#GlobalHealth

📕 Chuffed to pick up hardcopy of new @springernature Scabies book. Includes my chapter on managing institutional #scabies outbreaks from care homes to refugee camps: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4_29. Abstract + more info➡️

Middleton et al. Scabies Management in Institutions

Abstract
Scabies is a particular problem in semi-closed institutions such as residential settings for elderly people, children and those with learning disabilities; refugee camps and other settings for displaced persons; prisons; schools; hospitals and hostels. What many of these diverse places have in common is a range of transmission drivers which enable scabies to reach very high prevalence including: high densities of potential hosts, social behaviours involving prolonged contact, bed and clothes sharing, manual handling, reduced access to laundry facilities and immunocompromise. We describe the epidemiology of institutional scabies outbreaks across settings, and based primarily on recent and longstanding evidence from adult health care, we draw out general strategic priorities for case management and outbreak control. The tools and information necessary to carry out an epidemiological assessment of an institutional scabies outbreak are provided, along with guidance on control measures. A summary checklist of the key steps to take in responding to an institutional outbreak concludes the chapter.

Thank you to @nihrresearch for funding support.

This is part of the first comprehensive book on scabies, written by experts from across the world. You can order the full 31 chapter ebook and hardback for your uni/clinical library here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4

#NTDs #Scabies #Refugeehealth #carehomes #outbreakcontrol #epidemiology #publichealth #medicalacarology #acarology #prisonhealth #parisitology #globalhealth #parasites

Rising canine respiratory illness and mystery virus in China put veterinarians and health experts on alert https://noah-news.com/gb/en/health/2023/12/05/rising-canine-respiratory-illness-and-mystery-virus-in-china-put-veterinarians-and-health-experts-on-alert #canineillness #respiratorydiseases #globalhealth

Tag der #Gesundheit auf der #COP28:
Der #Klimawandel führt derzeit zu 1⃣4⃣1⃣.0⃣0⃣0⃣ bis 400.000 #Todesfällen pro Jahr.
Bis 2050 wird er voraussichtlich zu 250.000 bis 1,09 Millionen Todesfällen pro Jahr führen. Und bis 2100 könnte die Zahl auf 3,35 bis 4⃣,6⃣ Mio. ↗ ansteigen.

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241563871
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZKX50D8EpQBx1EuR5IKfn_59XQVVC8I-/view?usp=share_link
https://www.ghf-ge.org/human-impact-report.pdf
https://daraint.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CVM2-Low.pdf
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241507691
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01156-3/fulltext
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24487-w
#GlobalHealth #SDG13 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #Gesundheit

Bis zum Jahr 2100 wird der #Klimawandel voraussichtlich zu kumulativ 83 Millionen Todesfällen führen (von 2020 bis 2100). Die meisten Todesfälle werden für das Ende des Jahrhunderts prognostiziert, aber sie werden durch die #Emissionen von heute und während des gesamten Jahrhunderts verursacht. Mindestens 74 Millionen Todesfälle könnten vermieden werden, wenn die #globaleErwärmung unter 2,4 °C gehalten würde.

Quelle: @Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24487-w
#GlobalHealth #SDG13 #SDGs #COP28 #Gesundheit

By 2100, #climate #change is projected to result in a cumulative 83 million excess deaths (from 2020 to 2100). Most deaths are projected to occur at the end of the century, but they are caused by #emissions today and throughout the #century. At least 74 million deaths could be avoided by keeping #GlobalWarming below 2.4°C.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24487-w
#GlobalHealth #SDG13 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #COP28 #HealthDay

Today, we celebrate #WorldAIDSday.
#AIDS killed about 6⃣3⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ people in 2022.
Although this #death toll ↘ has fallen from 900,000 in 2015, it is not on track to reach the 2025 UNAIDS #target nor the 2030 #SDG 3.3 target to #endAIDS.⛔️

Source: UNAIDS
https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet
http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/HIV_estimates_from_1990-to-present.xlsx
#HIV #SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda @WHO #GlobalHealth

Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontline @GCHAlliance #COP28 #GlobalHealth #ClimateCrisis
https://t.co/9XhCChlfBA

New report: #Malaria killed about 6⃣0⃣8⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ people in 2022, mainly #children.
This figure ↗ has risen from 586,000 in 2015 and is not on track to reach #SDG 3.3 #target to #endMalaria by 2030.⛔️

Source: @WHO https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240086173
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth

"By midway through this year, 47 countries were reporting serious measles outbreaks, compared with 16 countries in June 2020. Nigeria is currently facing the largest diphtheria outbreak in its history, with more than 17,000 suspected cases and nearly 600 deaths so far. Twelve countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, are reporting circulating polio virus."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/health/vaccines-children-zero-dose.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

#publichealth #globalhealth #vaccines #immunizations #primarycare #pediatrics #IDMastodon

Decoloniality in global health research: ten tasks for early career researchers | BMJ Global Health
#globalhealth
https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/11/e014298

World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Around 1.27 million people died due to #bacterial #AntimicrobialResistance in 2019. Drug resistance killed most often in #pneumonia, other lower #respiratory infections and #bloodstream #infections.

