🚨 NEW in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe: The Halifax Declaration—a global call to action for refugee and migrant health—has been published. 📄 Read here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵👇 @TheLancet

On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility. He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.” Thread 👇

Thank you @gabefabreau.bsky.social and Yasir Essar for sharing this powerful Opinion piece with us. We will continue to shine a spotlight on this throughout the year...

The current state of #publichealth in #AB has gone backwards by 50yrs. "The risk, right now, of your child getting #measles in Alberta if they're not immunized is pretty high." There will be child deaths & permanent disability. All preventable. #ableg #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Refugees share the same aspirations for safety, belonging and opportunity as others. Yet structural barriers persistently prevent them from rebuilding their lives and contributing fully..." @yasiressar.bsky.social & @gabefabreau.bsky.social @plosmentalhealth.org journals.plos.org/mentalhealth...

🌍 Today is #WorldRefugeeDay. 122M+ people are forcibly displaced, and youth are hardest hit. So proud of Yasir Essar: “Community as a Superpower” in @plosmentalhealth.org Yasir’s story—from Kabul to Canadian academia—shows the power of inclusion, education, & mentorship. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

After a 3yr nightmare of #COVID19 we have learned absolutely nothing about #publichealth in #AB… “Alberta's #measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher Calgary did not have an NHL team, O Canada was not yet the official national anthem…” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Our latest op-ed in the @calgaryherald.com Taking care of the world’s refugees brings out the best in all Albertans #Alberta #refugees #Canada #refugeeswelcome calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

1/7 ⛔ ALBERTA CRIPPLING RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT ⛔ "Renewable cleanup rules making Alberta less competitive for investment: report" Alberta now has the MOST COSTLY reclamation rules of 27 jurisdictions studied. The province that should lead is falling behind. #Alberta #ABpoli #RenewableEnergy

Albertan nurses, paramedics, and teachers have been fighting for higher pay, better working conditions, and more staff for years. But the province has shifted its attention from the workers it already has to the ones it aims to attract from afar. thewalrus.ca/alberta-is-strug...

This is extremely important. Take a moment to read the article.👇 A physician has been intimidated and harassed simply for advocating for better care for pts. There are no meaningful whistleblower protections across many provinces… buff.ly/zWDC8VK

1/12 🇨🇦 ALBERTA SEPARATION REALITY CHECK 🇨🇦 "It would be a messy, drawn-out divorce with no certain future" UBC political scientist Stewart Prest reveals what would actually happen if Alberta voted to leave Canada. #AlbertaSeparation #CDNpoli #ABpoli

Our latest op-ed in the @calgaryherald.com Taking care of the world’s refugees brings out the best in all Albertans #Alberta #refugees #Canada #refugeeswelcome pressreader.com/article/2816...

It's Sunday! You know what that means!.. Yes Tomorrow is Monday.... But the AHS Update V201 is now LIVE on substack! ED Closures, OBGYN & OR Closures, Measles Alerts & Much much more! Check out the ever growing dumpster fire here! 8+ Hr ED waits in Central AB! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1

Our latest study just published in PLOS, to our knowledge, for the first time, shows that a multi-country committee of resettled #refugees set their own #Health #Research & #Healthcare priorities. Led by #refugees, for refugees #healthequity #CBPR @plosone.org journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Our new CBPR study preprint ! We co-developed a Community Scholars model with multicultural leaders, helping lead #Canada's largest on-site occupational COVID-19 #vaccine clinics in #AB meatplants. A story of trust, equity, & impact. medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #CBPR #COVID19 #publichealth #equity

“the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), along with 3 #Alberta doctors, will file a constitutional challenge to Alberta’s Bill 26, to protect the relationship between patients, their families & doctors when it comes to making treatment decisions.” Bravo! #abpoli #ableg www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...

“It argues that questioning would, in essence, be an indirect way for the government and AHS to get an early heads-up on what documents Mentzelopoulos has provided to the auditor general.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

“Canadian Medical Association files legal challenge to protect the rights of patients and families to make medical decisions” Here we go! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...

"Two weeks before a substantial decision approving coal mining exploration in the Eastern Slopes, the AER met with the company behind the project. It's another example of how the AER is not independent. Albertans are clear - no coal mining on the Eastern Slopes!" thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

@albertaucp.bsky.social promises to fix #healthcare in 90days, ~3 years ago as their election promise. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

A good friend w new baby girl asked me: “How worried should we be about #measles in #Alberta?” My response: “We now have a ~2-3 week doubling time and just at inflection point of real exponential growth. We have uncontrolled community spread, Vax rates of ~40% in S. #AB and only ~70% in #YYC…”

Measles cases in Alberta have officially blown past the 600 mark. And those are just the confirmed ones. A reminder, it didn’t have to be this way. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The UCP’s incompetent response to the measles outbreak has been a complete failure. Alberta’s case count has tripled in May. South of the border, states with a similar population to ours are reporting case counts in the single digits, or no cases at all.

