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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 17

Do we need any more proof that air pollution is a major public health crisis? @who.int @CCACoalition @cleanairfund.bsky.social #breathelife @EU_Commission @cleanairasia @london.gov.uk @annehidalgo.bsky.social

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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · Jul 23

When a champion of green #urban policies meet a #cleanair leader. Exciting webinar ahead!
🗓️ July 25, 4:30-5:30pm (CEST)
➕ Details & registrations: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
❓Live Q&A with Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social & @drmarianeira.bsky.social to follow the dialogue
🗣️ in English & French

A spotlight on Paris - a dialogue with Mayor Anne Hidalgo on promoting health, clean air, and climate resilience

The session will draw key insights from the transformative urban agenda of Mayor Anne Hidalgo, highlighting how cities can empower citizens, reduce health inequalities, and build healthier environment...

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Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · Jul 23

@drmarianeira.bsky.social ‬is one of our new Honorary Fellows!

Dr Neira is a distinguished public health physician, diplomat, and international civil servant and the Director of the @who.int Department of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSZ...

Dr. María Neira - FPH Honorary Fellowship acceptance speech

YouTube video by UK Faculty of Public Health

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Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · Jun 24

@drmarianeira.bsky.social is one of our new Honorary Fellows!

This is the highest category of FPH membership, awarded to those who have made exceptional contributions towards improving the health of the public.

Congratulations to all new FPH Honorary Fellows: www.fph.org.uk/news/faculty...

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GISMAU @gismau.bsky.social · May 12

Los dermatólogos advierten del impacto que el cambio climático tiene en la salud de la piel.

El incremento de temperaturas, la baja humedad y la contaminación pueden generar o agravar dolencias cutáneas.

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Los dermatólogos advierten del impacto que el cambio climático tiene en la salud de la piel - EFEverde

La presidenta de la Academia Española de Dermatología, Yolanda Gilaberte, advierte del impacto del cambio climático en la salud de la piel

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Ashis Basu @ashis.bsky.social · Apr 20

Air pollution is a global health crisis, driving NCDs and claiming lives.

In @aparnabose.bsky.social ‘s
interview with @WHO’s @drmarianeira.bsky.social we discuss clean energy transitions, household pollution, environmental risks in children, and grassroots action.

youtu.be/XnN8eB_Z3IA?si…

Urge India to align AQI standards with WHO norms: WHO Director

YouTube video by PTI News

https://youtu.be/XnN8eB_Z3IA?si…

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · Apr 14

Highlighting the opportunities for health that enhanced urban climate action offers, @drmarianeira.bsky.social of @who.int stresses the main climate transformations that will benefit health include:

🔹 Sustainable food systems
🔹 Clean & renewable sources of energy
🔹 Healthy urban planning

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Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum @diarmidcl.bsky.social · Apr 3

Some people are easily pleased 😊.

The Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social · Apr 3

We're thrilled to announce Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum (@diarmidcl.bsky.social), Head of Climate and Health at
the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of our keynote speakers at the Global Climate and Health Summit.

📅 16 - 17 July 2025 📍London
Learn more and apply to attend: buff.ly/GY6HV1b

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · Mar 27

We can't buy clean air, so let's fight for it!

@who.int’s Executive Board agreed to halve the number of deaths caused by #AirPollution by 2040 - let's help to make it a reality.

#BreatheLife

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

🇪🇸 Secretary of Health Javier Padilla on delivering #CleanAir for health & #ClimateAction:

« People don’t change just because we’ve put the fear into them. We need to show them a future, a vision »

#BreatheLife #CleanAir4Health2025

@who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @saludporderecho.bsky.social

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · Mar 27

Hello, @bsky.app friends!

DYK: Blue Sky = Cleaner Air = Healthier lungs?

I'm joining you today, to ask for your help in supporting @who.int efforts to help everyone #BreatheLife!

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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · Mar 26

⚠️Great panel for "Transitioning away from #fossilfuels and the role of clean and efficient energy to protect #health"
👐Join us if you are in Cartagena attending WHO Second Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health: web.cvent.com/event/61ed4b...

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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 26

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WHO 2nd Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health: Pre-conference Recap

YouTube video by Health&Energy

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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 26

El mundo buscará soluciones para mejorar la calidad del aire en una cumbre en Colombia www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025032...

El mundo buscará soluciones para mejorar la calidad del aire en una cumbre en Colombia

Cartagena (Colombia), 24 mar (EFE).- Ministros de Salud, autoridades ambientales y académicos de todo el mundo debatirán a partir de este martes en la ciudad colombiana d...

www.lavanguardia.com

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 25

WHO‘s @drmarianeira.bsky.social clear and inspiring call to action: #AirPollution Kills.

