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ISGlobal - Barcelona Institute for Global Health | #iCERCA centre and member of #SOMM_alliance 🟠 bit.ly/isglobalorg
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Exciting news! #ECTMIH2027 will take place in Barcelona and will be coordinated by #ISGlobal with FESTMIH and SEMTSI.

The congress will bring together the #GlobalHealth community to discuss the latest in #TropicalMedicine, #OneHealth and much more.

Stay tuned for updates: isglobal.org

#ECTMIH2025
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📖 #WordOfTheDay → Antibiotic resistance 🧫

💊 It is the ability that some bacteria develop to continue multiplying despite the presence of antibiotics. 

🌍 It is one of the greatest threats to global health. 

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#GlobalHealthDictionary
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El 27/11 serem a la trobada anual de @wgh-spain.bsky.social! Un espai per parlar de #migració, salut i gènere des d’una mirada feminista i interseccional.

Amb la participació de Bombo Ndir i altres expertes.

+Info i inscripcions: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/dmzbodmavu
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Join the #ProyectoINMA Scientific Conference in Donostia on 24–26 November!

We will be discussing occupational #cancer, #ClimateChange as a risk multiplier and early-life exposures and child development.

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#EnvironmentalHealth #GlobalHealth #ChildHealth
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📖 #WordOfTheDay → Eliminate or eradicate ❌

A disease is not eradicated if:

🌍 It continues to exist in other places 
🦇 It continues to circulate in other animal species 

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#DiccionarioSaludGlobal #GlobalHealthDictionary
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The Netherlands is seeing a major shift in urban freight thanks to zero-emission zones for freight in 18 of its cities!

By early 2025, 78% of new vans were electric—compared to just 9% across the EU.

New @cleancitiescampaign.org briefing: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/bkhuhjiefl

#UrbanHealth #GlobalHealth
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💪Time for oral presentations! #PhD students are taking the stage to share their research journeys, experiences, and scientific results.
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¿Cómo afecta el humo de los incendios forestales en nuestra salud?
 
Un estudio de #ISGlobal apunta a que las partículas finas relacionadas con incendios forestales suponen un mayor riesgo de mortalidad que las de otras fuentes.

Via #EllipsePRBB @prbb.org 
Más allá del fuego: efectos del humo de los incendios forestales en la salud - El·lipse
Un estudio de ISGlobal apunta a que las partículas finas relacionadas con incendios forestales suponen un mayor riesgo de mortalidad que las de otras fuentes
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Robert D. Newman (AMP Health) delivered an inspiring keynote speach, emphasizing the many opportunities to advance global health despite the complex times we face.

💬“I believe that with passion, optimism, vision, and collective leadership, we can change even a seemingly polarised world.”
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🗣 #ISGlobal General Director Quique Bassat welcome students attending the 11th PhD Symposium at
@prbb.org.

📚This year’s theme, “Global Health and the New World Order,” invites reflection on the challenges shaping #GlobalHealth research today.
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📖 #WordOfTheDay → 𝘛𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘻𝘪 🔬

💬 It is the protozoan that causes Chagas disease.

🪳 It is transmitted through the bite of kissing bugs (vinchuca).

🔗 Read more 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/axbwagfjgf

#DiccionarioSaludGlobal #GlobalHealthDictionary
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Exciting news! #ECTMIH2027 will take place in Barcelona and will be coordinated by #ISGlobal with FESTMIH and SEMTSI.

The congress will bring together the #GlobalHealth community to discuss the latest in #TropicalMedicine, #OneHealth and much more.

Stay tuned for updates: isglobal.org

#ECTMIH2025
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How do poverty, pollution and social context shape health across life?

Join the #ProyectoINMA Scientific Conference in Donostia with leading experts from @gipuzkoa.eus, @ehu.eus, @ciberisciii.bsky.social and #ISGlobal, from 24 to 26 November.

🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/ffrmjpxjxs
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📖 #WordOfTheDay → Air pollution 🏭

🌫️ It is an alteration of the natural composition of the atmosphere

⚠️ According to the WHO, 99% of the population is exposed to high levels of pollution

👉 https://f.mtr.cool/tgorgelfvt

#DiccionarioSaludGlobal #GlobalHealthDictionary
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El #càncer no té una sola causa. Sabies que el canvi climàtic, la contaminació o el treball nocturn també determinen el risc de patir la malaltia?

