As #humanitariancrises grow, so do risks for #women and #newborns.

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The largest office-to-residential conversion in American history, at 25 Water St., is almost done. (1,300 units!)

Includes affordable apartments. Rents as low as $1,166 for a 2-bed.

HPD lottery open now: housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/de...

We need to do this in many, many more buildings.

QMNC Framework Index (QMNCFi) - a comprehensive tool for measuring service user perceptions of the quality of care over time.
Register now: www.qmnc.org/about-qmnc/q...
● 25 March 5 pm Sydney/2 am EDT
● 27 March 3 pm UK/11 am EDT
Free for QMNC members not a member join here: www.qmnc.org

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.

Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future.

@schumer.senate.gov
Please listen to the federal workforce. We have made ourselves abundantly clear. The vast majority of us are begging you to vote NO!

Please buy veggies, meat And Cheese from local farms. We need your support!!!
Sales are down for everyone. Buy CHEESE!!🧀 🧀 🧀 🧀🧀 🧀

If this is real - and we should verify it is - we all really HAVE to demonstrate we have Senate Dems' backs. Next week is congressional recess. If this holds, be ready with a loud and enthusiastic THANK YOU if you have a Dem Senator. This is how we build a unified opposition party.

@altusaid.altgov.info #altgov

Not sure if anybody realizes what a truly monumental task this was. Props to the AltCDC and tech folks who made this happen. @altcdc.altgov.info

USAID Staff in the UA (USAID Annex- 500 D St, SW) building will have the opportunity to collect personal items on Thursday, 8am - 4:30pm, and Friday 8am - 4:00pm. Hoping for community support for our friends and colleagues, with another clap-out.

This is exceptional messaging. Too many electeds have no way of reaching to the middle beyond pissing off their base and looking at a seismometer, but this is perfect. If we put the thought into it, all of our messaging could look like this

USAID addressed measles around the world with real science. It worked.

Run for Something Run for Something recruits and supports talented, passionate young leaders to run for state and local office - we’re building long-term power.

We desperately need more passionate, progressive voices in this country's elected offices.

I'm not allowed to run (Hatch Act), but YOU are (unless you're also restricted by the Hatch Act).

Do it! I'll vote for you! (But not campaign for you, because, again, Hatch Act. Someone else will though!)

Many women lack access to essential sexual & reproductive health services that prevent maternal deaths. LEADING DIRECT CAUSES ARE: Haemorrhage (Severe heavy bleeding) 27% Hypertensive disorders including preeclampsia 16% Other direct causes including birth injuries and anaesthetic complications 10% Spontaneous and induced abortion including complications from miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, unsafe abortions 8% Sepsis/infections 7% Pulmonary embolism 7% Underlying health issues like anaemia, HIV/ AIDS, diabetes and malaria are major contributors to many maternal deaths. 23%

📢 New study on causes of maternal death:

Severe bleeding (haemorrhage) and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths, together claiming around 130,000 lives worldwide in 2020.

bit.ly/43AzEvM

If you’re unsure of your vaccine status and are pregnant, quickly speak to your medical provider

IVIG - given as a type of post-exposure - might be indicated for you

For most everyone else uncertain about vaccine status (or unvaccinated) and likely exposed, get the MMR vaccine within 72 hours

'A continual cycle': Losing a baby late in pregnancy is more common in the South, new report shows “We are losing lives,” said the lead researcher of a new health care report. “At what point are we going to stand up and say enough is enough?”

Late pregnancy loss more common in the South
“We are losing lives,” said the lead researcher of a new health care report. “At what point are we going to stand up and say enough is enough?” www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

WE GOT THIS!

Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."

Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅

Come join us!

Second death reported in growing measles outbreak The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.

Goddamit.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.

"Medical staff along the Uganda–DRC border have been terminated. Soldiers are everywhere. The laboratory built to deal with zoonotic diseases with US funding is empty."

www.wired.com/story/race-t...

Interrupted access to unique maternal health database rattles researchers Researchers lose access to crucial CDC data on maternal and infant health while they're made compliant with Trump executive orders

Interrupted access to unique maternal health database rattles researchers www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/c... via @statnews.com

These sites might be useful:

1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

HOW YOU CAN HELP:
✅ Spend your money at small businesses, especially those owned by underrepresented entrepreneurs
✅ Share this message with your networks—word of mouth is powerful
✅ Stand together in financial solidarity to create real economic change

I look forward to working together. Keep the faith.

PRAMS Surveillance project of CDC and health departments used to improve maternal and infant health.

For 38 years, PRAMS has collected critical data on maternal-child health with the goal to reduce infant morbidity and mortality. CDC has officially halted the 2024 PRAMS data collection for the participating 46 states and the future is uncertain.

Are you interested in convening key voices in womens/child health from Africa-govt/civil society/ex-USAID/etc—> a new “development” vision whose goal is African-led investments?
There are lots of ideas but no focus yet. Where others see destruction, I see space for the phoenix to rise.