Make Compassion Great Again

We need to make compassion great again. That is how we fight cruel tyrants, autocrats, oligarchs and the dark forces they have amassed

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Grateful Swiss TPH global health community for including us, as they push towards equity. Students lead the way! Hats off to @nandijoubert.bsky.social Carmen Sant Fruchtman and Lucienne Zinsstag for their tireless efforts!

@ananyatb.bsky.social @isabelmunoz.bsky.social

@mcgillghp.bsky.social

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Lantanas (1/2) 🌿 #art #illustration

So pleased to see @ananyatb.bsky.social, @shashikalb.bsky.social, @isabelmunoz.bsky.social & Vivian Qiang support this effort!

@madhupai.bsky.social @mcgillghp.bsky.social

Featuring expert speakers: @ananyatb.bsky.social, @shashikalb.bsky.social, Isabel Muñoz Beaulieu and Vivian Qiang!

The retreat is designed to challenge dominant narratives, confront power structures, and foster meaningful allyship in global health. We will explore themes such as anti-oppression in research, equitable global health partnerships, education, and the current political climate around global health.

The @swisstph.ch DEI Network is excited to host a scientific retreat: Reimagining Global Health at Swiss TPH!

With speakers from McGill Uni & @thelancet.com Commission Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health.

Can we unplug global health education from The Matrix?

In this commentary, we compare the “red pill” versus “blue pill” versions of global health education which represents the choice to radically reimagine global health education or remain comfortable with the status quo, respectively

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Thanks for the positive note towards the end of the interview. We are a resilient country indeed!

Discussion | US plans to end international immunization programs

Yesterday, there was a prime time interview on eNCA discussing the global decrease in funding for scientific research, immunization, and treatment programs. #Global #Health #ciris www.enca.com/opinion/disc...

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Register - any and all, even remotely interested in Global Health - especially NOW that the world is on fire!

‪In India next week, I will be speaking about what 'innovation' means without adequate 'access'

As Paul Farmer put it, "Excellent without equity…is the chief human rights problem of the twenty-first century medicine”

In a new analysis (note, back-of-the-envelope) @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @justsand.bsky.social estimate that US foreign aid saves around 3.3 million lives per year.

You can read more about their methodology and results here:
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John Snow cholera map and John Snow in a party hat

Happy (early) Birthday to the father of Field Epidemiology! John Snow, who turns 212 on March 15th, is legendary for using disease mapping to determine the source of the London cholera outbreak in 1854. #JohnSnow #Epidemiology

Fear spreads that NIH will terminate grants involving South Africa Trump has promised to cut off funding, claiming nation discriminates against white citizens

WTAF!?

NIH might terminate grants involving South Africa because Trump thinks SA discriminates against white people

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If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death. Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.

Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

The war on equality Equality feels like oppression to those accustomed to privilege, the adage goes. To certain petty political leaders and their supporters, it must. There is no other explanation for the current erasure...

How do we respond to the war on equity?

@jocalynclark.bsky.social @bmj.com offers many thoughtful suggestions

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To honor Paul Farmer, last year, I helped create the Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity to honor inspiring people doing health equity work

We raised 90% of our goal!

If you can, please make a contribution & join 640+ people who co-created this award!

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Cartoon by @paulnoth.bsky.social

For many of us, it doesn’t cost much to improve someone’s life, and we can do much more of it Most countries spend less than 1% of their national income on foreign aid; even small increases could make a big difference.

My latest article on Our World in Data, looking at foreign aid and the difference we can make with personal donations:

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Funding cuts impact access to tuberculosis (TB) services for millions.

Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.

Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i

Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 No country to date has successfully curbed the rising rates of adult overweight and obesity. Without immediate and effective intervention, overweight and obesity will continue to increase globally. Pa...

"Without drastic intervention, 3·80 billion adults over
the age of 25 years will have overweight and obesity by
2050."
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We're seeking a Co-Editor to work alongside Prof. Melody Ding for a 3-year term beginning in 2026. Help us publish impactful research that addresses critical evidence gaps worldwide related to the science, practice, and policy of physical activity.

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US-Geldstopp trifft auch Allschwil: Trump-Entscheid hat harte Folgen für Swiss TPH Die USA frieren ihre Hilfsgelder ein. Auch das Schweizerische Tropen- und Public-Health-Institut in Allschwil ist davon betroffen.

In an interview with #BaZ, Swiss TPH Director Jürg Utzinger talks about how the #USAID funding freeze is impacting Swiss TPH projects in Tanzania and Ukraine, disrupting crucial healthcare services, and the shift in global health funding.

Click the link below to read the full article.

10 years ago, when I began teaching global health, my courses were mostly the 'blue pill' version

Slowly but surely, it has become reddish

Every year brings more improvement & reflection

@shashikalb.bsky.social & @ananyatb.bsky.social have been great co-teachers

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WHO strengthens support for grassroots crowdsourcing campaign: a global movement of unity and solidarity What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement for health.

What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global movement for health.

Learn more about the #1Dollar1World campaign and get involved.

People have the power 👏
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