venturesome scientists eager to push back the frontiers of human knowledge.

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WHO @who.int · Dec 28

Update from Dr Tedros, the Director-General of WHO.

Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.

I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.

#Yemen

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jan 14

Redefining obesity, report of a new commission, to override current BMI categories and better define features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access

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Arash Rashidian @arashidian.bsky.social · Feb 4

Webinar series on advancing evidence-informed policy-making for impact: innovations in evidence synthesis, guideline programmes, science ecosystem, and global initiatives

1s session, 12Feb 1200 EET, led by Karla Soares-Weiser, Cochrane Editor-In-Chief.
Zoom Link: lnkd.in/dtCY2ReN

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Apr 21

Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵

Line chart showing the decline in smoking among adults over age 16 in Great Britain from 1974 to 2023. In 1974, around 51% of men and 41% of women reported smoking cigarettes. Over the decades, these rates fell steadily. By 2023, only about 12% of men and 10% of women reported smoking. The gap between men and women remained fairly consistent, with men having slightly higher rates throughout the period. The chart illustrates a dramatic and sustained decline in smoking for both sexes.

The data is sourced from the GLS & OPN surveys (2023) and published by OurWorldinData.org under a Creative Commons BY license.

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Arash Rashidian @arashidian.bsky.social · May 22

AHEAD symposium: “AI and Digital Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health in the MENA Region” in collaboration with the Dep. Science, Information and Dissemination, WHO EMRO and Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)
Abstract submission by 15 Jun
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AHEAD TENTH SYMPOSIUM | AHEAD

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Arash Rashidian @arashidian.bsky.social · Apr 21

A great public health success

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Apr 21

Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵

Arash Rashidian @arashidian.bsky.social · Apr 21

Tomorrow: #NEDtP webinar on Institutionalizing Evidence-Informed Policy-Making for Delivery for Impact.

“Adapting the clinical practice and public health guidelines with MAGICapp”
22 Apr, 1200-1330 Cairo time
Zoom: lnkd.in/dCGbwiMx

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Upcoming sessions:
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NEDtP webinars in 2025 on Evidence-Informed Policymaking | Arash Rashidian | 16 comments

I am pleased to announce the upcoming webinar series, hosted by the Department of Science, Information and Dissemination WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO). This series will feat...