Source: IHME #GBDstudy
https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-releases/lancet-estimated-12-million-people-died-2019-antibiotic
#WAAW #AMR #antibiotics #GlobalHealth @thelancet

The #COVID-19 #pandemic caused 6.98 million reported #deaths by today, or an estimated 14.9 to 18.2 million deaths by the end of 2021, or 27.4 million by today.
#Mortality rates in Singapore, Japan and South Korea were much lower than in Western high-income countries.
🌍
Sources: @WHO + IHME #GBDstudy + @TheEconomist https://covid19.who.int/
https://www.who.int/data/stories/global-excess-deaths-associated-with-covid-19-january-2020-december-2021
https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-releases/lancet-global-death-toll-covid-19-pandemic-may-be-more-three
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-estimates
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist-single-entity
#GlobalHealth #health @thelancet

The #annual #death toll of #COVID19 rose from 4.44 to 5.27 million in 2020 to a peak of 10.4 to 12.5 million in 2021. Afterwards, it decreased to 7.11 million in 2022 and to 2.8 million in 2023 (extrapolated from 2.50 mn by Nov 18) – still infectious killer no. 1️⃣.

Sources: @WHO + @TheEconomist https://covid19.who.int/
https://www.who.int/data/stories/global-excess-deaths-associated-with-covid-19-january-2020-december-2021
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/world-health-data-platform/covid-19-excessmortality/2023-05-19_covid-19_gem.zip
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-estimates
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-economist-single-entity
#GlobalHealth #health

#Outdoor #air #pollution led to about 4.14-4.2 million #deaths #globally in 2019 - more than 11,000 per day.
This figure is up from 3.87 million in 2015, which diverts from #SDG 3.9 to substantially reduce the number of deaths from #AirPollution by 2030.⛔

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @WHO + @un https://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/ambient-particulate-matter-pollution-level-4-risk
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/cce16013bcd2b89db69a5ff4309b8d91
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/generalassembly/docs/globalcompact/A_RES_70_1_E.pdf
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth #ambient air pollution @thelancet

By 2100, #climate #change is projected to result in a cumulative 83 million excess deaths (from 2020 to 2100). Most deaths are projected to occur at the end of the century, but they are caused by #emissions today and throughout the #century. At least 74 million deaths could be avoided by keeping #GlobalWarming below 2.4°C.

Sources: @Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24487-w
#GlobalHealth #SDG13 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda @unep

#Undernourishment claimed the lives of around 2.94 million #children in 2019.
In 2022, 735 million people suffered from chronic #hunger. That was 122 million people more than before the #pandemic and 146 million more than in 2015. Therefore, the trend is contrary to the #SDG2 #target to #endHunger by 2030.⛔

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @fao https://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/child-and-maternal-malnutrition-level-2-risk
https://www.fao.org/3/cc3017en/cc3017en.pdf
#SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth @thelancet

About 2.6-3 million #deaths occur annually as a result of #harmful #medical #care in low- and middle-income countries. Most of these are due to #infections from #unsafe equipment or procedures (insufficient #hygiene).

Sources: @WHO @ashishkjha Jha et al.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/patient-safety
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/25152/chapter/6#135
#PatientSafety #HealthCare #GlobalHealth #SideEffects

#Indoor #air #pollution, resulting from burning solid fuels for cooking and heating, claimed the #lives of 2.31 to 3.2 million people in 2019/2020.
It fell from 2.58 million in 2015 to 2.31 million in 2019. Whether this complies with #SDG #target 3.9 to substantially reduce the number of deaths from #airPollution by 2030 may depend on the understanding of “substantially”.

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @WHO https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/3a6aace4c9d077656dda2e5c1ac96f83
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/household-air-pollution-and-health
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalHealth #stove #ventilation

Around 691 million people are living in extreme #poverty (i.e. at a consumption level below $2.15 per day). This estimate for 2023 does not take into account current #food price #inflation.

Sources: World Bank
https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/poverty-back-pre-covid-levels-globally-not-low-income-countries
#UN #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth

The #poverty figure fell from 800 million in 2015, but we are not on track to meet #target #SDG1 to #endPoverty by 2030.⛔
Poverty contributes 23–51% to #mortality from hunger, unsafe water/sanitation and indoor air pollution.

Sources: World Bank + @WHO https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/poverty-back-pre-covid-levels-globally-not-low-income-countries
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9241580313 pp. 1942, 2068–2069
#UN #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth

About 2.3 million #newborns died in 2021, and 287,000 #women died during #pregnancy or #childbirth in 2020. Together, that makes more than 7000 #deaths per day!
👶
Source: @unicef
https://www.unicef.org/health/maternal-and-newborn-health
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth #birth #delivery #NMR #MaternalMortality #MaternalDisorders #ReproductiveHealth

About 2.49 to 2.59 million people died from #pneumonia and other lower #respiratory infections (such as #influenza or #RSV) in 2019. Among those #killed, 672,000 to 740,000 were #children under the age of five.
Trends are declining.

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @WHO https://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/lower-respiratory-infections-level-3-cause
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/5051cf2dfb0b5375f4ab02b9fa3aa319
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/pneumonia
#LRI #GlobalHealth @thelancet

Between 1.22 and 1.88 million people die annually from #occupational #diseases or #accidents.
The trend is rising slightly, despite #SDG 8.8 calls to promote #safe and secure #working environments for all #workers.⛔

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @ilo https://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/occupational-risks-level-2-risk
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---lab_admin/documents/publication/wcms_819788.pdf - p. 59
#SDG8 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #SafetyAtWork #work-related #accident #OccupationalHealth #safeWork #GlobalHealth @thelancet

#SecondhandSmoke led to around 1.30 million #deaths in 2019. This death toll has risen from 1.21 million in 2015.
🚭
Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @WHO
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/cb6bb02db6bd2368be15566cd50b70bd
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tobacco
#SDGs #passive #smoking #tobacco #health #GlobalHealth @thelancet

At least 1.27 million people died from #antibiotic-resistant #bacterial #infections in 2019. Such infections contribute to many more #deaths.

