Canada will spend $10-trillion on health over the next twenty-five years. We treat all of it as cost, but it's an investment; $1.5-trillion could return to government. But, on our current path, $518 billion is left on the table, by @petersinger.bsky.social singerp.substack.com/p/518-billio...

Canada will spend $10 trillion on health over 25 years and books all of it as cost. $1.5 trillion could return to government — $518 billion of it only with deliberate action. A country that capitalizes its pipelines is expensing its biggest hidden asset. New piece 👇 open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

My latest with Emmet Livingstone in Bunia. Just under 2,000 cases as per 11th of July. @angelarasmussen.bsky.social @petersinger.bsky.social www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Is The Lancet antisemitic? I counted its Gaza coverage, coded editorials, traced where claims travelled. My answer: no. But it does stoke hostility to Jews by cloaking opinion in scientific authority without subjecting it to the same rigour. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

For the full piece: singerp.substack.com/p/is-the-lan...

And I would argue that this framing transcends the journal that @petersinger.bsky.social writes about here. I’m thinking of other academic/professional journals as well as literary publications/trade magazines that run (and/or aggregate and amplify) journalism, book reviews, and other (NON)fiction.

DRC Ebola has crossed 1,000 confirmed cases. Crossed threshhold ~37 days from notification, vs ~116 for West Africa and ~242 for North Kivu. Already across 34 health zones, two countries. No licensed vaccine for this species, none in trials. Why that matters: open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Global health is rebalancing from supplying innovations to demanding them — and the aid collapse is what’s forcing it. My new piece on what that shift takes, with Grand Challenges Canada as the pathfinder. singerp.substack.com/p/scaling-he...

@petersinger.bsky.social has modelled various scenarios and writes about why we need a vaccine at singerp.substack.com/p/why-the-ra...

A month in, the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC + Uganda has passed 800 confirmed cases — already the third-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded. 1/3 open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

A month in, the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC + Uganda has passed 800 confirmed cases — already the third-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded. 1/3 open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

“Health is an investment, not a cost” is something I heard for years. No one could tell me how much was returned or to whom. So I modelled it across 58 countries over 25 years. Bottom line: $36 trillion opportunity. See below. Happy to share any country’s profile. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

“Health is an investment, not a cost” is something I heard for years. No one could tell me how much was returned or to whom. So I modelled it across 58 countries over 25 years. Bottom line: $36 trillion opportunity. See below. Happy to share any country’s profile. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Process-mode has been WHO’s defining identity for a generation. The next Director-General will need to flip it to relentless focus on results. Clip from my podcast with @jocalynclark.bsky.social (BMJ). Full episode open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Great cautionary tale by @picardonhealth.bsky.social I loved the plot twist on AI at the end.

What’s at stake in the race for the next @who.int director-general, which has just kicked off? I spoke to a range of experts with deep experience of WHO.

This was so fun! Trading intel & thoughts on WHO Director-General campaign and what kind of the leader the organisation needs next. (And it’s not a 🦄🦄🦄.) 🎧 Podcast link below. ✏️ My NEW article: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

WHO faces the worst crisis in its 78-year history, according to a new article. My mantra for the DG race: more results, less politics. A conversation with @jocalynclark.bsky.social on her new @bmj.com piece — and what every candidate should be pressed on. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Under the IHR (2005), @drtedros.who.int, the Director General of WHO, having consulted the States Parties where the event is occurring, has determined that the Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in DRC & Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern bit.ly/3P4ZDac

Subscribe to the pod and join @petersinger.bsky.social the esteemed leader in global health and innovation in the Culture Lab as we explore the culture shift needed to capitalize on the healthcare and economic opportunity that GLP1s represent⬇️ YouTube youtu.be/J4I01nmwhbw?...

@petersinger.bsky.social @kronellenfitsch.bsky.social @gabederoche.bsky.social YouTube youtu.be/J4I01nmwhbw?... Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2ahl... TikTok www.tiktok.com/@airquotesme...

🆕 Join @kronellenfitsch.bsky.social and @gabederoche.bsky.social in the lab as they look under the microscope with this week's "loaded question": Is Ozempic healthcare’s silver bullet? Featuring Dr. @petersinger.bsky.social.

