State of Health
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🩺 WHO estimates the health and care workforce now tops 70M people—but the world still faces a projected shortage of ~11M health workers by 2030, especially in low‑income countries. #GlobalHealth #HealthWorkforce #HealthSystems #AMR
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📱 New research links 4+ hours of daily screen time in kids and teens to higher anxiety, depression and behaviour problems largely via less physical activity and disrupted sleep while more countries move to ban smartphones in classrooms #ScreenTime #YouthMentalHealth #SocialMedia
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