Source: IHME #GBDstudy
https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-releases/lancet-estimated-12-million-people-died-2019-antibiotic
#AntimicrobialResistance #AMR #GlobalHealth @thelancet #AntimicrobialResistanceWeek

#RoadAccidents cause 1.20-1.3 million #fatalities per year - around 3400 per day!
The latest figure relates to 2019 and was the same as in 2015, completely missing #SDG 3.6 #target to halve the number of #global #deaths from road #traffic by 2020.⛔

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @WHO
https://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/road-injuries-level-3-cause
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/6a7e4e345442f1157569748cbe30ffaa
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth #RoadAccident #RoadSafety @thelancet

#UnsafeWater led to about 1.23 million #deaths in 2019, mainly among #children.
This is a decrease from 1.36 million in 2015, which may or may not be in line with #SDG 3.9 to “substantially reduce” the number of deaths from #water #pollution and #contamination by 2030.

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy
https://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/unsafe-water-source-level-3-risk
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/9093e3596ae8da51bbdc23ea4aa4df7c
#SDG3 #SDG6 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda @WHO #GlobalHealth @thelancet

In 2022, 2.2 billion people lacked access to safely managed #drinking #water. Between 2015 and 2022, global coverage of safely managed drinking water increased from 69% to 73%. Progress is not sufficient to achieve #SDG 6.1 #target of #universal #access to #safeWater by 2030.⛔

Sources: @unicef
https://washdata.org/report/jmp-2023-wash-households p. 14
#SDG3 #SDG6 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda @WHO #GlobalHealth @thelancet

#Tuberculosis caused about 1.13 million #deaths in 2022 (not including the 167,000 people killed by AIDS with TB co-infection).
That was down from 1.24 million deaths in 2015 but still not on track to meet #SDG 3.3 #target to #endTB by 2030.⛔

Source: @WHO
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis
https://www.who.int/teams/global-tuberculosis-programme/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2023/tb-disease-burden/1-2-tb-mortality
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth #EndTB

#Hepatitis B and C resulted in around 1.1 million #deaths in 2019, mainly through related #cirrhosis and #liver #cancer. The trend is rising, despite #SDG 3.3 to “combat hepatitis”.⛔

Sources: IHME #GBDstudy + @WHO
https://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/total-burden-related-hepatitis-b-cause
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/9d40945541c0592bad0f5e9fead12166
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-c
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #hepB #hepC #GlobalHealth

#Lead #pollution resulted in around 902,000 #deaths in 2019.
The death toll rose from 855,000 in 2015, deviating from #SDG 3.9 to substantially reduce the number of deaths from #hazardous #chemicals and air, water and soil #pollution by 2030.⛔

Sources: @WHO
+ IHME #GBDstudy
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/342273/WHO-HEP-ECH-EHD-21.01-eng.pdf
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/c9c24628a7a6cfbdebd7e3569250ff02
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth @thelancet #LeadExposure #LeadPollution

#AIDS claimed about 630,000 #lives in 2022.
Although this number of deaths dropped from 900,000 in 2015, it may meet neither the 2025 UNAIDS #target nor the 2030 #SDG 3.3 target to #endAIDS.⛔

Source: UNAIDS
https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet
http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/HIV_estimates_from_1990-to-present.xlsx
@WHO #HIV #SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth

#Malaria killed around 619,000 people in 2021, predominantly #children.
This figure has risen from 577,000 in 2020 as the #pandemic has disrupted the provision of means to fight malaria. So far, we are not on track to meet #SDG 3.3 #target to #endMalaria by 2030.⛔

Source: @WHO https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/365169/9789240064898-eng.pdf (p. 15)
#SDG3 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth

The increase of battle deaths since 2015 negates the aim of #SDG 16.1 to significantly reduce all forms of #violence and related #death rates everywhere.⛔

Sources: PRIO UCDP @ourworldindata https://www.prio.org/publications/13513
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-in-armed-conflicts-by-region?time=1995..latest
https://ucdp.uu.se/exploratory
#SDG16 #SDGs #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda @un #GlobalHealth #war #peace #conflict

#NaturalDisasters caused 76,125 reported #deaths in 2022. This included more than 61,000 excess deaths resulting from at least five record-breaking #heatwaves in Europe.

Sources: @ourworldindata CRED-UCL
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/natural-disasters?time=1990..2022&facet=none&country=~OWID_WRL&hideControls=true&Disaster+Type=All+disasters&Impact=Deaths&Timespan=Annual&Per+capita=false
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/74163686-a029-4e27-8fbf-c5bfcd13f953/resource/c5ce40d6-07b1-4f36-955a-d6196436ff6b/download/emdat-country-profiles_2023_11_06.xlsx
#SDGs #SDG11 #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda @un #GlobalHealth

The #SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) contain time-bound and quantifiable #targets for 12 of 21 major #global #challenges. None of these targets are clearly on track to be met by their target year (most often 2030). For two targets, the assessment may depend on the interpretation of what it means to reduce a problem “substantially”. As we pass the midpoint of the #SDG target period, the #SDGs still need a #booster.

@UN #GlobalGoals #2030Agenda #GlobalHealth
http://global2030.net/news/global_challenges_data_2023.html

R to @EU_Health: We are at a crucial stage for global health and are looking forward to deepening EU coordination on #globalhealth challenges, including through the #EUGlobalHealthStrategy

Help us ensure that we can deliver concrete benefits and leave no one behind.

https://health.ec.europa.eu/internationalcooperation/global-health_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EU_Health/status/1726640168202060028#m

[2023-11-20 16:34 UTC]

🚨 To our #Heidelberg friends:

This winter semester, the "Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft" (HGG) hosts a lecture series on current spatial developments, such as #GlobalHealth, #Landuse and #ClimateChange, or #NaturalHazards.

