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This is the first information briefing in English for the Certificate peer learning programme on Psychological First Aid (PFA) in support of children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

Are you involved in supporting children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine?
We want to support you!

Funded by the #EU4Health programme of the European Commission, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and The Geneva Learning Foundation are offering an online Certificate peer-learning programme tailored for #health, #social work, and #education professionals working across Europe.

3 top reasons to apply:
1. Learn by sharing experience.
2. Get fresh ideas to help you better support children.
3. Earn certification to validate your experience.

For more information, view this briefing.

To apply, visit this link: https://www.learning.foundation/ukraine


Ви допомагаєте дітям, які постраждали від конфлікту в Україні?

Ми хочемо вас підтримати!

Міжнародна Федерація Товариств Червоного Хреста і Червоного Півмісяця (@ifrc) та Женевська освітня фундація (@DigitalScholarX) за фінансової підтримки програми #EU4Health @EuropeanCommission пропонують онлайн-навчання "рівний-рівному" з #ПершаПсихологічнаДопомога (ППД) дітям, розроблену для #медичних працівників, #соціальних працівників та #освітян, які працюють по всій Європі.

3 головні причини подати заявку:
1. Навчайтеся через обмін досвідом.
2. Отримайте нові ідеї для підтримки дітей.
3. Отримайте сертифікат, щоб підтвердити свій досвід.

Щоб отримати додаткову інформацію та подати заявку, відвідайте: https://www.learning.foundation/ukraine-uk

Teach to Reach 9 is a global event bringing together over 17,000 health professionals to meet, network and learn from each other.

Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach

Alongside the main focus on immunization, this ninth edition also shined a spotlight on often neglected health issues disproportionately affecting women in low-resource settings, such as Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).

Follow this link to find out more https://www.learning.foundation/fgs

FGS is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic worms that affects over 56 million women and girls, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Introduction 2023 to female genital schistosomiasis (with Dr Julie Jacobson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR6lMjSzd68

Many health workers are unaware of its existence, leading to frequent misdiagnosis and immense suffering in silence.

Teach to Reach 9 featured powerful testimonials from health professionals who attended groundbreaking 2021 and 2023 workshops on FGS organized by Bridges to Development and the Geneva Learning Foundation, with support from Canada Grand Challenges and The End Fund.

Brigitte Meugang works in a government health facility in Cameroon.

As a learner at the 2023 Workshop on Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), she was suddenly confronted with FGS within her own family.

Here’s her story.

“My female relative had been bleeding for a year without any resolution.

She had consulted many gynecologists and medical doctors without success.”

“She was scheduled to have a hysterectomy, thinking she had cancer.”

“When in fact it was Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).”

“I figured it out a few days after attending the FGS workshop offered by The Geneva Learning Foundation with Bridges to Development and The End Fund.”

“We had done cervical smears, ultrasounds, and they found no infections, but she was bleeding constantly, bleeding to such an extent that the only solution proposed by the gynecologist was to remove her uterus.”

“After the FGS training, I called her and told her about the training and that it was possible she was suffering from FGS.”

“I then did everything I could to find praziquantel urgently.”

“I called her back and gave her praziquantel tablets.”

“When we calculated the dose according to her weight, with 40 mg of praziquantel per kilo, she had to take six tablets.”

“She took three tablets first and, four hours later, she took the other three.”

“After taking these tablets, her bleeding stopped, and that continues to this day.”

“Thank you for everything.”

“I will never forget this training.”

“This testimonial motivates me to train everyone and tell anyone who will listen.”

“I put my heart and soul into making everyone aware, including healthcare professionals, so that there would be no more women at risk of dying or losing their uterus, as could have been the case with my own relative.”

Rukaiya Mumuni, an immunization worker from Ghana, also recounted how the FGS training enabled her to help a colleague suffering in silence.

“After the training, I realized one of the nurses came up to me: ‘Rukaya, I have been having this issue for a long time. Most of the symptoms you mentioned about FGS, I have been experiencing it.’”

Treatment with Praziquantel resolved her symptoms.

Dr. Julie Jacobson, a longtime FGS advocate, emphasized the power of spreading awareness and knowledge to overcome this neglected disease.

“The challenge has been that this never gets reported and so it doesn’t officially exist. And here we hear about all the silent suffering that’s gone on...I’m inspired by you and hope to continue to do this in any way that I can help serve this population.”

