As climate crisis accelerates, it’s the Global South that will be most impacted Pakistan’s Punjab province hit by 'biggest flood in its history' www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

🎓 I’m beyond grateful (and admittedly a little overwhelmed) to share that I’ve officially completed and defended my PhD — with no corrections! 📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/

🎓 I’m beyond grateful (and admittedly a little overwhelmed) to share that I’ve officially completed and defended my PhD — with no corrections! 📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐁𝐢𝐠, 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥’ Read @arushlal.bsky.social 's latest op-ed in @thebulletin.org outlining how short-sighted and dangerous cutting funding to programmes like #Medicare will be to Americans. Read the full article here 👉 bit.ly/409xctS #PandemicPreparedness

Deep sigh Pepfar would focus on “creation of new markets for American drugs and technologies” @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

The recently passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is dangerous and shortsighted. My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic. 🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...

Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The 'big, beautiful bill' will make the US less prepared for pandemics. Read the full story by @arushlal.bsky.social. ⬇️

“As infectious disease professionals, we must all continue to speak out and act up to hold our governments to account, advocating for restored protection of free speech, reinstatement of investments in science and healthcare, and a return to just and evidence-based policies, (1/4)

The recently passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is dangerous and shortsighted. My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic. 🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...

Vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years. They remain one of our most powerful tools to prevent pandemics and protect communities. At a time when global health institutions face growing threats, this legacy must be defended. #VaccinesWork #GlobalHealthSecurity

After years of thinking, writing, rewriting — and rewriting again — it feels surreal to share that I’ve submitted my PhD thesis! Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️

After years of thinking, writing, rewriting — and rewriting again — it feels surreal to share that I’ve submitted my PhD thesis! Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️

Excited to share I’ve joined The Elders as Advisor, Pandemics Programme. I’ll be leading strategy and engagement on pandemic prevention and preparedness — connecting diplomacy to public health and helping shape a more equitable and resilient health security architecture. @theelders.bsky.social

🚨Five years since COVID-19, global health diplomacy is at a crossroads. How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care? Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question. 🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129... 🧵⬇️

⏰Next week is the final negotiating session for the #PandemicAccord at the World Health Organization in Geneva. 💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail. 🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest. 🧵

USAID terminates nearly all its remaining 900 employees "Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees," according to two senior USAID officials, as the remnants of USAID are folded into State

🚨Five years since COVID-19, global health diplomacy is at a crossroads. How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care? Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question. 🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129... 🧵⬇️

As pandemics, climate disasters, economic instability, and geopolitical conflicts converge, and as #nationalism rises globally, how do we build #HealthSystems that are both crisis-ready and universally-accessible? @arushlal.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @lseglobalhealth.bsky.social

We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks. Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress. How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible? Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...

We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks. Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress. How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible? Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...

We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks. Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress. How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible? Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth... 🧵⬇️

Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.” That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social. “There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.

📣 New blog post on Global Health at LSE by @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social's @arushlal.bsky.social, Dr Clare Wenham & Dr Justin Parkhurst! 'Evolving health norms amid overlapping crises: (re)constructing global health security and universal health coverage' Read it here: bit.ly/4h4ftcS

Large, global campaigning organizations have correctly lambasted recent (& still ongoing) cuts to #ODA & #humanitarian assistance. Why are they near silent on the parallel strangling (of an already shrunk) #civicspace? 1/3

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT🚨 Given today’s interconnected challenges, many call for greater alignment between global health security (GHS) & universal health coverage (UHC). Yet, their normative histories and linkages remain underexplored. 🔗: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae238 @iajournal.bsky.social 🧵⬇️

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT🚨 Given today’s interconnected challenges, many call for greater alignment between global health security (GHS) & universal health coverage (UHC). Yet, their normative histories and linkages remain underexplored. 🔗: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae238 @iajournal.bsky.social 🧵⬇️

Good to see @bmj.com urging resistance & exercising leadership in response to #Trump efforts to purge science of terms including #gender #women #diverse #equity #excluded #inclusion 🙏 @jocalynclark.bsky.social & @kamranabbasi.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/... @chrischirp.bsky.social