📍Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik (KIP), Kleiner Hörsaal (HS2), INF 227
🗣️All lectures will be held in German🇩🇪

Follow the link for more info (German language only)

https://heigit.org/vortragsreihe-der-heidelberger-geographischen-gesellschaft-2/

"There was a “staggering” annual rise in measles cases and deaths in 2022, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Cases jumped by 18% to an estimated 9 million, and deaths to 136,000, mostly among children, the health agencies said in a joint statement on Thursday."

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/staggering-rise-measles-cases-last-year-says-who-cdc-2023-11-16/

#publichealth #globalhealth #vaccines #immunizations #measles #primarycare

‘When you’re with a patient … their suffering counts more than your suffering’

Check it out! 👇
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/11/symposium-reflects-on-paul-farmers-legacy/?utm_medium=Feed&utm_source=Syndication

#PaulFarmer #PartnersInHealth #JoiaMukherjee #HarvardMedicalSchool #Haiti #GlobalHealth #BrighamAndWomensHospital #ArthurKleinman #AlvinPowell #Healthnmedicine

"The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on #health and #ClimateChange" now published #OpenAccess https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01859-7

#ClimateHealth #HealthClimate #GlobalHealth #Climate #CCA #Adaptation #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateChangeAdaptation #PublicHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #EcoHealth

gmp116 ist da! Wir sprechen mit Malte Schmieding & Christoph Wagenblast vom
BMG zum Gesundheitsdatenntuzungsgesetz #GDNG.
News gibts zum #Bürokratieabbau, Pool-Ärzt:innen Urteil, #UPD und und und. Im Murks: #ClimateCrisis as #globalhealth emergency
https://gmp-podcast.de/blog/gmp116/

"The most commonly prescribed antibiotics in Southeast Asia are now only 50% effective at treating sepsis and meningitis in newborns...Why aren't the drugs doing their job? It's because overuse of those drugs has led to the evolution of antimicrobial resistant infections – bacteria and other diseases that are no longer knocked out by treatment."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/11/07/1209109088/antibiotics-that-fight-deadly-infections-in-babies-are-losing-their-power

#publichealth #globalhealth #antibiotics #IDmastodon #pediatrics #drugresistance

It’s Time for Companies to Monitor Workplace Air Quality

Check it out! 👇
https://hbr.org/2023/11/its-time-for-companies-to-monitor-workplace-air-quality

#DigitalArticle #AnalyticsAndDataScience #HealthAndWellness #SustainableBusinessPractices #CorporateSocialResponsibility #GlobalHealth #ClimateChange

The Sky’s Not the Limit for One Health on Earth
#Health #Technology #ESA #NASA #SpaceTechnology #OneHealth #SpaceData #EarthMonitoring #GlobalHealth #Innovation #EarthObservingSatellites #Earth #Sky
https://the-14.com/the-skys-not-the-limit-for-one-health-on-earth/

Animal-To-Human Diseases Could Kill 12 Times More People By 2050 | Ginkgo Bioworks, published by GlobalHealthBMJ BMJ_latest

by @GrrlScientist

#pandemics #epidemics #zoonotic #spillover #Virus #GlobalHealth #ClimateCrisis #deforestation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/11/07/animal-to-human-diseases-could-kill-12-times-more-people-by-2050/

#science #globalhealth #tuberculosis #tuberculosisinfection #TuberculosisDetection #moleculardiagnosis #ghana #who #generics
Tuberculosis, which is preventable and curable, has reclaimed the title of the world’s leading infectious disease killer, after being supplanted from its long reign by COVID-19. Worldwide, 40 percent of people who are living with TB are untreated and undiagnosed, according to the World Health Organization.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/health/tuberculosis-tb-treatment-vaccine-diagnosis.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20231107&instance_id=107116&nl=the-morning&regi_id=219282970&segment_id=149376&te=1&user_id=255198a6259639703b2c7299b1ae32f9

Imaging findings and their neurological consequence in cerebral #malaria

#infectiousdiseases #IDMastodon #MRI #globalhealth
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad651/7332130?login=false

"Republicans have delayed more than $1 billion in funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, better known as PEPFAR, the latest complication facing a lifesaving HIV program that has been ensnared in a broader political fight around abortion."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/10/26/pepfar-funding-delays-hiv-abortion/

#publichealth #globalhealth #hiv #pepfar

Two exciting days ahead of me as I attend the #PoliticoHealthCare Summit in Brussels! Health seems to have shifted out of focus of the EU political stage - let’s see if this event can change that.
First up: #WHO’s Chief Scientist Jeremy Farrar, highlighting pressing challenges like climate change & increasing disparities across the world. And all the wars. And democratic institutions in crisis, of course…
#LivePolitico #EUpol #healthcare #HealthUnion #GlobalHealth

Ende 2022 hat die #EU Kommission einen Entwurf für eine globale Gesundheitsstrategie vorgestellt. Die Mitteilung spricht gegenüber des Globalen Südens eine andere Sprache & macht #globalhealth zu einem Instrument europäischer Geopolitik - Kommentar (hier stark gekürzt) v. Christopher Knauth (S.4) 👇 👀

https://bukopharma.de/images/pharmabrief/2023/Phbf2023_06_07.pdf

“The foundation and maintenance of [LSHTM] were made possible through the forced labour and financial exploitation of colonised subjects”

BMJ article on the history of London’s school of #TropicalMedicine, which is now taking important steps to confront its legacy and decolonise its curriculum

