When women, children & adolescents thrive, nations flourish. The time to act is now. Let’s not allow their health and rights to remain the blind spot of development. Pleasure to join Prof Janabi WHO AFRO for this opinion piece @pmnch.bsky.social www.jeuneafrique.com/1735883/poli...

When women, children & adolescents thrive, nations flourish. The time to act is now. Let’s not allow their health and rights to remain the blind spot of development. Pleasure to join Prof Janabi WHO AFRO for this opinion piece @pmnch.bsky.social www.jeuneafrique.com/1735883/poli...

Global survey by @pmnch.bsky.social reveals alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents. Sudden halting of programs has had deep consequences for communities @helenclarknz.bsky.social pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...

Global survey by @pmnch.bsky.social reveals alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents. Sudden halting of programs has had deep consequences for communities @helenclarknz.bsky.social pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...

Check out this week's IHP news 849: Run-up to the World Health Summit in Berlin www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese, as well as an AI summary). #WHS2025

Last night, we co-hosted an #UNGA event with @fullerproject.org on the role of the media in challenging disinformation around sexual and reproductive health and rights. Huge thanks to those who participated, including @nickkristof.bsky.social @ihartericka.bsky.social @khosla.bsky.social #ChoiceWeek

This was followed by a dynamic and thought-provoking discussion where our panel of journalists, sector experts and storytellers shared actionable solutions for dispelling myths and countering disinformation. @ihartericka.bsky.social @khosla.bsky.social #ChoiceWeek

We're proud to be co-hosting an event at #UNGA this week with @fullerproject.org 🙌 Our speakers will explore the impact of disinformation on sexual and reproductive rights, and the role journalists can play in fighting back. @nickkristof.bsky.social @ihartericka.bsky.social @khosla.bsky.social

“Truth and Trust” Defending sexual and reproductive health and rights against disinformation. Many thanks to MSI Reproductive Choices and The Fuller Project for organising this dialogue. Very much look forward to joining this excellent panel.

📽️ A video recording of this event, "Funding the Future: Effective Financing Models to Advance Women’s, Children’s & Adolescents’ Health," is now online at youtu.be/aSAGg53FxZA

“8. Meeting Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Conflict Settings” “As budget cuts upend the UN system, sexual and reproductive health services in conflict zones are at particular risk.” Critical analysis by @crisisgroup.org ahead of #UNGA80 @helenclarknz.bsky.social

Offline: The unavoidable reckoning @thelancet.com @richardhorton1.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Check out this week's IHP news 845: UNGA80 kick-off www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with French, Spanish & Portuguese translation & 6-page AI summary)

Via UN News: news.un.org/en/story/202...

In the premier episode of the 🎙 Pulse and Progress podcast, I share my views on the impact of funding cuts on Africa's health sector and how we can move forward as a continent. 👇Catch the full episode here: youtu.be/iFetG5kCn3s?... #globalhealth #Africa #donorfunding

Huge thx to the inspirational @khosla.bsky.social & the extraordinary @pmnch.bsky.social, tireless champions for women's, children's, & adolescents' health for inviting me to speak at this webinar today - what a great privilege to be a part of this important event I'll write a summary thread soon!

Join @pmnch.bsky.social and partners for 13th Annual #UNGA Accountability Breakfast focusing on power of partnerships and how to disrupt status quo for WCAH in this fragmented world. #DemandAccountability Register pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...

🔔 I have the great honor of being on this terrific panel, to discuss our Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, I hope you’ll join us!

If you are interested in effective funding models for women’s, children’s and adolescents health, this is a webinar for you. An incredible lineup of speakers will share reflections on latest evidence and how we make financing for #WCAH future proof. Details 👇🏼 @pmnch.bsky.social

Please read our new @lancetgh.bsky.social paper "Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... We analysed complaints on knowledge practices in global health to identify expectations that affirm the dignity of marginalised knowers.

I love technology more than most, but it's not the answer to everything and ultimately the future is about people, and how people deal with each other. And all the good and bad that goes along with that.

Africa doesn’t need charity. Africa needs fair terms. We need leadership from governments—to invest in their people We need leadership from creditors—to offer concessional lending at fair terms We need leadership from donors—to strengthen national systems, not create parallel ones: bit.ly/45AM7jQ

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. — Mark Twain

Stay tuned for a new IHP newsletter issue on Friday 1 August. To subscribe to the weekly knowledge management tool: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org

Please read @helenclarknz.bsky.social and my piece @thelancet.com spotlighting new PMNCH Strategy. “Building partnerships and coalitions is the most promising way to challenge the forces that seek to dismantle the institutions and values of collective action” Full www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Please read @helenclarknz.bsky.social and my piece @thelancet.com spotlighting new PMNCH Strategy. “Building partnerships and coalitions is the most promising way to challenge the forces that seek to dismantle the institutions and values of collective action” Full www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Partnerships are backbone of resistance to roll-backs on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Today @PMNCH launches its new strategy for 2026-2030 setting out critical role that partnerships must play in the tumultuous years ahead. Join us on this journey. pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...

