📊 Data update: How much revenue do governments collect, and where does it come from? Governments fund public services — from healthcare and education to infrastructure and defense — largely through taxation.

Check out the new country profiles available on population and demography published by @ourworldindata.org ⏬

As part of our recent 'Current Stories in Global Health' event Tasfiyah Jalil and Subas Chandra Biswas of BRAC University highlight how infertility and assisted reproduction can become harmful experiences for women in Bangladesh. 📢 A powerful contribution. youtu.be/kBQoEaY6pos #GlobalHealth

🌏 Interested in Global Health? Take a look at our Current Stories in Global Health series 🗓️ Save the date for our next event! Thursday 11 June 2026 ⏰ 5-6.30PM BST (UK time) 💻 On Zoom Hosted by @BSMSMedSchool All welcome. We would love you to join us! www.bsms.ac.uk/research/glo...

📢Today on Zoom 🌍 Drop-in session to find out more about Global Health Postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social as well as Employability and global health careers ❓Your questions answered 📅23 March 17:00-17:30 GMT Sign up ⏬ universityofsussex.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢Join us tomorrow (Friday 20th March) on Zoom for a drop-in session to find out more about: 🌍#Globalhealth 👩‍💻Postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social 📈Employability & global health careers ❓Your questions answered 📅20 March 13:00-13:30 GMT ⬇️Sign up: universityofsussex.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are honoured to feature Dr. Gitau Mburu, Scientist at the World Health Organisation @who.int , as part of our Current Stories in Global Health series: Infertility and Childless: Moving Beyond Biology Towards Global Health Equity 🩺✨ youtu.be/NQFYImNYKbE #globalhealth #infertility #childless

New digital poetry collection, produced through research led by BSMS' Dr Rich Gorman, titled 'Bleeding and Belonging', tries to understand more about the hopes, expectations, and worries of people affected by bleeding disorders. 🔗 bit.ly/4lJcj2b

📢Join us online for a drop-in session to find out more about: 🌍#Globalhealth 👩‍💻Postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social 📈Employability and global health careers ❓Your questions answered ⬇️Sign up for a session here: www.bsms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

🌟 Meet Amy Arbon, Senior Trial Manager & Quality Assurance Manager. Amy brings over 17 years of research experience to BSMS & highlights the importance of clear communication, supportive management & practical approaches to inclusion in the workplace. @bsctu.bsky.social 💬🔗 bit.ly/4a2ou4N

If you missed our Current Stories in Global Health: Infertility and Childless: Moving Beyond Biology Towards Global Health Equity, you can watch the overview from Professor Papreen Nahar. 🔗https://youtu.be/zU9ru4Kx4nI #healthequity #reproductivehealthph #globalhealth

📢Join us online for a drop-in session to find out more about: 🌍#Globalhealth 👩‍💻Postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social 📈Employability and global health careers ❓Your questions answered ⬇️Sign up for a session here: bsms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

📢 A new study has shed light on the lived experience of rejection sensitivity in people with ADHD, revealing its profound emotional, physical and social impact. 🎥 Watch the video to hear from BSMS researchers @bendybrain.bsky.social and @lisaquadt.bsky.social ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-iC...

📢 Still time to join the Conflict, Violence and Health module at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social led by @annegatuguta.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Global Health Find out more about #single #module postgraduate study ⏬ www.bsms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

"One conclusion is clear, and it is this: a population’s health is primarily in the hands of the government, and it is a responsibility that politicians must embrace fully." @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice https://bit.ly/40cMzRJ

Very helpful & clearly written piece about #scabies in UK & Europe by @drjmiddleton.bsky.social theconversation.com/scabies-outb... We look forward to Dr Middleton teaching on our postgraduate Health Protection module in February! bsms.ac.uk/postgraduate...