#GlobalHealth #DecolonizeGlobalHealth #LSHTM

https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2232

EU countries criticised for patching up healthcare gaps through migration https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/eu-countries-criticised-for-patching-up-healthcare-gaps-through-migration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #globalhealth #globalhealthstrategy #healthcare #healthcareworkers

Learn more about how new digital learning approach can open access to international global health conferences otherwise restricted to the select few.
https://t.co/PND4Z3qGSn #GlobalHealth

What did we learn from the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) in its first two years? #VaccinesWork #GlobalHealth #ImmunizationAgenda2030

Health Brief: The moment of truth for global health action https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/health-brief-the-moment-of-truth-for-global-health-action/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EU #globalhealth #pandemictreaty #WHO

Health systems are complex and adaptive: performance outcomes arise from interactions between many interconnected system actors and their ability to adapt to pressures for change.
#HRH #PerformanceManagement #LMICs #complex #adaptive #GlobalHealth

Existing performance management approaches in many low- and middle-income country health systems are largely directive, aiming to control behaviour using targets, performance monitoring, incentives, and answerability to hierarchies.
#HRH #LMICs #complex #adaptive #GlobalHealth

World Health Summit2023 in Berlin + Digital vom 15.-17.10.2023
“A DEFINING YEAR FOR GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION”
#WHS2023
https://www.worldhealthsummit.org/

Natürlich geht es u.a. auch um Pandemien und auch um unsere jetzige Pandemie (wohl eher unverständlicherweise so nachbetrachtungsmäßig).

Auf YouTube kann man live dabei sein oder Konserven öffnen:
https://www.youtube.com/worldhealthsummit

😷 Masken sind eher nicht zu sehen …

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #Corona #ClimateChange #GlobalHealth

"Think global, act local: using a #translocal approach to understand community-based organisations’ responses to #PlanetaryHealth crises during #COVID-19"
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(23)00193-6/fulltext
Just published and led by Geordan Shannon.

#coronavirus #covid19 #covid2019 #covid #covid_19 #covidー19 #covid19outbreak #Covid19pandemic #Health #GlobalHealth #epidemic #pandemic #disease #outbreak

#LongCovid #disability court battles are “Just the tip of the iceberg” https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995101?form=fpf
At least 30 lawsuits have been filed seeking legal resolution of #DisabilityInsurance claims. Many #disabled workers find their only recourse is to take insurers to court.
#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #DisabilityPolicy #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth

#LongCovid #disability court battles are “Just the tip of the iceberg” https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/995101?form=fpf
At least 30 lawsuits have been filed seeking legal resolution of #DisabilityInsurance claims. Many #disabled workers find their only recourse is to take insurers to court.
#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #DisabilityPolicy #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth

Can children recognize sick faces? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998306
It is important to understand how #children's ability to recognize and avoid sickness emerges and develops to help improve #ChildrensHealth and #PublicHealth more broadly.
#healthcare #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth

Can children recognize sick faces? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998306
It is important to understand how #children's ability to recognize and avoid sickness emerges and develops to help improve #ChildrensHealth and #PublicHealth more broadly.
#healthcare #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth

Maybe you’re not surprised by new research explaining how images generated by #AI perpetuate stereotypes. But it’s worth discussing- especially when the #WorldHealthOrganization has started using this technology. My latest for NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/06/1201840678/ai-was-asked-to-create-images-of-black-african-docs-treating-white-kids-howd-it-

#Africa #AISciWri #GlobalHealth

#disability rates rose sharply during the #pandemic. #LongCovid is largely to blame https://www.salon.com/2023/07/30/disability-rates-rose-sharply-during-the-pandemic-long-is-largely-to/
#DisabilityRights #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth #WomenWithDisabilities

Thank you @Kate_L_OBrien @Dr_Ephrem for your partnership and support in including everyone in #globalHealth

Rising together: promoting inclusivity and collaboration in global health https://t.co/ZyI9ZVqR2B https://t.co/wjQviGcdT6

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s most deadly infectious disease, killing 1.5 million people per year, more than COVID-19. But unlike COVID-19, TB is preventable and curable if detected and treated early. We must invest more in TB testing, treatment and prevention and address the social and environmental factors fueling its spread. #Tuberculosis #InfectiousDisease #GlobalHealth

https://time.com/6317647/tuberculosis-pandemic-threat/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

Scientists raise alarm over global spread of new highly-mutated #COVID variant
Scientists are warning that #Pirola could potentially cause a similar “#Omicron-type” event, in which billions of people globally become infected or reinfected with #COVID19. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/08/19/pers-a19.html
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth #pandemic

Scientists raise alarm over global spread of new highly-mutated #COVID variant
Scientists are warning that #Pirola could potentially cause a similar “#Omicron-type” event, in which billions of people globally become infected or reinfected with #COVID19. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/08/19/pers-a19.html
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth #pandemic

NPR is hiring a global health correspondent to do news and features for our many platforms (print, podcast, radio), here's the ad for any journalists out with an interest in overseas travel, infectious disease research, etc.

https://boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpublicradioinc/jobs/4315834005

#journalism #radio #reporting #globalhealth

Very cool resources here - the Appendicitis teaching video looks especially interesting #medlibs #MedMastodon #GlobalHealth https://mstdn.ca/@sparc@mastodon.social/111098527459311037

#Arthropod-borne viruses, such as #dengue, #Zika, and #Mayaro, are emerging at an accelerating rate in the neotropics of central and south America.

#TravelMedicine #Latinoamérica #LatinAmerica #IDMastodon #EmergingInfections #GlobalHealth

https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/ZOONOSES-2022-0047

@DoctorsWithoutBorders is responding to an enormous #diphtheria outbreak in northern #Nigeria.

