@unuinweh.bsky.social has signed a "strategic partnership" with Nestlé. @ununiversity.bsky.social Due Diligence Policy should have prevented this. The irony: @unu-iigh.bsky.social has spent years warning against this kind of corporate capture of global health.

When UN Partners With the Harm It Is Meant to Prevent healthpolicy-watch.news/when-the-un-... @unnicycles.bsky.social Credibility of UN system depends on clear separation of its public mandate from commercial interests its work often contests. Once blurred, it becomes very difficult to draw again.

… also Humanitarian actors also need to be clear-eyed about the power they wield — over resources, over priorities, over the shape of care itself. Strengthening health systems does not only require funding and technical support. It requires the ceding of power. The ceding of space.

🚨I was among the 60 that demanded the World Bank Board investigate IFC funded hospitals which are implicated in denying emergency care, detaining patients, and exploiting staff. This is the opposite of "development." #PeopleOverProfits #UHC #DoNoHarm - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In a new WHO publication, UNU-IIGH's Remco van de Pas (@rvandepas.bsky.social) contributed to the chapter “𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁,” which examines how profit-driven policies often exclude large segments of the population from economic participation. go.unu.edu/Q0rW9

Following the publication of their editorial in the Bulletin of the @who.int, H.E. José Ramos-Horta, Dr. @unnicycles.bsky.social, and Dr. @rvandepas.bsky.social share insightful reflections on urgent actions for a more just and sustainable future in Timor-Leste. 📄 Read here: go.unu.edu/R2vKj

New article by Timor-Leste President H.E. José Ramos-Horta, @unnicycles.bsky.social and @rvandepas.bsky.social highlights five strategic priorities to address #climate and #health challenges in Timor-Leste. Learn more below 🔽

Article is accessible via the May'25 Bulletin of the WHO: doi.org/10.2471/BLT.... @timorleste.bsky.social @unu-iigh.bsky.social @unnicycles.bsky.social @ununiversity.bsky.social @who.int @aseantoday.bsky.social T-L can set an example for other small island developing states facing similar threats

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.

Join us for this discussion today.

A critical discussion, at a time when global health funding and governance is unraveling. #globalhealth

Heed this call to implement the 2020 recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour to formalise community health workers. #CHW #ASHA #careextractivism indianexpress.com/article/opin...

The critical work done by community health workers must be recognised and valued. India's well-being depends on this. #CHW #ASHA #careextractivism www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/who-c...

In this new piece published in @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social, David McCoy, Johanna Riha, Claudia Lopes, @rvandepas.bsky.social, & @unnicycles.bsky.social call for five actions in response to the budget cuts being experienced by WHO and other global health institutions & programmes. go.unu.edu/N6aQq

This week, Trump has gone after a "specific law firm, a specific university, a specific union, a specific hospital, and certain nonprofit employees were targeted for unfavorable treatment simply because Trump doesn’t like them and what they stand for." www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...

Reaffirm moral and political foundations of ‘health for all’, and the core normative mandate of @who.int as we weather the storm.

Global Health is At a Crossroads: Let’s be Bold and Aspirational healthpolicy-watch.news/global-healt... @unu-iigh.bsky.social @unnicycles.bsky.social @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social These are challenging times for those working in global health. How then should we respond?

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities academic.oup.com/brain/articl... We can use our training and skills to direct our critical thinking inwards and consider how we can push back on the calamitous corporatization of our universities.

Catherine panter brick

In a recent op-ed published in The Star, Dr. unnicycles.bsky.social explores Malaysia's role in addressing systemic inequities in global health governance and presents a bold vision for Malaysia to champion health equity and justice globally. 👉 : go.unu.edu/hiUxz #UNU #GlobalHealth

Let's breathe a sigh of relief. But let's also take a deep breath and get to work on the monumental task of rebuilding #Gaza. The staggering number of war-wounded. The mental trauma. The loss of family & homes. The living conditions. The repeated displacement. Let's not look away now. @msf.ca

Perhsps we need another grassroots science literacy movement, not unlike the one #KeralaSasthraSahithyaParishad undertook in the 70s. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

MSF’s humanitarian practice is not charity but a commitment to justice. “There can be no legitimate humanitarian solidarity without resistance to unjust and violent power structures." My comment in the @thelancet.bsky.social with @james--smith.bsky.social #MSF #AccessCampaign

The sky just got bluer, and smarter. ✨ UNU-IIGH has landed on BlueSky! 🚀 As the UN’s go-to think tank on Global Health, we’re diving deep into: 🌍 Gender Equality & Intersectionality 💡 Power & Accountability 🖥️ Digital Health Security & Governance 🌱 Climate Justice & Health #UNU #GlobalHealth

UNU-IIGH is here! As UN’s think tank on #GlobalHealth, we advance equitable, effective policies & practices in multilateral governance & accountability, health systems & workforce, digital futures & security, and climate health & just transitions. Connect. Converse. Change. @unu-iigh.bsky.social

An honest look back – an eminently sensible suggestion from these fine health professionals @kmpanthagani.bsky.social and @kkjetelina.bsky.social 🫡@gregggonsalves.bsky.social for bringing this to our attention.

Unexpected and very concerning.

Wholly heartening to see young people from Pacific Islands hold climate transgressors to account.

Enshittification — The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.

281 aid workers dead this year

So much for humanitarian neutrality.

In short, as Ogata once said, ‘there are no humanitarian solutions for humanitarian problems.’ Solutions for humanitarian problems are inherently political.

Merck’s CEO intentionally misled Senator Lujan when he said he wouldn't stop a biosimilar “IV version” of Keytruda. Merck had already patented another version of Keytruda they were testing. Now they can easily shift patients over to it to protect their monopoly. www.statnews.com/2024/11/19/m...

Never an easy decision to make.

"McKinsey goes where the money is"

"Ultimately, Germany’s foreign policy interests are capitalist interests, which are based on the exploitation of the oppressed, who are often women and girls." - Hêlîn Dirik

"With universal health coverage, there’s a tendency for overconsumption, similar to how we might use water without considering the cost when it’s easily accessible." Is there any evidence backing this assertion? In my experience, overuse is often driven by healthcare providers rather than users.

Europe can have a different future but will it? The spread of holocaust memory has come at the cost of other essential memories and that maybe its undoing.

#caste — a #socialdeterminant of #malnutrition and #stunting in #india

This was our fear two decades ago, while advocating for #ACT #malaria treatment policies in Africa. Access to new vaccines and therapies urgent.