The world has made significant progress in recent years but nowhere near enough. No excuses now for inaction. This global conference must result in real change for #CleanAir. 👏👏👏

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 25

How #AirPollution has dramatically shifted who is affected by cancer. Please take a moment to let this sink in.

Who better to bring this message than doctors? Including irrepressible Dr Arvind Kumar from Drs for Clean Air & Lung Care Foundation.

#CleanAir4Health2025
@drmarianeira.bsky.social

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 25

WHO @drmarianeira.bsky.social accepts the Health Sector Call to Action on #AirPollution to save lives, signed by organizations representing 47 million health professionals and patients:

www.who.int/news/item/17...

Proud that @cleanairfund.bsky.social is also supporting this vital call.

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Clean Air Fund @cleanairfund.bsky.social · Mar 25

The @who.int 2nd Global Conference on #AirPollution & #Health brings renewed focus to the devastating public health impacts of dirty air.

A display of images from @climatevisuals.bsky.social ‘visualising air pollution’ collection helps to bring their stories to life for delegates ▶️ bit.ly/41ZGgSi

Istu Prayogi (58) watches skyscrapers with x-rays of his health condition in his hand. Every morning he coughs and spits out ripples of thick blood, affected by the air pollution. Jakarta, Indonesia.

Credit: Aji Styawan / Climate Visuals

Maria Nkosi demonstrates how she uses an inhaler a few times a week for her asthma at her home which is a street away from a mine in Clever, Witbank, Emalahleni, South Africa.

Credit: Gulshan Khan / Climate Visuals

Liz Godfrey walks her children to school through busy traffic, on 24th January 2024 in Didsbury, Manchester, England.

Credit: Mary Turner / Climate Visuals

Lifa Mnisi (29) explains his medication in his home in the Vosman area in Witbank, Emalahleni, South Africa, on November 29, 2023. Lifa was diagnosed with bronchitis and asthma in 2007 after many trips to the doctor and misdiagnoses.

Credit: Gulshan Khan / Climate Visuals

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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · Mar 23

All Children have the right to clean air! #OurKidsAir

Air pollution threatens the health of children globally.

Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day.

1/🧵 @who.int @drmarianeira.bsky.social @diarmidcl.bsky.social @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social @rodzicedlaklimatu.bsky.social

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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 17

Do we need any more proof that air pollution is a major public health crisis? @who.int @CCACoalition @cleanairfund.bsky.social #breathelife @EU_Commission @cleanairasia @london.gov.uk @annehidalgo.bsky.social

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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 14

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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 13

I fully agree Peter, never shy when it is about putting public health.
My point is that health connect everything and is the most powerfully aegument.
Air pollution is linked to health, to climate change, to sustainable societies, to equity, to economy, to urban planning…

Dr Pete Knapp @peteknapp.bsky.social · Mar 13

"The more we associate air pollution with the climate crisis, the more political and harder it can be. Talking about health impacts makes it easier, and this is the winning strategy"

I'm not sure I agree, I think we need to link air pollution to everything, not shy away from harder arguments.

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EFEsalud @efesalud.com · Mar 12

📢 "¿Sería posible otra #pandemia?", reflexión de María Neira (@drmarianeira.bsky.social), directora de Medio Ambiente y Salud de la ss="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#OMS. @who.int

📝 Artículo para el especial "Pandemia de covid, 5 años después" de #EFEsalud

🔗 https://efesalud.com/covid-19-pandemia-maria-neira-oms

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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 7

Happy that the Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, taking place in Cartagena, Colombia on 25 March, will give us the opportunity to learn more from the London ULEZ experience! @tedrosgbelay.bsky.social @who.int @london.gov.uk

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Mar 7

ULEZ works. It’s that simple.

Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.

A graphic with a blue sky background and white clouds. The text reads: "Harmful NO2 levels are estimated to be lower in 2024 compared to a scenario without ULEZ". The reductions are listed as follows: Central London – 54% lower, Inner London – 29% lower, Outer London – 24% lower. A source link at the bottom reads: london.gov.uk/ulez.

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Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social · Mar 6

It’s not every day you get an award with an astronaut, a political scientist, a legend in dance, champions of education and democracy, a brilliant thinker, and a writer with an exquisite narrative. Great honor to be one of the 8! 🙏to the Fundacion Ortega-Marañon @fortegamaranon

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