Diphtheria can kill half of people who are infected if they don’t receive proper treatment. Even with treatment, diphtheria is still fatal for 5%.

Responding to the outbreak has proven challenging due to a worldwide shortage of diphtheria antitoxin caused by dwindling production capacity.

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/nigeria-worsening-diphtheria-outbreak-requires-urgent-response #news #press #globalhealth

Symptoms of #Eris variant appear a week before positive test https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/covid-eris-variant-symptoms-appearing-a-week-before-positive-test-report-says-know-more/photostory/102771225.cms?from=mdr
A phenomenon called '#preCOVID' is being witnessed currently.
#GlobalHealth #WomensHealth #COVID #pandemic

Symptoms of #Eris variant appear a week before positive test https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/covid-eris-variant-symptoms-appearing-a-week-before-positive-test-report-says-know-more/photostory/102771225.cms?from=mdr
A phenomenon called '#preCOVID' is being witnessed currently.
#GlobalHealth #WomensHealth #COVID #pandemic

🇺🇳🤝WHO Europe supports its Member States in responding to & recovering from #PublicHealth emergencies. Gerald Rockenschaub, Regional Emergency Director, and colleagues from WHO Europe visited to #RKI to discuss ongoing and future collaboration.

#StrongerTogether #GlobalHealth

This important message is brought to you by the cruelty of price gouging medical equipment.

#TB #Tuberculosis #Medicine #MedicalDevices #Healthcare #GlobalHealth #TimeFor5

The European Research Council awards nine #StartingGrants and one Proof-of-Concept Grant to our scientists in the fields of #STEM, #globalhealth, #datascience and #additivemanufacturing. Congrats! 👏http://go.tum.de/614891

#ERCStG #ERCGrants

📷iStock/champpixs

Microbe stops mosquitoes from harboring #malaria parasite. The strategy could provide additional weapon against spread of deadly disease https://www.science.org/content/article/microbe-stops-mosquitoes-harboring-malaria-parasite
#globalhealth #internationalhealth #Africa #healthcare

Stop referring to the #pandemic in the past tense and #ClimateChange in the future tense!
#WomensHealth #GlobalHealth #environment

Very interesting - an innovative approach to fighting #dengue, with #mosquitoes https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/fighting-dengue-mosquitoes #globalhealth #honduras #press #news

In search of a vaccine for #leishmaniasis

#GlobalHealth #IDMastodon

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02580-y

It was a pleasure to work with Jason Ladner and Jason Sahl on this insightful look at how pathogen genomics can be leveraged post #COVID19 to understand and track other pathogen and emerging #epidemics

#pandemic #genomics #pathogen #virus #bacteria #sequencing #GlobalHealth

From: @PLOSBiology
https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology/110819074844875384

Fuck - and I cannot emphasize this enough - these fucking people. #AIDS #HIV #PublicHealth #globalhealth #Abortion #HumanRights #politics

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/07/29/pepfar-aids-hiv-abortion-congress/

Generic drugs save lives. Attempts at evergreening drug patents are disgusting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW0h4

#Health #GlobalHealth #JnJ #JohnsonAndJohnson #Pharma #Science #DrugDiscovery #PatientsNotPatents

Academic jobs at University College London, UK:
1. Lecturer in #Meteorological #Risk https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=11880&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Meteorological%20Risk
2. Professor in #Climate and #Health https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=12237&jobTitle=Professor%20in%20Climate%20and%20Health

#AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #AcademicLife #PhDLife #AcademicChat #PhDChat #DRR #ClimateChange #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth

Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 faces an increased risk of disease outbreaks with epidemic potential. HIOH and #RKI equipped a new training and research laboratory at the University Teaching Hospital of Bouaké. It was funded through the #GlobalHealth Protection Programme #GHPP.

The minister of health and local representatives opened the laboratory together with RKI and HIOH. 🤝

👨‍🔬 The laboratory is envisaged to become a hub for teaching modern molecular #diagnostics and state of the art sequencing technology.

🔜🗣️Join our #ZIGTalk with Frode Forland today at 5 pm! He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of our international department #ZIG and currently seconded from Folkehelseinstituttet in Norway to Africa CDC in Ethiopia.

➡️ https://www.rki.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/ZIG_Talks/2023-05-25.html

#GlobalHealth #IANPHI

@merz This is indeed excellent news

#PublicHealth
#GlobalHealth

#IDMastodon #Globalhealth #CovidIsNotOver @sciencemagazine #SarsCoV2 mutated to outsmart key antibody treatments. Better ones are coming As pandemic slows and #COVID19 funding dwindles, researchers worry companies won’t have incentives to bring improved antibodies to market
https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-19-virus-mutated-outsmart-key-antibody-treatments-better-ones-coming

The eco-revolution that we need can't simply be to replace petro-capitalism with exploitative cobalt and lithium mining beneath a green-washed economy.

We need to rethink how we're going to produce energy production and store it safely and humanely throughout the entire energy economy, including at the very bottom of the supply chain.

Some pieces that have been on my mind follow.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

#EnvironmentalJustice #GlobalHealth #Economics #Energy

Training and simulation exercises in Butare were jointly organised by Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Charité Berlin and our bilateral EFFO-COE project (Efficiency by Edification - Center of Excellence). The participants will act as trainers themselves. #GlobalHealth

➡️https://effo.rki.de/EFFO/EN/Home/Homepage_node.html

RKI-Präsident (komm.) Lars Schaade und Vizepräsidentin (komm.) Johanna Hanefeld begrüßten die renommierten US-Wissenschaftler Prof. Harvey V. Fineberg und Dr. Mary Wilson zu einem Gespräch über #GlobalHealth und #HealthPolicy. Die Gäste informierten sich auch im #RKIMuseum.