These testimonies highlight how Teach to Reach is enabling frontline health workers to transform knowledge into action to tackle neglected diseases and improve women’s health.

As The Genev

Join the World Immunization Week 2024 Special Event on 8 May 2024 to watch, listen, and learn from visual storytelling by health professionals from all over the world.

For the third consecutive year, TGLF is providing a platform for health workers worldwide to share visual stories and experiences before, during, and after World Immunization Week, documenting their daily work and the impact they make in their communities.

In the first two years, contributors primarily from districts and facilities, shared over 2,000 photos from 137 countries.

Request your invitation to join World Immunization Week https://www.learning.foundation/world-immunization-week

Download The many faces of immunization (IA2030 Listening and Learning Report 5) (1.0). Special Event: World Immunization Week. The Geneva Learning Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8166653

Download Listening and learning report 2. It takes people to make #VaccinesWork (1.0). The Geneva Learning Foundation . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7010196

Making the invisible visible: storytelling the health impacts of climate change
https://redasadki.me/2024/03/18/making-the-invisible-visible-storytelling-the-health-impacts-of-climate-change/

Visual storytelling for health: a photography workshop with Chris deBode for Teach to Reach 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMBbdb4yXVE

As we count down to Teach to Reach 10 on 20-21 June 2024, join local organizations from all over the world that are partnering up for this massive networking event for health workers.

🌟 Exciting Opportunity Alert for Local Community Health Leaders! 🌟

📢 Calling all community organizations & local government agencies! You’re warmly invited to the Teach to Reach 10 Partner Briefing! 🎉

🤝 Become a part of a movement where community leaders transform health through the power of peer learning. For the FIRST time, local organizations can join as partners. 🌍✨

🔗 Why join? Last October, over 17,000 health pros from across the globe joined Teach to Reach 9, with global partners like Gavi & UNICEF supporting. Want to make an impact? Links in the comments to dive deeper into becoming a Partner ➡

📆 As a Teach to Reach 10 partner, get featured on our homepage, connect with a global network of 50,000 + health workers, and more! 🚀

💡 Host your workshop, showcase your work, and engage with international partners. Plus, enjoy the spotlight across our social media & events! 🌐

👉 Don’t miss this chance to shine & share! #TeachToReach #GlobalHealth #CommunityLeadership 🌟

Follow this link to join the next #TeachToReach Partner briefing https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1217090497666/WN_m1lZ4owIQ_yQ4xIDRj5yjw

Become a Teach to Reach 10 Partner: Help amplify frontline voices at the world’s largest health peer learning event https://redasadki.me/2024/02/27/become-a-teach-to-reach-10-partner-help-amplify-frontline-voices-at-the-worlds-largest-health-peer-learning-event/

Are you a global partner seeking to strengthen local capacity? Watch this 10-minute presentation to understand why and how #TeachToReach can help global partners turn the idea of localization into practice.

Dr María Monzón, TGLF's global partnerships coordinator, presented Teach to Reach to a group of global immunization partner communicators.

Sustainable development depends on local actors leading efforts to improve their communities and working inclusively and collectively to see those efforts through.

🌟 Exciting Opportunity Alert for Local Community Health Leaders! 🌟

📢 Calling all community organizations & local government agencies! You’re warmly invited to the Teach to Reach 10 Partner Briefing! 🎉

🤝 Become a part of a movement where community leaders transform health through the power of peer learning. For the FIRST time, local organizations can join as partners. 🌍✨

🔗 Why join? Last October, over 17,000 health pros from across the globe joined Teach to Reach 9, with global partners like Gavi & UNICEF supporting. Want to make an impact? Links in the comments to dive deeper into becoming a Partner ➡

📆 As a Teach to Reach 10 partner, get featured on our homepage, connect with a global network of 50,000 + health workers, and more! 🚀

💡 Host your workshop, showcase your work, and engage with international partners. Plus, enjoy the spotlight across our social media & events! 🌐

👉 Don’t miss this chance to shine & share! #TeachToReach #GlobalHealth #CommunityLeadership 🌟

Follow this link to join the next #TeachToReach Partner briefing https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1217090497666/WN_m1lZ4owIQ_yQ4xIDRj5yjw

Become a Teach to Reach 10 Partner: Help amplify frontline voices at the world’s largest health peer learning event https://redasadki.me/2024/02/27/become-a-teach-to-reach-10-partner-help-amplify-frontline-voices-at-the-worlds-largest-health-peer-learning-event/