WHO warns that millions of people living with Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) continue to face profound and often unseen suffering due to discrimination, social stigma and untreated #MentalHealth conditions bit.ly/45D1gki

Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases (#NTDs) Day. 💜 Over 1 billion people globally are affected by NTDs. These diseases are preventable and treatable, and are closer to being eliminated now more than ever before. Yet, NTDs remain among the most underfunded areas of global health. 🦠

Webinar: 4 Feb 2026 @who.int launch Essential Care Package on mental health and stigma for those affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases #NTD Dr Maya Semrau (member of @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social teaching team on our postgrad Global Health programme) is a contributor to this work Sign up & info ⏬

📢 𝗥𝗲-𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴! UNU-IIGH is looking for a 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝟯 (𝗣𝗦𝗔) to join our Digital Health Governance workpackage. In this position, you will contribute to the work programme on digital health & governance in global health. 🗓️ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔗 go.unu.edu/7hO51

⏰ Deadline Approaching! Applications for the Burke Fellowships are due Saturday, Jan 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. If you or someone in your network might be a fit, please submit your application here: bit.ly/3YNUjZg

📢 Today! Still time to register for this event at 14:00 UK time 🌏 Current Stories in Global Health: Infertility and Childlessness - a health equity perspective 📅 Wednesday 28th January at 14:00 UK time 💻 Online event. All welcome!

We are very excited to welcome @who.int representative Dr Gitau Mburu to Current Stories in Global Health: 🌍Infertility and Childlessness - a health equity perspective 📅Wednesday 28th January at 14:00 UK time 💻Online event. All welcome! Register & info⏬ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/current-st...

⚡ Today’s International Day of Clean Energy highlights how renewables protect health and drive sustainable development. ❤️‍🩹 Clean energy reduces harmful air pollution and creates millions of jobs worldwide. 💻 Read more in the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown: buff.ly/BgEszuD

The 2026 RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards are now open for applications! 🎉 Have you worked on a public health project recently that has had a positive impact on people's health? Then why not apply! Applications close on 27th March 2026 at 17:00. Apply now: www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/rsp...

📢Event: Infertility & Childlessness: Moving Beyond Biology Towards Global Health Equity 📅2pm (UK time) 28th Jan 2026 - via Zoom 🌍Dive into the WHO’s first infertility guideline with our international line-up of experts on the topic Info/ To register bit.ly/4rJXb7e

📢Infertility & Global Health Equity Dr Sohana Shafique & Dr Foyjunnaher Sultana Prova at @icddr,b will share Patient & provider perspectives on availability & accessibility of biomedical services for male infertility in Bangladesh 📅 28 Jan ⏰ 14.00 GMT www.bsms.ac.uk/about/events...

Let's Celebrate World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on January 30th 2026: www.who.int/campaigns/wo... @who.int @isntd.org @healthcare-global.bsky.social @globalhealthnow.bsky.social @plosglobalpublichealth.org @ubcmedicine.bsky.social

Join Prof Richard McManus' inaugural lecture, exploring how his team has changed the way patients and doctors think about diagnosing high blood pressure and improving blood pressure control. 🗓 Thur 26 Feb, 6:30pm 📍 Medical Teaching Building 👉 Book: bit.ly/4srII08

📢 Join our free online event: "Infertility and Childlessness: Moving Beyond Biology Towards Global Health Equity" Anna Afferri & Dr Ishrat Khan will share insight into infertility policies & services in the WHO Southeast Asia Region 📅 28th January ⏰ 14.00 GMT (UK) 💻 Register here lnkd.in/ex_eqre4

Advancing climate and health action across Africa with 2025 policy priorities—developed with national partners and supported by evidence from the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown. 📍 South Africa 📍 Kenya 📍 Nigeria 📍 Mozambique Explore the priorities: buff.ly/8m5vEZo #LancetClimate25

📢Event: Infertility & Childlessness: Moving Beyond Biology Towards Global Health Equity 📅2pm (UK time) 28th Jan 2026 - via Zoom 🌍Dive into the WHO’s first infertility guideline with our international line-up of experts on the topic Info/ To register bit.ly/4rJXb7e

Great news about successful funding bid for community health research to be undertaken @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and @sussex.ac.uk Congratulations to all 🎉

"Only 12% of medical schools worldwide include air pollution in their formal curricula. Patients, such as young children with asthma, often visit doctors who may not ask about environmental triggers or provide advice on reducing exposures" ✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...

