Really great points. PAHO’s Strategic Fund is an excellent example of pooled procurement done right, and it’s been essential in supporting local manufacturing within LAC.

@pritipatnaik.bsky.social @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social I’m a GH researcher writing an article on US withdrawal from WHO. I’ve got some questions about INB negotiations - would you be open to chatting? Thanks so much!

How did I end up a citizen of the two stupidest countries on earth. Somebody explain to me what I did to piss God off so terribly.

Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

The US critically needs to develop policies to combat next-gen threats like these. We need more research and more advocacy going towards the rise of súpertangles.

Since some seem determined not to get it: Arguing science shouldn’t be political is like arguing that ducks shouldn’t be waterfowl. Sure, whatever floats your boat, but they wouldn’t be ducks then would they? Science is a collective human effort at sensemaking—the very definition of political.

African Group of Negotiators: "totally unacceptable and inadequate", "will lead to unacceptable loss of life in Africa and around the world, and imperils the future of our world" Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen: "a genuine attempt"

Finally out- our study of travel burdens and health system factors and rural-dwelling adults' breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening receipt link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Breaking: Florida's top health official calls for an end to fluoride in state's drinking water. Joseph Ladapo, Florida's surgeon general who has been bidding for a spot in Trump admin, cites controversial studies about the risk of fluoride to developing brains. w @fenitn.bsky.social

His next pick for USAID

Health security needs to rapidly develop contingency plans for dealing with the effects of increased climate disasters. Hurricane Michael wiped much of the healthcare infrastructure of my town in FL - but what happens if a Cat 5 hurricane makes landfall in Miami?

Why do we have to prove vaccines work with data? It’s not like it was ever up for debate before 2020. The evidence was overwhelming. graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...

Are you not entertained? 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

Nothing useful to say other than I’m going to slam my head into a hard surface now

Genetic sequencing of the #H5N1 #birdflu virus from the Canadian teenager shows worrying changes. It doesn't mean H5 is taking off — but it's a reminder that it might, says @scottehensley.bsky.social. "This is exactly the scenario that we fear.” www.statnews.com/2024/11/18/b...

NEW: Childhood vaccination rates in the U.S. continue to decline, a trend started during COVID. Of note, the share of kids with a vaccine exemption rose, most of which was due to non-medical exemptions. w/ @liz-williams.bsky.social www.kff.org/policy-watch...

From @dylanmatt.bsky.social www.vox.com/future-perfe...

I feel this so hard that I’m literally pushing up my wedding by two years to Wednesday (yes, this Wednesday) to have A) a white, straight husband to legitimize me in case I need that legitimacy and B) an immigration Plan C

I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out! You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/... The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...

Something I'm very proud of: @viralemergence.bsky.social has spent years now using ML models to figure out which orthopoxviruses could pose a risk to human health (left) and trace them back to their animal hosts (right) Links: www.cell.com/patterns/pdf... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

And yes, this study demonstrated a causal link

Shifting power in global health will require leadership by the Global South and allyship by the Global North Our essay in this month's Lancet with @shashikalb.bsky.social & @ckyobutungi.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@publichealthguy.com this is my baby, her name is Chungus (and this is @paulcormarie.bsky.social)

"New PrEP medications are heavily marketed, yet, generic PrEP dominated the market... This could be attributed to a 2021 fed. guidance directing insurers to cover the cost of generic PrEP medication w/o pt cost-sharing, suggesting that effective health policy can result in lower... expenditures." 🛟📈

The next US president says global warming is a hoax. If you think this is crazy, given 2024 will again be the warmest year, welcome to reality. Rough times for climate and science, not just in the US. In the old days, things were simply not known…. (Thread 1/12)

White House Releases Report on Growing U.S. Biomanufacturing Capacity for the American #Bioeconomy. www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems: The Focus of the 2024 Global Health Systems Symposium - Health Systems Global (HSG) 18-22 November healthsystemsglobal.org/news/buildin...

The CDC reports that the United States' first known case of a more severe strain of mpox has been discovered in California.

1/📢 In our new PREPRINT - tinyurl.com/yc6kbay9 - we estimate that 156 million people globally carry a recent, viable M. tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and are at high risk of progressing to TB disease.