Last night @who.int office in Kyiv was hit by debris from one of many strikes in the city, damaging windows on the 3rd floor. No one got injured. Multiple deaths and injuries have been reported so far from the attacks on civilian infrastructure over night. Attacks on health and civilians MUST STOP

The #WHO's mandate on nuclear weapons is a win for #publichealth, but the #UK voted against it. At #WHA79 the UK should officially support the mandate and engage constructively. www.bmj.com/content/393/... @ippnw.bsky.social @whowpro.bsky.social @bmj.com @medact.bsky.social @nuclearban.bsky.social

Global Impact of Attacks on Healthcare in Conflict Zones Join Dr Swee Chai Ang of @medicalaidpal.bsky.social, Dr James Smith, & Dr Neve Gordon @gordonneve.bsky.social for this crucial discussion July 9, 6-8pm, Milton Lecture Theatre, London. You can also join online Register: tinyurl.com/vacans5t

The only thing I can say about Keir Starmer is thank God he wasn't PM back in May 1940. He will go along dutifully with whatever Trump claims. Canadians would be fools to think this punter would have our back in a showdown with Trump. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Palestine was a dominant topic at the World Health Assembly this year. Countries debated how to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and agreed to include Palestine to the International Health Regulations regime. My reporting, with @pritipatnaik.bsky.social, for the Geneva Health Files.

Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...

Palestine was a dominant topic at the World Health Assembly this year. Countries debated how to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and agreed to include Palestine to the International Health Regulations regime. My reporting, with @pritipatnaik.bsky.social, for the Geneva Health Files.

Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78 -End industrial factory farming –Shift to #agroecology –Defund factory farms –Invest in #PublicPharma Our future depends on it. @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @verboom.bsky.social

The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world. My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly. #WHA78

A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event. The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social. #WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social

The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world. My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly. #WHA78

#WHA78 Israel has called for a recorded vote on draft resolution (A78/B/CONF./2) on Raising the flags of non-Member Observer States at the World Health Organization. @who.int

@babaaye.bsky.social, Public Services International: “Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries” 💪 #WHA78

The youth delegate of @nlmissiongeneva.bsky.social: "1 in 3 healthcare workers feels daily exhaustion, 1 in 4 experiences burnout, and 1 in 5 faces abuse...Over 2500 attacks on healthcare have been recorded with over 1000 healthcare workers killed alone in Gaza. This cannot be the norm." #WHA78

Statement by the People's Health Movement's #WHOWatch team on #NCDs at #WHA78 "Neoliberal economic policies, particularly with the increasing power of big corporations, have significantly, both directly and indirectly, contributed to the rise of NCDs in developed and developing countries." @who.int

Day 6 of the 78th session of the World Health Assembly has just started. Follow the #WHA78 discussions on our website bit.ly/78thWorldHea...

Reports from Gaza confirm that people are now literally dying of starvation. Western leaders have issued words of condemnation, but words are not enough. They have the power to stop this genocide now.

[email protected]‬ of Knowledge Ecology International dropping truth bombs at #WHA78: "The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development." @who.int @jamielove.bsky.social

For the latest WHO Watch updates from Geneva on the ongoing World Health Assembly please follow ‪@who-watch.bsky.social‬ #WHOWatch is a People's Health Movement program, casting a political lens on health governance, aiming to inform and disrupt, and elevating local concerns to global spaces #WHA78

Incoming Board members of @who.int #WHA78 #EB157 Cabo Verde Central African Republic Egypt El Salvador Haiti Japan Nepal Panama Saudi Arabia Serbia Solomon Islands Spain

Committee A now discussing Notifying the International Health Regulations (2005) to Palestine #WHA78 @who.int @emmafarge.bsky.social

Our #WHOWatch team hard at work in Geneva casting a critical eye on the #WorldHealthAssembly and bringing a radical, grassroots critique to global health governance. #WHA78 #HealthForAll

The World Health Assembly votes to adopt a new treaty on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. #WHA78 @who.int

We love opera as much as the next person. But amidst multiple intersecting global health crises, and with civil society delegations being limited to 60-second interventions in these crucial meetings, we wonder if this is the best use of time at the World Health Assembly. #WHA78 #HealthForAll

At the World Health Assembly, Dr Tedros of @who.int made an impassioned plea for the people of Gaza. "2 million people are starving [...] the risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade" #WHA78 @drtedros.who.int

The World Health Assembly votes to adopt a new treaty on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. #WHA78 @who.int

At the World Health Assembly, Dr Tedros of @who.int made an impassioned plea for the people of Gaza. "2 million people are starving [...] the risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade" #WHA78 @drtedros.who.int

The @who.int Director-General delivers opening remarks to the 78th World Health Assembly #WHA78. "Every WHA is important, but this one is especially so."

#WHA president addresses the WHO's fiscal crisis, urging member states to keep @who.int flexibly funded "We the member states must rise above fiscal hesitation with unified resolve. I urge every member state to...provide the organization with the flexibility to act swiftly, wisely and effectively.”

Ahead of #WHA78, the #People'sHealthMovement has released a position paper on the United States departure from the World Health Organization @who.int Read the paper here and share widely: phmovement.org/phm-calls-ur...

As the World Health Organization faces a major crisis, please join this People's Health Movement webinar on the upcoming World Health Assembly, w/ Nicoletta Dentico, Baba Aye, Harris Gleckman, Lauren Paremoer and Juliette Mattijsen. May 7 at 12-13:30pm UTC @who.int phmovement.org/webinar-wha7...

As the World Health Organization faces a major crisis, please join this People's Health Movement webinar on the upcoming World Health Assembly, w/ Nicoletta Dentico, Baba Aye, Harris Gleckman, Lauren Paremoer and Juliette Mattijsen. May 7 at 12-13:30pm UTC @who.int phmovement.org/webinar-wha7...

We shouldn’t let this horrific attack at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival perpetuate the myth that all people with mental illness are violent. But it should remind us focusing on treatment is essential, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Our chapter in Global Health Watch 7 on the World Health Organization's leadership role in global health. darajapress.com/wp-content/u...

Just out: the seventh edition of Global Health Watch, the preeminent critical report on the state of global health. It was a pleasure to contribute to this book with inspiring health activists and academics from around the world. Many chapters are free to download! darajapress.com/publication/...

Please join on April 30th for a People's Health Movement webinar on Public Pharma: A path to health sovereignty and global solidarity. 👉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Please join on April 30th for a People's Health Movement webinar on Public Pharma: A path to health sovereignty and global solidarity. 👉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The US cuts off funding to GAVI, which provides a huge proportion of the vaccines needed by low-income countries, and to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization, which (among many things) works to prevent spillover of dangerous pathogens from animals to humans. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

Some reasons for hope from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for people in the American public health community www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

The Trump Administration has scrubbed abortion from the Health and Human Services website, reports @selenasd.bsky.social of @npr.org. Here is what you get when you search the home site. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The start of a dark period for #GlobalHealth. The world needs global solidarity to prevent the worst public health catastrophes, respond to health emergencies, and expand essential care to those most in need. We need a stronger WHO, not a weaker one. @who.int www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

From @kerrycullinan.bsky.social: pandemic agreement negotiations to continue in 2025. A lot hinges on Art.4 prevention and Art.12 PABS. But picture on equitable access to 💊 is muddier than this. Concerned with INB Bureau's oversimplification of issues driving divide in negotiations.

The evidence of genocide against the Palestinians of the occupied Gaza Strip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_1...

Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Full report, out now. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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