@who.int remains committed to end AIDS in our lifetime, and calls on leaders to: Embrace meaningful partnerships — esp. with people living with #HIV;   Support HIV research;   Prioritize HIV prevention;   Protect human rights;   Reject the politicization of science and scientific institutions.

New post by me on the implications for global science from America's scientific retreat and what we need to do about it. christinapagel.substack.com/p/americas-r... this is adapted from an editorial I wrote for the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#HHR Flavia Bustreo, Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social 𝗗𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝘆, & Kate Gilmore showcase successes in women's rights despite the current pushback - read our latest Fight for Rights Viewpoint: sites.harvard.edu/hhrjournal/2...

Via Global Policy: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/07/07/2...

📢 Hiring at @eurohealthnet.bsky.social Want to join a real #ChangeAgent for #PublicHealth in Europe? ⏰ Deadline: 18 July

Today is the International Day for the elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict! Share our call to action below 👇 @khosla.bsky.social @pmnch.bsky.social @who.int

For the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict this Thursday, we have published an important commentary in the BMJ, calling to protect SRHR in warzones. 📖 Explore here: bit.ly/3HHYFw @khosla.bsky.social @pmnch.bsky.social

🚨 Join us 26 June from 16:00–18:00 at the #EU Parliament or online for the launch of the report "The Next Wave" on anti-gender movement! Hosted by MEPs Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Alexandra Geese, Elżbieta Łukacijewska and Lucia Yar. Register now: forms.office.com/e/gVSSN731Ni #Gender #HumanRights

📊 POLL | How common is #infertility? According to HRP’s global estimates, how many people of reproductive age are affected by infertility? 🔘 1 in 4 🔘 1 in 6 🔘 1 in 10 🔘 1 in 20 👇 Type your answer below and check back tomorrow for the answer. #SRHR

The world's largest science publishers - which enjoy huge power & profits - consistently pay men more than women We analysed 8 years of #genderpaygap data & contrast staggering pay inequities w/ the warm glow publishers often get for #EDI #genderequality Pls share our new paper & Call to Action

"Every science publisher pays men more than women." Important new research by @jocalynclark.bsky.social @drzucc.bsky.social demonstrate gender pay gaps and inequity at science publishers. journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

📢 New HRP-supported study validates a tool to measure quality of maternity care in LMICs. Developed in Kenya, this instrument helps track dignity, support & communication, paving the way for more respectful care at scale. 🔗 bit.ly/3T2VvFL

It’s #WorldNoTobaccoDay🚭 Tobacco causes over 20 types of cancer and kills up to half of its users who don’t quit. Tobacco & nicotine industries use devious tactics to hook users into a cycle of addiction. #TobaccoExposed Don’t let them fool you. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/NoTobacco2025

Some reflections in @plosglobalpublichealth.org with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social on Politics of Global Health Justice. From funding cuts to pushback on rights and its effects on #SRHR. @PMNCH @HRPresearch We must dismantle power imbalances & fight for health justice. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly. This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here. Please read and share! 0/11

NEW Opinion in PLOS Global Public Health: The politics of health justice: Power, precarity and the fight for gender equality and SRHR by @khosla.bsky.social and @pascaleallotey.bsky.social journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Some reflections in @plosglobalpublichealth.org with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social on Politics of Global Health Justice. From funding cuts to pushback on rights and its effects on #SRHR. @PMNCH @HRPresearch We must dismantle power imbalances & fight for health justice. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Progress Update on Global Strategy for Women's Children's and Adolescent's Health. WCAH a sound but underprioritised investment. @pmnch.bsky.social @who.int @unicef.org @unfpa.org Check out the advocacy brief: pmnch.who.int/resources/pu...

We join @khosla.bsky.social in urging governments to adopt the #WHA78 resolution, which puts the right to health — including for women, children and adolescents — at the center of national budgets. Health is an investment, not a cost! @pmnch.bsky.social

Join ⁦‪@PMNCH‬⁩ and partners at #WHA78 for a series of events reflecting on different aspects of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Do check out further details and registration requirements at pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...

Join ⁦‪@PMNCH‬⁩ and partners at #WHA78 for a series of events reflecting on different aspects of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Do check out further details and registration requirements at pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...

We do not need to wait for a declaration of #famine in #Gaza to know that people are starving, sick and dying, while food and medicines are minutes away across the border. We call for an immediate end of the aid blockade, the release of all hostages, and a ceasefire! www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...

In the Bulletin of the WHO, H.E. José Ramos-Horta, @unnicycles.bsky.social & @rvandepas.bsky.social call for urgent, integrated action in Timor Leste to strengthen climate-resilient health systems, ensure food and health security, and support a just transition to renewable energy.