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

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

@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...

@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...

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. efeverde.com/dermatologos...

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…

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

Some people are easily pleased 😊.

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

🇪🇸 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

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!

⚠️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...

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

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. 👏👏👏

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

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.

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

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

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

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…

📢 "¿Sería posible otra #pandemia?", reflexión de María Neira (@drmarianeira.bsky.social), directora de Medio Ambiente y Salud de la #OMS.  @who.int#OMS.  @who.int    📝 Artículo para el especial "Pandemia de covid, 5 años después" de #EFEsalud  🔗 https://efesalud.com/covid-19-pandemia-maria-neira-oms

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 rb.gy/wmnfek

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

"¿Sería posible otra #pandemia?", reflexión de María Neira (@drmarianeira.bsky.social), directora de M.Ambiente y Salud de la #OMS (@who.int#pandemia?",#OMS 📝 Artículo para el especial "Pandemia de covid, 5 años después" de #EFEsalud  🔗 https://efesalud.com/covid-19-pandemia-maria-neira-oms

🏥🌎 ¿Cuál es el vínculo entre clima y #salud? En este video, importantes voces abordan la temática y marcan el rumbo hacia la #COP30 de #Brasil 🗣️Participan @drmarianeira.bsky.social @who.int / Ethel Maciel @minsaude.bsky.social / A. Rodrigues (Hospital Albert Einstein) youtu.be/4HyZ8nrE8dg

Health action on climate change means protection from extreme weather and infectious disease, health facilities with reliable & clean energy and water, breathing clean air, healthy diets… No surprise that most countries, and most people, support it. healthpolicy-watch.news/strong-suppo...

Thanks for the opportunity to @WHO to present at the Human Rights Council about the impact of plastics on the right to health.

⌛️Last chance to register!! Join us together with @who.int & @gchalliance.bsky.social this Thursday 20 Feb. at 12:30 CET, in person at @gvagrad.bsky.social or online, to discuss #climateaction and #health! REGISTER HERE 👉 bit.ly/C-Hevent25 @drmarianeira.bsky.social @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social

Treasures you find when visiting your parents’ house: ♥️ My books from my first year of medical school. The same passion for healing, for preventing, still intact!

Our @drmarianeira.bsky.social "galardonada " (much better word than "awarded") prize for her outstanding contribution to health at the highest level internationally. We know she’s great, and appreciate when others notice. Chapeau boss! 👏 @who.int www.redaccionmedica.com/secciones/sa...

Health community calls for urgent action for clean air ahead of of the Second @WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health in March 2025 in Colombia 🇨🇴. Stop air pollution and save lives! www.who.int/news/item/27...

Great to participate in the 1st national meeting of the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment. Many different professionals together: health, environment, veterinary, food, city councils, universities, hospitals, pharma. Last talk by Dr Maria Neira @drmarianeira.bsky.social @who.int. 🌍🌱

The proportion of people being diagnosed with lung cancer who have never smoked is increasing, with air pollution an “important factor”, the @World Health Organization’s cancer agency has said. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Asthme, cancer du poumon, AVC, infarctus, diabète... l'énorme fardeau sanitaire de la pollution de l'air a aussi un coût économique astronomique estimé à plus de 16 milliards d'euros par an en France. ⤵️

The science is as clear as our skies should be. Air pollution is affecting the health of billions of people across the globe. It is responsible for the deaths of at least 7 million people globally every year. These deaths are preventable. www.who.int/teams/enviro...

Call to action: Stop polluting the air, prevent diseases & save lives. The health community supports @who.int in calling on world leaders and decision makers to ensure a future with clean air for all. Add your voice and sign #CleanAir #BreatheLife www.who.int/teams/enviro...

Researchers in Scotland have found patterns in health data that suggest that air pollution breathed by children may affect their chances of getting dementia in later life. #breathelife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@drmarianeira.bsky.social of @who.int highlights how the GEN facilitates dialogue and creates bridges, enabling exchange and collaboration that is critical in addressing the triple planetary crisis. 🎉 Join the #GEN25 Environment Forum and high-level closing celebration ▶️ https://buff.ly/3P5g56H

Urban pollution continues to be a major environmental threat to health in the EU, warns a report published today by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). www.eca.europa.eu/en/news?ref=...

Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause. @nature @who www.nature.com/articles/d41...

« The challenges of reaching net zero emissions are often discussed, but little attention is given to the gains from living in a low-carbon future. Less fossil-fuel combustion means less air pollution» @drgaryfuller.bsky.social @who.int

cocktail of extreme weather events is turning California’s wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration. @who.int @ccacoalition.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social

READ: How can EVERYONE resolve to help improve their city? With #NewYearsEve approaching, heading into what will be an extra challenging year for our cities, re-read my “25 simple #NewYearsResolutions to improve your city” in @fastcompany.com. What would YOU add? www.fastcompany.com/90287193/25-...

Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of hospital admission for mental illness, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. The research, involving more than 200,000 people in Scotland @who #BreatheLife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

India has tightened restrictions aimed at helping the public cope with pollution twice in 24 hours for New Delhi and its surrounding regions after a deterioration in air quality. @who www.reuters.com/world/india/...

The study highlights that the entire population of India lives in areas where PM2.5 levels exceed @who.int guidelines. Hence 1.4 billion people are exposed year after year to air pollution. #BreatheLife hsph.harvard.edu/environmenta...

A new TEDx talk, this time Athens. Why we need cleaner air. @who.int @cleanair2breathe.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social @cleanairlondon.bsky.social youtu.be/ayWKGTQ9JK0