Jim hits the nail on the head with this piece. www.thestar.com/business/opi...

It makes sense that the UCP has taken its own platform off its website. They're not following it anymore, deferring instead to red state Republican playbooks. Book bans are only the most recent in a series of ideas they've adopted to Americanize Alberta. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Next, @albertaucp.bsky.social will hold serious public consultations (paid by tax payers) on the criteria they use to judge who are witches & their public punishments. Meanwhile, #healthcare & #education systems continue their slow constant degradation & inevitable collapse. #abpoli #ableg

“the referendum poses significant risks for the province. It is likely to exacerbate political tensions, pitting separatists against federalists. It is likely to drive investment in sectors other than oil and gas out of the province, making economic diversification more difficult.” By @lisa #abpoli

“Sometimes, Gazans walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way.“ Let them stay.

Honored to represent clinicians and academics that care for and study #NCD #healthequity for #migrants and #refugees at the @who.int #WHA78 high-level side event. Many thanks to WHO Migration Health, #Egypt, #Peru, IOM for hosting and many country co-sponsors including our @ucalgary.bsky.social

Two doses of the measles vaccine is 97% effective - that’s why only 1% of infected children were vaccinated. BUT 34% of infected adults were ‘vaccinated’ - given vaccine efficacy - probably before 1970 with only one dose. It’s an outbreak - why refuse to give 2 measles vaccines? #measles

New one day record for Alberta for new measles cases. a reminder that mortality rate is 1 in a thousand, and we're at over 500. a reminder that hospitalization rate is 1 in ten. a reminder that vaccination works to lower infections, hospitalizations and deaths. source; www.alberta.ca/measles

Not the gold medal we should be aiming for in #Canada. Currently the highest case count of #measles in all of Americas, about 20 years after it was considered eradicated from all Western Hemisphere. #Alberta highest per capita infection rate of all!! #publichealth #vaccineswork #getvaccinated.

This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!........

Measles is so bad that AHS is discontinuing their site specific warnings and just declaring the entire area an “at risk of exposure” zone. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Alberta has now surpassed 500 confirmed cases of measles, in total. www.alberta.ca/measles #Alberta #measles #abpoli #Albertahealthservices

Fiscal responsibility in public #healthcare in #Alberta means paying 6.7x higher price for children’s Tylenol, then receiving a fraction of order paid for up front, & being unable to use in hospital b/c deemed dangerous to babies. #abpoli #ableg #abhealth www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Are our already completely overwhelmed hospitals in #Alberta doing anything to prepare in the same way as our per capita infection rates ~3x higher than Ontario? Now that we have x4 health ministers will protecting the #publichealth become a priority? #abpoli #ableg #measles #abhealth #cdnhealth

A fantastic article worth reading that I hope stirs action and solidarity

So predictable, & unfortunately will certainly worsen given the very poor population vaccination coverage in many parts of #Alberta. I fear it won’t be until an innocent child dies or suffers irreversible harm, that the outbreak, and by extension #publichealth, won’t be taken seriously… #abpoli

SCOOP: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's fmr chief of staff lived in a home owned by a sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings w Alberta Health Services are subject to multiple investigations. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

It’s #InternationalMigrantsDay Today, 1 billion people—1 in every 8 persons—are on the move. Let’s commit to ensuring that every migrant can access timely, affordable & dignified healthcare. Interested in country case studies on migrant health? Explore our new interactive dashboard: bit.ly/4ft0jwR

Just published for International Migrant Day 2024 w colleagues Kiran Jobanputra and Éimhín Ansbro Barriers to care for refugees and migrants with diabetes www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #MigrantsDay #NCDs #Humanrights

Jonas Salk didn't patent his 1955 polio vaccine so that it would be affordable for all people. As a result, he lost an estimated 7 billion dollars Saying in an interview "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" #jonassalk #polio #vaccines #getvaccinated #vaccinessavelives #Healthcare

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...

Alberta is already struggling to retain doctors and nurses. A full health care system change without a stable foundation increases risk. As AMA President Dr. Shelley Duggan notes, "There's a lot of things that could go wrong." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The November 20 news conference recognized family physicians' invaluable knowledge and skill, the benefit of team-based care including nurse practitioners and family physicians and the challenges of stand-alone practices. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...

Hello BlueSky 👋. I'm an academic internal medicine physician & researcher in Canada who cares for & studies refugee & migrant health/healthcare. Ironically, I've fled from X due to its rising anti-science, anti-expert and hate-filled rhetoric. Hoping to reengage w the land of reason and evidence.😀