Per a prevenir-lo cal mirar més enllà de la genètica i fixar-se en el paper de l'#exposoma, subratlla Manolis Kogevinas.

Las múltiples causas del cáncer: cómo el entorno, el trabajo, el estilo de vida y las infecciones moldean nuestro riesgo - Blog - ISGLOBAL
Blog sobre salud global. Abierto a todas aquellas ideas que persigan un acceso equitativo a la salud. En todo el mundo.
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¿Conviene hacer ejercicio con aire contaminado? Descubre qué dice la ciencia sobre los riesgos y beneficios para tu salud.

🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/oflrcqyxox

#WorldHabitatDay #DíaMundialDelHabitat #CiudadesQueQueremos
¿Es seguro hacer ejercicio cuando la contaminación del aire es alta? - Blog - ISGLOBAL
Blog sobre salud global. Abierto a todas aquellas ideas que persigan un acceso equitativo a la salud. En todo el mundo.
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¿Cómo influyen pobreza, contaminación y contexto social en la salud a lo largo de la vida?

Participa en las Jornadas Científicas del #ProyectoINMA, del 24-26 de noviembre, en San Sebastián.

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Colaboran: @gipuzkoa.eus, @ehu.eus, @ciberisciii.bsky.social y.social e #ISGlobal.
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📖 #WordOfTheDay → Pandemic 😷

🌍 It is the spread of an infectious disease across several regions of the world. The difference between a pandemic and an epidemic is not their severity, but their extent.

👉 https://f.mtr.cool/eapgfepxqt

#DiccionarioSaludGlobal #GlobalHealthDictionary
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Com afecta el fum dels incendis forestals a la nostra salut?
 
Les partícules fines suposen un major risc de mortalitat que les que provenen d’altres fonts, segons un estudi d'#ISGlobal.

Via #EllipsePRBB @prbb.org 
Més enllà del foc: efectes del fum dels incendis forestals en la salut - El·lipse
Un estudi d'ISGlobal apunta que les partícules fines relacionades amb incendis forestals suposen un major risc de mortalitat que les provinents d'altres fonts.
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Is it safe to exercise in polluted air?

Discover how #PhysicalActivity and #AirPollution interact, and what the latest science recommends to stay healthy.

🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/pkbjyfryzn

#WorldHabitatDay #HabitatDay
Should We Exercise When Air Pollution Is High? - Blog - ISGLOBAL
A blog about Global Health. An open space for discussing equitable access to health for everyone, everywhere.
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💡 Avui celebrem la #ciència!

⚗️ Com? Amb xerrades, tallers i visites guiades.

🏛 On? A la jornada de portes obertes del @prbb.org.

T'esperem a l'#OpenPRBB!

#CiènciaPerATothom #ScienceForAll
OpenPRBB, una porta oberta al coneixement - El·lipse
Dissabte 4 d'octubre obrim les portes del PRBB i podràs gaudir de visites guiades, xerrades i tallers, entre d'altres, per conèixer la recerca dels nostres centres.
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US foreign aid has saved an estimated 3 million lives per year through investments in HIV, vaccines, TB, malaria and humanitarian programmes. Cutting such aid risks reversing decades of progress.

Read more: 🟠 ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-aid-saved-millions

#GlobalHealth #HealthImpact
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📖 #WordOfTheDay → White matter ⚪

🛣️ It acts as a network of highways along which electrical signals travel 🔌

🧠 It enables rapid communication between areas of the brain and spinal cord

🔗 Find out more! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/iezvoqqxyf

#GlobalHealth
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“El #noma és una expressió extrema de la inequitat”. A Moçambic, afecta 13,7 menors de 9 anys per cada 100.000 infants, malgrat que aquesta malaltia desvastadora és és prevenible i curable.

🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/xeisomonoh

#SalutGlobal #BeatNTDs
Noma, la malaltia oblidada que continua sent invisible - ISGLOBAL
Un estudi d’ISGlobal confirma la presència de noma a Moçambic i alerta que el problema és global
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How do poverty, pollution and social context shape health across life?

Join the #ProyectoINMA Scientific Conference "Social Inequalities, Environment and Health" (24-26 Nov, Donostia).

🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/shiisefxzb

#EnvironmentalHealth #GlobalHealth #ChildHealth