The law alone is not protection. In West & Central Africa, survivors of rape still face stigma, proof requirements & confusion among providers when seeking legal abortion. Every 9 seconds, an unsafe abortion puts a woman’s life at risk. #ReproductiveJustice rutgers.international/the-maze-wom...

North American kids deserve better Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/

@madhupai.bsky.social always an important voice for all of us in the global health field and beyond

Food insecurity is a self-inflicted, manufactured problem in the richest nation in the world

America’s largest anti-hunger program provides supplemental food benefits for +40 million people - or 1 in 8—Americans per month. By freeing up money that they would need to spend on food, SNAP benefits boost households’ nonfood spending - rent, bills, medication… @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

South Africa has become the first African country to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN), that could bring an end to Aids if enough people take it. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #HIV #AIDS #SouthAfrica #globalhealth @africanews.bsky.social www.africanews.com/2025/10/28/s...

India’s 7-year-old nationwide health insurance plan has brought medical care within reach of 800+ million people—but the government’s failure to pay $11.2 billion to providers is endangering the plan’s future. @theguardian.com @madhupai.bsky.social #globalhealth www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Regardless of what politicians, plutocrats and the fossil fuel lobby will tell us Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year www.who.int/news/item/29...

Cutting aid has a human cost. The US Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through SNAP starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.