The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. news.un.org/en/story/202...

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Wow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...

Always interesting to read @thelancet.com @richardhorton1.bsky.social offline musing---> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target And with climate change denialism peaking, I fear the worst www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Proud to have contributed to this piece on building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in #Nepal @alliancehpsr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Germany 1-0 France www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Started listening to this excellent new podcast on Fela Kuti. Recommend it: www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

Proud to have contributed to this piece on building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in #Nepal @alliancehpsr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In a new UNU-IIGH policy brief developed in collaboration with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the authors identify three key pathways through which climate mitigation strategies can deliver health co-benefits. 📄 Read the publication and learn more here: go.unu.edu/m7Pir

Immigrant scientists make a massive contribution wherever they go More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The world is hot — and only getting hotter. Here's what places around the globe are doing to keep cool, from repainting surfaces and installing outdoor showers to planting trees and going underground. nyti.ms/46CXyqn

😢 How are flights so much cheaper than trains? Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable? Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.

Nigeria is reimagining the future of health financing 🇳🇬 At a national dialogue in Abuja, leaders committed to strengthening UHC through evidence-informed reform. @robertmarten.bsky.social represented the Alliance at the meeting, sharing global experiences. 🔗 ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/new...

Important new @thelancet.com paper on Benchmarking progress in non-communicable diseases: a global analysis of cause-specific mortality from 2001 to 2019 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Of course they do! www.reuters.com/business/hea...

There’s no upside to air pollution.

Clean air should not be a luxury. It’s a right. Where you live shouldn't determine your health. But it does. On #WorldCleanAirDay, @who.int calls on leaders to take action & tackle this unfairness. Reducing air pollution helps prevent heart disease, asthma & lung cancer — saving millions of lives

I really wish Global North folk had the reflexivity and humility to stop lecturing Global South folk on corruption, lack of governance and accountability

The responses to our #HS2050 survey far have been thought-provoking and diverse, so far. To make sure no one misses out, we’re extending the deadline for response to 2 September. Share your insights today: www.ahpsr.org/health-syste...

Glad to see this in #Ethiopia: www.afro.who.int/countries/et...

The Alliance proudly supports @who.int new #3by35 Initiative – raising taxes on tobacco, alcohol & sugary drinks to save lives and fund stronger health systems. Research we have supported shows health taxes work. Time to turn evidence into action. 🔗 www.who.int/initiatives/...

Tax harmful products, not people. Alcohol consumption can impact your mental health & lead to higher risks of heart disease & cancers. WHO calls on countries to raise taxes on tobacco, alcohol & sugary drinks to save lives & invest in health. 🔗 bit.ly/40A3T3N #Tax4Health

By me: leading UN climate special rapporteur, Elisa Morgera, urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying, advertising, fracking, subsidies www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Many countries are facing a severe health financing crunch. Health budgets have been under pressure and dramatic cuts in official development assistance have turned the screw even tighter. Now is the time to accelerate the transition to sustainable health financing: bit.ly/g7Canada #G7

It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ***ever observed in land animals***.

Happy to share this exciting new work we are doing with fantastic teams in eight countries to improve #NCD service delivery ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/new...

🛑 Banning #fossilfuels ads is an essential #publichealth intervention. "Like with tobacco, it's about removing the industry's platform to mislead the public" write @jenimiller.bsky.social & Jemilah Mahmood @sustaincosm.bsky.social www.context.news/just-transit...

$2.1 billion is the equivalent of 🌍 military expenditure every 8h $2.1 billion is the price of 1 stealth bomber $2.1 billion is 1/4 of what the tobacco industry spends on advertising & promotion every year. It seems somebody switched the price tags on what is truly valuable in our world. #WHA78

At a #WHA78 side event, countries shared how #HealthTaxes can fund systems & save lives. Read highlights from Tonga, Thailand, Ghana & the Philippines, plus reflections from @HelenClarkNZ, WHO & partners: ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/new...

We are here to serve not our own interests, but the eight billion people of our world; To leave a heritage for those who come after us; And to work together for a healthier, more peaceful and more equitable world. #WHA78

Fossil fuel companies spent decades misleading the public about what they knew about climate change and the dangers of the products they were selling. A new report details how those companies did it—and how their efforts are evolving today insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...

Hope to see you on Monday in Geneva to talk about #healthtaxes with @helenclarknz.bsky.social @alliancehpsr.bsky.social over lunch ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/eve...

Please join us next Monday to talk about health taxes 👇

Please join us next Monday to talk about health taxes 👇

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We're looking forward to this event during #WHA78 – organized by the Alliance a co-sponsored by the gov'ts of Ethiopia, Japan, Norway & Philippines. Navigating health financing cliffs: learning for a new era in global health 🔗 Join in person > ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/eve...

Will you be in Geneva for #WHA78? Join the Alliance's side event on Fri evening, Navigating health financing cliffs: learning for a new era in global health Speakers incl Helen Clark & Ethiopia’s Health Minister. Register to join us in person! 🔗 ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/eve...

Deadline approaching for our RFP on Improving climate & health policy-making through applied systems thinking Eligible countries: Islamic Republic of Iran, Mozambique, Nepal & Uganda. We are only accepting submissions via our new online platform. Info > ahpsr.who.int/funding-oppo...

New #pandemicagreement finalised in Geneva after 3+ years of talks. At a time when multilateralism is under threat, @WHO Member States have joined together to say that we will defeat the next pandemic threat in the only way possible: by working together”. borneobulletin.com.bn/who-countrie...

Some good news www.dw.com/en/who-count...