"I travel around the world to take photographs"

Me - DA-FUK?

Please remove your self proclaimed environmentalist crap then.

If you're a #photographer & not assigned, as part of your #essential work from a corporation that needs to exploit ppl over #GlobalHealth & acting like #CovidIsOver - please remove & block me. I don't want to be connected to folks who don't think about immunocompromised folks enough to stop selfish mindsets. No one NEEDS to fly anywhere to capture amazing photos.

⛑️Hosted by #RKI, the Emergency Medical Teams of the WHO/Europe network convened to progress strategically on regional governance. Classified #EMTs in the WHO European Region constitute almost half of all EMTs globally. #EmergencyResponse #GlobalHealth

➡️https://www.extranet.who.int/emt/

@leigh #globalhealth international public health largely not moved

1/
We were thrilled to host the first meeting of the #Lancet Commission on 21st-Century #GlobalHealth Threats.

Over 2 days, 29 out of 33 commissioners, incl. #RKI president Wieler met to discuss the work anticipated for the next 2 years.

More➡️https://globalhealththreatscommission.org/

@BNITM
🔜📅Our #GlobalHealth partner @BNITM_de is currently accepting applications for a training programme on biosafety and biosecurity. @rki_de contributes to the concept and daily business of the programme.

"We’ve become numb to the daily death toll...but we should view it as too high. Consider that in the United States, daily hospitalizations and deaths, while lower than at the worst peaks, have not yet dropped to the low levels reached during summer 2021 before the delta variant wave.

Dr. Eric Topol, head of Scripps Research Translational Institute in California says, "I wish we united against the enemy — the virus — instead of against each other."

https://apnews.com/article/covid-pandemic-anniversary-59f39df14ddf65f786d3437cc9a52e54 #COVID19 #pandemic #GlobalHealth #COVIDIsNotOver #USPol

Humans interact with their environment in complex local networks that influence zoonotic outbreak risks. Our Centre for International Health Protection #ZIG won transnational research funding from Volkswagen Foundation. #GlobalHealth

➡️http://portal.volkswagenstiftung.de/search/projectDetails.do?siteLanguage=en&ref=9C448

6 project partners from 5 countries in West Africa and Europe join their forces for 4 years. We look forward to expanding our ethnographic research and to collaborating with colleagues in 🇳🇬, 🇫🇷, 🇬🇲 and 🇬🇧 .

➡️rki.de/zig-en

Interested in #GlobalHealth and #malaria modelling? Our group in Northwestern University in #Chicago is looking to hire two #postdoc. Our group uses agent-based model and other quantitative methods to model malaria transmission and support countries in their malaria control and elimination effort.

https://iddjobs.org/jobs/two-postdoc-positions-in-malaria-modeling

#Epidemiology @epiverse

30 January is #WorldNTDDay. Very keen to return to more research around Neglected Tropical Diseases, now the pandemic has been blunted a little bit, and countries are looking to mainstream their covid19 management.

#globalhealth #publichealth #neglectedtropicaldiseases #research #ghana #togo #africa #health #beatntds #idmastodon #medmastodon

2/ Countries in the global north can learn from countries in the global south with experience communicating during #PublicHealth emergencies. For example, building trust and long-term relationships with stakeholders were key. #GlobalHealth

➡️www.rki.de/zig-en

❓❗️ #Wasisteigentlich Globale Gesundheit 🌍⚕️

Das Forschungs- und Praxisfeld befasst sich mit der individuellen Gesundheit im globalen Kontext und mit dem Zugang zu allgemeiner Gesundheitsversorgung.

Wer unsere #GlobalHealth-Arbeit koordiniert:
➡️www.rki.de/zig

Mehr Infos zum Thema und zur RKI-Arbeit:
➡️ www.rki.de/internationales

@rbreich (cc-ing alter egos @kirt@mastodon.social @kirt@zeroes.ca)

#Moderna and #Pfizer are both raising prices of their #COVID vaccine by $100 per dose.

Do #SouthAfrica get to keep making their reverse engendered local version without a three figure licensing fee per dose? #GlobalHealth #AfricanScience

and does #Australia having local manufacturing mean we get some control of pricing or some share of profits? #auspol

Jan 13 at 10am pst
Raina Plowright: Preventing the next Pandemic by Preventing Spillover

@epiverse
@idjclub #IDMastodon #onehealth #pandemics #spillover #DiseaseDynamics #epiverse #DisEcol #Bats #GlobalHealth

Spread the word @noamross
@DNAdataPhile
@ProfKen
@EdMHill
@olireiv
@ddestoum
@maciekboni
@andreashandel

https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/eppicenter_seminar_raina_plowright_5699

Anecdotally, lots of reports from healthcare staff around the world, finding #vaccinehesitancy around routine #immunisation where previously there was high #vaccine confidence.

#measles is likely to be a particular problem, given it's so infectious. I wrote this just before christmas -

https://theconversation.com/measles-why-the-world-health-organization-has-declared-it-an-imminent-global-threat-195499

#idmastodon #MedMastodon #publichealth #globalhealth #vaccineswork

Happy new year and hi to the Mastodon peeps!
I see #introductions are a thing, so here I go 🤓:
I'm Maja, an #econ postdoc working on #GlobalHealth at the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Just got back from my email hiatus over the holidays. Now that I'm mostly off twitter, I'm trying to my way around here. Interested in: #AccessToCare #HIV #LMIC #NCDs #Aging #DevEcon #development #Gender #Equity #ResearchEthics #ImpactEval. Excel trashing also welcome.