📢 Event! Infertility and Childlessness: Moving Beyond Biology Towards Global Health Equity @BSMSMedSchool 📅 Wednesday 28 January 2026 ⏰ 2pm GMT 💻 Online via Zoom 🌏 All are very welcome to join! More info here and to sign up⏬ bsms.ac.uk/research/glo...

🌏 Would you like to find out more about Global Health postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social ? 💻 Join us online today for a Zoom drop-in session about the exciting courses and modules we offer ⏰ 13.00-13.30 GMT (UK time) ⏬ Sign up below universityofsussex.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happy Holidays to All If you are a student needing any support or wellbeing advice while the University is closed, please visit BSMS Sharepoint to find out how to access services & any information you may need. unibrightonac.sharepoint.com/sites/BSMS/S...

📢 Today! 13:00-13:30 GMT 💻 Join us for an online drop-in with the Course Lead to find out more about #globalhealth postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social We look forward to meeting you! Sign up here ⏬ universityofsussex.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

As Delhi records alarming levels of air pollution this week, read the latest science on the connections between air pollution and health. Find out more: buff.ly/lk2ySdn

🌍Current Stories in Global Health online event 🗓️ Wednesday 28 January 2026 at 🕑2-3.30pm UK time Theme: Infertility and Childlessness Open to all interested in global health, health inequalities & reproductive health More information and Register here ⏬ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/current-st...

New WHO report shows growing resistance to lifesaving malaria drugs: 🚩 Partial resistance to artemisinin confirmed or suspected in at least 8 African countries 🚩 Pyrethroid resistance in 48 countries 🚩 Anopheles stephensi 🦟 now detected in 9 African countries 🔗 bit.ly/3Y6IcXn #EndMalaria

Scarcity of natural resources has been connected to increases in domestic violence, child marriage, coerced transactional sex, rape, and abduction. See how UNEP works to address nature loss while at the same time working to end gender-based discrimination: https://ow.ly/stMU50XBNjM #16Days

Practicing urban agriculture on well-managed and healthy soils supports food security, nutrition and livelihoods, producing up to 10% of global vegetables, legumes and tubers and is an integral part of the urban socio-economic, ecological system and #OneHealth. #WorldSoilDay #GreenCities

We’re proud to be part of the newly funded NIHR ARC-KSS programme launching in 2026 🎉 BSMS will lead key themes in Primary & Community Healthcare and Data-Driven Research on Inequalities—driving innovation and improving care across Kent, Surrey & Sussex. Read more: bit.ly/3MabORa

📢Event tomorrow! Interested in postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social 💻Join us online at our virtual open day to find out the essentials & more! 📅Saturday 29 November 2025 ⏰10.30-14.30 Still time to register⏬ www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-...

Still time to register for our online @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social Postgraduate open day event this Saturday 29th November 10.30-14.30 GMT Details and sign up link 👇

📅This time next week! Saturday 29th November ⏰10.30-14.30 GMT 💻On line Want to hear more about the postgraduate programmes @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk Ready for a career change or just want to find out more? All welcome! Register now⏬ www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-...

Interested in postgraduate study @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social ? 💻Join us online on to find out the essentials 📅Saturday 29 November 2025 ⏰10:30am to 2:30pm GMT Register here ⏬ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/masters-vi...

🚨 NEW: The UK saw the largest increase in relative child income poverty of 37 high-income countries between 2013 and 2023, an increase of 34%, new research from UNICEF UK shows. If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?

New data show that violence against women remains a global public health crisis. The new Violence Against Women estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner and non-partner sexual violence https://bit.ly/3K4vCV9 #EndViolence #NoExcuse #16Day