The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Algeria as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the 10th country in WHO’s African Region and the 29th country globally to achieve this significant milestone.

🎉 Algeria has officially eliminated #trachoma, a leading infectious cause of blindness, as a public health problem.

Algeria becomes the 10th country in WHO’s African Region and 29th worldwide to reach this landmark milestone. Congratulations, Algeria! 🇩🇿
#HealthForAll

A collection of autumnal and coastal nature finds on watercolour paper, including seedheads, larch cones, shells and feathers

Floral finds from the garden in later May on a dark enamel background

Spring floral finds from the garden including cowslip, hellebore and gold lace primula in a series of Victorian glass bottles

Garden floral finds in April with hand written labels on a buff coloured linen background

I confess things are tricky financially atm due to mental illness preventing me from working as much as I'd like. If my photos have ever lifted your mood on an anxious or sad day & you'd like to support me by buying me a ☕ or a set of my wallpapers my ko-fi's here.Pls RT ty x: ko-fi.com/emmamitchell

A collage of four pictures: a candle in front of a service sheet for the Easter vigil; hawthorn blossom against a blue sky; the west end of Ripon cathedral; a piece of sheet music for the Taize chant Surrexit Christus Alleluia (The Lord is Risen)

May we all find light in the darkness, hope even when tempted to despair, and joy in the companionship of a community that nurtures us.

Church spire in silhouette

Curving railway bridge across the Tay viewed from train. Small dive boat to the left of the bridge. Very calm smooth water.

Good morning. Looking Bonny Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#Scotland #trains #raill

Ew.

And the reason for that was……? 🙃

Mentoring is vital for early-career academics. The role of sponsorship is also important - senior colleagues actively advocating for others and opening doors.

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#WomenInAcademia #WomenInLeadership

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Michael Marmot: Labour has reneged on its child poverty promises Lifting the two child benefit cap is an important step but will still leave 4.15 million children in poverty, Marmot tells Elisabeth Mahase Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, ...

"About a third of children are now growing up in poverty."

Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take bold action to tackle child poverty in this interview with The BMJ
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Summary slide from conference re future direction for digital in healthcare

Brilliant overview from Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak at the Digital Health & Care Scotland conference

🔬 Feb 11 marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

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Packet of biscuits lying on table beside info card from Samaritans with their contact details

Apparently today is “Blue Monday” so we have Samaritans representatives on our @Scotrail train, dispensing biscuits, information and good cheer to the early morning travellers. Promoting awareness re #mentalhealth and their availability to support. A good initiative:thank you for all your efforts. 🙏🏻

My most favourite place in Istanbul. Great image: thank you for sharing.

The International Swan Census takes place this weekend, 17-18 January. If you record any Bewick's or Whooper Swans in BirdTrack, we would greatly appreciate if you could add details on the number of adults and juveniles, habitat and location pinpoint #ukbirding

Whooper Swans by Sarah Kelman / BTO

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It was indeed

Red Arrows get first woman leader. Wow! There’s probably lots of puns re glass ceilings etc but it has been a long day. Another first. Well done Wing Cdr Sasha Nash 🎉

View from a train looking across dark land to open sea with orange pale blue and bonny blue sky as the sun rises over the horizon. The train is running from Aberdeen to Glasgow, Scotland.

Good morning world. #HappyMonday.
Sunrise over the North Sea - good to see after such a sustained period of extremely challenging weather. Wishing you as good a week as possible 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Surgical Non-Technical Skills Linked to Better Outcomes

by Norton J, Janda AM (...) Yule S et 17 al. in Br J Surg #Surgery #SurgSky #GeneralSurgery #MedSky

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You’ve heard of #SNAFU.
Well, for the folks in North East Scotland in general & #Aberdeen in particular, there is a new derivation.

#SNOFU When you’ve spent an inordinate amount of time clearing more snow than you’ve seen in your lifetime, & then it snows again and covers everything you’ve cleared.

Seriously???? It is December 29th!