Read every word of @stephanienolen.bsky.social 's story on how the demolition of #USAID, #CDC, and #PEPFAR is setting research back years and harming trial volunteers, some of whom are on experimental treatments and have lost access to care shd something go wrong. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

Compared to last time around with US cuts, what worries me most this time around (2015 and 2022 OECD DAC data) is that there are very few democratic donors left to fill the huge gaps: www.oecd.org/en/data/indi... (and since 2022's most recent data, most have further plummeted massively)

1/ President Trump is once again pushing for US withdrawal from WHO—and proposing an "alternative" structure. But is this a real solution or just chaos in disguise? A 🧵 on our new piece @bmj.com with @kentbuse.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social & Adeeba Kamarulzaman 👇 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

This is completely NUTS! CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/c...

There's a lot of replies to our new paper talking about how capitalism or overpopulation are the real enemy. Without getting into whether that's true of the climate emergency or the sixth mass extinction (🙃), I want to briefly explain why pandemics are different. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

‘This horror must end’: #WHO condemns Israeli assault on last remaining north #Gaza hospital “The systematic dismantling of the health system in Gaza is a death sentence for tens of thousands of Palestinians in need of health care” - @who.int #NotATarget www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Excited to attend this critical conversation on the role of democracy and human rights in U.S. foreign policy. Glad to see @csis.org’s Human Rights Initiative hosting and grateful to @open-society.bsky.social for sponsoring. www.csis.org/events/futur...

The campaign for universal health coverage didn’t occur in a vacuum. This #UHCDay, read our latest publication to learn how UHC evolved through contestation and interaction with global health security—and what this means for building resilient, equitable health systems ⬇️ 🔗: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

The campaign for universal health coverage didn’t occur in a vacuum. This #UHCDay, read our latest publication to learn how UHC evolved through contestation and interaction with global health security—and what this means for building resilient, equitable health systems ⬇️ 🔗: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

🤝Day 3 of #PandemicAccord talks began w/ news of states agreeing on R&D (Art 9) text 📜Final changes included removal of softening language on clinical trials (eg “as appropriate”) & text expanding product access from trial participants to those at-risk in their communities 🧵

Updated! 50+ global health organizations to follow go.bsky.app/Df5hsLV

A pretty consistent (& disappointing) commonality among many of the new nominations for critical roles in our nation’s health, is both the sharing of health misinfo, but also pushing dangerous pandemic response measures while systematically dumping on public health (1/2).

One of the biggest challenges to advancing universal health coverage is how we talk about it. In a new @bmj.com op-ed, we argue that the narrative on UHC can be simplified around four core elements: ✅ Universality ✅ Equity ✅ Financing ✅ Health emergency preparedness www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Making the most of this new platform by leveraging the collective wisdom of smart thinkers working on democracy, human rights, and U.S. foreign policy. 🌎 It's a growing list and a work in progress. I'll be looking to add more folks over the coming weeks. ✍️💡 go.bsky.app/H2uhXsd

One of the biggest challenges to advancing universal health coverage is how we talk about it. In a new @bmj.com op-ed, we argue that the narrative on UHC can be simplified around four core elements: ✅ Universality ✅ Equity ✅ Financing ✅ Health emergency preparedness www.bmj.com/content/387/...

We've also created this starter pack, of people expert, interested and writing on outbreak and pandemic preparedness and equitable access to tools like vaccines, diagnostics and treatments. go.bsky.app/Tdz2TS4

Israeli attacks have killed over 1,000 Palestinian doctors and nurses in Gaza and arrested over 310 medical staff, who were "tortured, and executed in prisons", according to Wafa news agency. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/34qdmr

The global COVID-19 vaccination effort is estimated to have saved around 20 million lives — in just its first year.

2024 has become the deadliest year on record for humanitarians We desperately need a ceasefire!

So here is a starter pack of African scientists and researchers across disciplines. It will continue to grow as I find more people and more migrate to this platform but gotta start somewhere 😊. go.bsky.app/GixA4xP

This #WorldNTDDay check out our recently published research on Colombia's progress in leishmaniasis control as a model to #BeatNTDs. Alongside brilliant colleagues at PAHO, we urge💰for: - Pooled procurement - Community engagement - Health workforce - One Health journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...