I visited the Culture Lab with @kronellenfitsch.bsky.social and @gabederoche.bsky.social to talk GLP1s. It was a helluva a lot of fun. Check it out airquotesmedia.com/culturelab We discussed GLP-1 cultural shifts: from lifestyle to longevity drugs and from government cost to investment. 1/3

Thanks for this work for Canada! As I listened, I thought about the fantastic impact these health improvements would have on our citizens and our overwhelmed health system.

I visited the Culture Lab with @kronellenfitsch.bsky.social and @gabederoche.bsky.social to talk GLP1s. It was a helluva a lot of fun. Check it out airquotesmedia.com/culturelab We discussed GLP-1 cultural shifts: from lifestyle to longevity drugs and from government cost to investment. 1/3

The trillion-dollar GLP-1 fiscal opportunity governments will miss. Generic ‘Ozempic’ could pay for itself and make money for taxpayers in 80-95 countries, by @petersinger.bsky.social singerp.substack.com/p/the-trilli...

~$1.1 trillion in net fiscal returns from GLP-1 drugs across 36 high- and upper-middle income countries by 2050. Most governments won’t capture their share. Check out my new post open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

What if GLP-1 drugs could pay for themselves? A well-designed Canadian programme could produce a cumulative CAD $72 billion fiscal surplus by 2050, and serve as a model for other countries, by @petersinger.bsky.social singerp.substack.com/p/72-billion...

What if drugs could pay for themselves? A well-designed Canadian GLP-1 programme: CAD $72B fiscal surplus by 2050. 2.7:1 fiscal ratio. Outperforms infrastructure, R&D subsidies, most productivity spending. Detailed worked example, second post in the trilogy. 🧵 1/5

🚨 Important development. Rapidly determining whether this individual has #hantavirus will be critical to understanding the transmission dynamics of this outbreak and whether this reflects shared exposure or possible human-to-human transmission. www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/klm-...

Check out my new post on Ozempic Economics. Headline: $1.1 trillion in fiscal dividend through 2050 in 80-95 countries. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

17-18% of SDGs are on track. Yet almost no one is asking whether the next UN Secretary-General can actually deliver results. I did. New blog assessing Bachelet, Grossi, Grynspan and Sall on results and reform. Check it out open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

17-18% of SDGs are on track. Yet almost no one is asking whether the next UN Secretary-General can actually deliver results. I did. New blog assessing Bachelet, Grossi, Grynspan and Sall on results and reform. Check it out open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Check out my new podcast: “Global surgery — in disruption, opportunity?” With Drs. @keepark.bsky.social and Dhananjaya Sharma at singerp.substack.com 👇🏻

Ozempic is way beyond an obesity drug — it’s a life-saving drug. My piece with @natashaloder.bsky.social 👇🏻 open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Check out my new post: Selective attention to attacks on health facilities undermines their protection open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

What could generic GLP-1s do for global health? Read this popular piece -->

With Ozempic going generic in India, China, Brazil this weekend, re-upping this piece with @natashaloder.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Check out my new post: Selective attention to attacks on health facilities undermines their protection open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, I remember my parents www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-...

Check out my career advice your young people open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

Via @petersinger.bsky.social in @thinkglobalhealth.org: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/the-...

Check out my new post: The US leaves WHO — What could motivate its return? open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

A year ago, President Donald Trump initiated the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). A former special advisor to the WHO director general outlines three reforms that could entice the United States to return.

Check out my new post: The US leaves WHO — What could motivate its return? open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

My early take on the next WHO director-general 👇🏻

The US leaves WHO: Three reforms could motivate its return. By me, in @thinkglobalhealth.org www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/the-...

Exclusive: "The start of a very exciting future" says Tallon at the MHRA.The 1st custom medicine is given under new UK pathway being developed for custom medicines. It’s a victory for Julia Vitarello who fought to change the system after losing her daughter Mila. www.economist.com/science-and-...

This isn't news and it doesn't mean you shouldn't take them. Enough of the moral panic about these drugs overmatter.substack.com/p/the-moral-...

If you stop taking blood pressure meds, your BP goes up. We call that medicine. If you stop taking GLP-1s, your weight goes up. Scientists are calling it "weight recidivism"—a term for convicted criminals. Why is obesity still treated as a moral failure? #GLP open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...