A case of burying the lede. Midway through, there's a quote: "people estimated that around a quarter of the national budget goes on overseas aid — far higher than the real figure of 0.3% of gross national income." Why do people in the UK feel that way? That's the question. Everything else follows.

America First in global health: a lesson in the consequences of ‘might is right’? www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... Feat article by @gorikooms.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1... Even if at risk today, still worth remembering how it was done

“In a partnership on equal footing, one side cannot decide to reduce a previously agreed contribution by 25% or 50%. A cooperation should be more reliable than a donor–recipient relationship,” says @gorikooms.bsky.social, health-policy researcher at ITM. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wondering when we're going to "sunset" Ryanair, Exxon Mobil, Amazon and all the rest of them. #WHS2025 #GHreform

Surely one of the more annoying things here at #WHS2025 is the ubiquitous use of the term "innovative financing" by many, when they mean "common sense taxation", even of the prudent kind, at least when considering we live in a world of massive inequality.

“This crisis is an opportunity for reform.” – John-Arne Røttingen, CEO, Wellcome Trust

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Er, do they all talk at the same time and answer the question they wanted you to ask rather than the one you actually asked?

The @ALLEA_academies Board has published a statement expressing its deep respect and full support for the public statement issued by Professor David Harel on July 14th 2025. #Gaza #health #aid allea.org/portfolio-it...

As governments pull back from global aid, rethinking Global Health is urgent. Thanks to @gorikooms.bsky.social for calling for real multilateralism and pragmatism. Reforming Global Health is a shared responsibility. #GlobalHealth #Multilateralism #HealthEquity journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

The end of aid: What The Global South needs to do Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid @themrise.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

Nice metaphor!

This is Lydia Nabirye. A Ugandan, she was a mother and dreamed of becoming a nurse. She also lived with HIV w/support from a U.S.-funded program. The Trump administration eliminated the program in January. Lydia died two months later: forsaken.life/orals/lydia-... @unaids.org @asia-ilse.bsky.social

Rebuild TB programs with less precarious financial & governance structures #tbsky www.itg.be/en/health-st...

🇪🇺The 2025 EU #GHPF25 is taking place today, organised by the @ec.europa.eu in Brussels. 📝We will be present alongside many other civil society organisations to ask important questions regarding accountability and share key recommendations for the future of this strategy. See you there!

While discussing 'the' 'new' global health architecture at #GHPF25

NEW Opinion from @gorikooms.bsky.social et al: Is global health security worth 0.01% of our gross domestic product? journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

I think most people have a hard time believing that the USAID/PEPFAR cuts are as bad as they are bc it's impossible to stomach that policymakers would knowingly kill millions. But this is what is happening. PEPFAR supported antiretroviral therapy for 20.6 million people. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Immunization for all is humanly possible, but often practically impossible for millions of forcibly #displaced people. We need more research&resources: if #Health is a human #right, immunization should not leave anyone behind #WorldImmunizationWeek @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @itmantwerp.bsky.social

🚨NEW ARTICLE @thediplomat.com: Seismic political shifts in the West means that we need a long term South-South roadmap. Written by 6 experts from each region of the Global South, we contemplate the decline of the West and propose next steps. @munira.bsky.social Read: thediplomat.com/2025/03/a-ro...

Africans with #HIV facing new dangers, as Trump administration cuts aid, by @geoffreyyork.bsky.social, Jeffrey Moyo www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth #AIDS

Argentina’s copycat move: follows US in leaving the WHO www.reuters.com/world/americ...

‘De rapporten van het VN-Klimaatpanel worden met de jaren alarmerender, terwijl hun politieke impact paradoxaal genoeg lijkt af te nemen.’ Opinie van milieuwetenschapper Aaron Van Poucke.

Developing countries in Asia would be much better advised to follow Thailand's truly universal health model than India's system that selectively provides insurance against inpatient hospital care: www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...

It really is time Kenya abandoned insurance models and followed Thailand's tax financed route to UHC eastleighvoice.co.ke/universal%20...

We need to discuss the impact of sanctions on access to health. Read our correspondence published at the Lancet and titled “Sanctions and the right to health in post-Assad Syria”. @rravinetto.bsky.social @gorikooms.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Second good news in one week. After the resilience of South-Korean democracy, the end of Abbas' dictatorship in Syria. Even if plenty of caveats, not all is lost yet.

Some stats from Nature survey of science-policy experts: • 70% said governments are not routinely using science advice • 80% say policymakers don’t understand science…. • ….but 73% say researchers don’t understand policy! by @helenpearson.bsky.social in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Myth of Objective Data, by Melanie Feinberg thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-myth-of-... via @mitpress.bsky.social

Developing countries urged to reject ‘bad deal’ as Cop29 climate talks falter. Talk grows of a walkout from poor countries in response to ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’ finance proposal www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Migratie-expert Ugochi Daniels (IOM): ‘De klimaatverandering wakkert een migratiecrisis aan’

#HSR2024 may be over but there is still an opportunity to continue sharing knowledge. Check out the following episodes capturing some of the innovations and thinking in Global Health, from the halls of the symposium. bit.ly/HSR_CCS_E1 bit.ly/HSR_CCS_E2 Follow @ccspodcast.bsky.social for more!

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Our addiction to fossil fuels is driving the climate crisis. Plenary 1 #HSR2024