It has been another busy year in #globalhealth and #infectiousdisease. As WHO’s Mike Ryan told me: “2022 [was] kind of a mixed year, filled with terror and hope in equal measure.”
My colleague Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt and I spent a lot of time this month asking doctors and researchers to look back at 2022 for an end-of-year episode of our podcast @pandemia (and another episode to come on what 2023 may bring). Episode is here (in German) and a few main points to come:
https://viertausendhertz.de/pan52/

"Racism, xenophobia and discrimination are “fundamental influences” on health globally but have been overlooked by health researchers, policymakers and practitioners" Racism poses public health threat to millions worldwide, finds report https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/08/racism-poses-public-health-threat-to-millions-worldwide-finds-report?CMP=share_btn_tw

#GlobalHealth

#Discrimination

#Racism

#decolonization

🔬For the benefit of #GlobalHealth, the #RKI supports the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative Africa CDC - Africa PGI. RKI is now in Ethiopia Africa CDC headquarter to participate in a co-conceptualised conference.

Why is it important for health security?
➡️https://africacdc.org/institutes/ipg

Since November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.

Twitter did a fair (although insufficient) job to fight #COVID19 #disinformation but in this new phase where vaccine uptake is low, and epidemiological and genomic surveillance can’t deal with current transmission levels, we’d need to keep #infodemic level less than ever.

#PublicHealthPolicy #GlobalHealth

It’s grotesque when minimizers cheer for other countries to fail at mitigating #COVID spread.

It’s also self-defeating: When other places fail, it raises the likelihood of more transmissible & deadly variants, which prolongs the pandemic & increases the danger for EVERYONE around the world.

#COVID19 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth

#newHere #hashtags

Some interests:

#singleCell #bayesian #stats #ancestry #genetics #popgen #geneRegulation #systemsGenetics #functionalGenomics #biology #immunology #vaccines #infection #viruses #influenza #tuberculosis #TB #malaria #NTDs #fitness #evolution #dominance #stress #aging #mosquitoes #mice #macaques

#academic #dei #diversity #equity #inclusion #blackLivesMatter #firstGen #asian #aapi #multi #access2meds #globalHealth #swarthmore #johnsHopkins #unc #chicago #washingtonDC #moco

Any #dengue experts from #vietnam on here that I could speak to about the surge this year? #globalhealth #infectiousdisease

An #Introduction post.

I am a #FoodEconomist and a #Dietitian. #AgEcon and #NutritionScience trained.

I try to get #Nutritionists and #Economists to understand each other's fields better.

#Malnutriton and #DietQuality are two of the biggest determinants of #WellBeing and econ is all about improving well-being.

I teach #GlobalHealth, #FoodEcon, and #Nutrition. My research focuses on #NutritionData and the uses (and sometimes misuses) of #Data for nutrition improvement.

Taking this opportunity to redo my formal #Introduction here: I'm Dr Neuro and I'm a medical science communicator that has been focusing on #Covid and other infectious disease & #epidemiology topics since the start of the pandemic.

I am an infectious disease
specialist at the CDC, and have worked in the #globalhealth arena for a long time focusing on clinical policy development and #equitable access for all.

You can find me here:
twitter.com/Neurofourier
twitch.tv/dr_neuro

A quick newbie introduction as I search for new friends here. I am Interested in #Advocacy #Policy and #Communication for #PublicHealth and #GlobalHealth with particular interests in #HealthInequalities #HealthEquity #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #SDoH #CommercialDeterminantsOfHealth #CDoH #HumanRights #HealthForAll #DigitalHealth #Climate #Environment #MentalHealth #Healthcare #SocialMedicine

Look forward to connecting with friends from Twitter where you can find me at @pauljbelcher

#introduction

I am an 🇮🇩 young #globalhealth practitioner currently live as a migrant in 🇳🇱. I am trained in #publichealth & as a medical doctor, currently work in an LMIC-focused health project consultancy + co-run a global youth SRHR initiative.

I am passionate in #globalhealthequity, #Intersectional_feminism, #decolonization, #SRHR, #racial_awareness, health in all policy, & any related social justice issue (what is not connected to health anyway)?

Can't wait to connect with y'all!

Finally getting to that #introduction, so here we go:
It's hard to define myself after my bird app persona which is based on activism around several issues:
#GlobalHealth
#DecolonizeGH
#WomenInGH
#WomenInleadership
#Afrofeminism
#AfricanVoices
#VaccineEquity
#IamAPHRC
#NCDs
#SRHR etc etc....

Beyond my activism.
I am from
#Uganda,
live in #Kenya,
#Burkinabe by affiliation
#GeriatricMum :)
#tealover
#jollof rice
#matooke
#books
#urbanfarming
#authenticleadership
#APHRC

Hey folks, a little #introduction:

I'm Rosa (she/her) — an investigative #journalist specialising in #globalhealth 🦠

I work at http://tbij.com and mostly write about access to medicine. You can read us in the Guardian, The Telegraph, Il Fatto Quotidiano, El País, Ojo Publico, Mail & Guardian, and others 🌎

Other interests: #abortion, #maternalhealth, #supplychains, #fakedrugs.

If I'm not reporting, you can find me #reading, #wildswimming, or watching #documentaries. Let's connect!

Introduction:

I'm a researcher in #globalhealth, #genetics & #psychiatry

- I do research on global health at https://ourworldindata.org/
- I'm finishing my PhD in psychiatric genetics at King's College London & the University of Hong Kong
- I'm an editor at https://www.worksinprogress.co, an online magazine that features new & underrated ideas to improve the world

I also like epidemiology, economics, stats, demography & social science, and I write about new research at https://salonium.substack.com/ 😊