God, what an extraordinarily depressing, corporatized, transactional, “consumer”-oriented view of education these students have You know what would have been even worse than online education? Having NO education because your teachers are in the morgue Care & compassion are good things to learn!

In "Public Health Under Siege," a special issue of @jhppl.bsky.socia (51:2), articles explore the many ways in which public health policy has been transformed and dismantled during the second Trump administration. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/7Vvdiwh

The tuberculosis epidemic continues to thrive because of the neglect and reluctance to invest in social protection Our new comment in @thelancetph.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

ICYMI my column on US govt leaving the World Health Organizationhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/donald-trump-world-health-organization-hypocrisy-nigel-farage

U.S. Global Health Strategies and Funding: Compounding International Crises in Health [GUEST ESSAY] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/united-sta...

The silence from the Trump-loving MAGA physicians who run the US health system—Drs Bhattacharya, Oz, Makary, Høeg, & Prasad—is complicity

What makes people live longer — and better? 🧠Research into #BlueZones suggests purpose, social connection and brain health may be just as important as diet. @ricesocsci.bsky.social #DanBuettner #DavosAlzheimer’sCollaborative #DAC #BrainHealth 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏 healthpolicy-watch.news/healthy-mind...

One by one, western countries are choosing nationalism over global solidarity www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...

The AMA is urging the 24 remaining AU member states to ratify its treaty without delay — warning that gaps in ratification leave room for substandard and falsified medicines. Universal ratification = stronger regulation + safer access to medicines. 💊🌍 ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

One of my PhD students ONLY had her doctoral dissertation in her laptop’s hard drive. Told her to email me the most recent version. She forgot. Her laptop was fried by the evening. She had to rewrite the entire thing. Luckily I had some of the source/draft documents, which I sent her.

Our new OpEd 👇

From multilateralism to bilateralism: Is the “America first” strategy turning Global Health into the Law of the Jungle? www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... By Delphin Kolié et al.

The WHO process for supporting the reform of the global health architecture www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... New feat article by Daniel López Acuña.

Making last-minute syllabi additions? JHPPL has published wide-ranging research touching on domestic and comparative health law, politics, and policy, and spanning both institutional analysis and political behavior. Here is a glimpse at some articles we've published over the years... 🧵

The Bullshit Jobs phenomenon exists for a reason (well many reasons).

📣 Call for papers on the geopolitics of global health. We are inviting submissions of articles that interrogate and uncover the geopolitical determinants of global health. Read more in this editorial from @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Gabriel Leung www.bmj.com/content/392/...

NEW‼️ For the forthcoming Pandemic Agreement travaux préparatoires edited by @alexandraphelan.bsky.social, we did a deep dive on how experts and evidence shaped the negotiations. What we found is a microcosm of global health: limited time, high stakes, and familiar shady actors like Big Pharma. (1/3)

My book review of Alan Bleakley’s "Medical Humanities: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics" out now in @the-polyphony.bsky.social Much thanks to Grace Brimacombe-Rand and @evasurawy.bsky.social for the sharp edits and support! thepolyphony.org/2026/02/12/r...

Vivek N. D. reviews Alan Bleakley’s Medical Humanities: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics (2024), examining the contemporary purpose of medical humanities in medical education. thepolyphony.org/2026/02/12/r...

📣New blog post! How do we achieve true universal health coverage with equal access for all? Collective Member Naoki Ikegami offers his reflections. Read the full piece here: www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

📣New blog post! How does the mass outmigration of healthcare professionals impact health care delivery? And how does this tie into neocolonialist structures? Collective Member Ramya Kumar reflects on the Sri Lankan context. Read the full piece here: www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

📣New blog post! How can global health scolars address waning trust in global health? Collective member Kelley Lee offers her reflections. Click here to read the full piece: www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

Excited to share my article on the rise of a commercial market for pandemic intelligence. I analyze tech startups’ influence on public policy and the implications for WHO’s traditional authority in public health intelligence. Open access in Global Policy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#Globalhealth scholars are beginning to take the private sector more seriously. One example: @kstoreng.bsky.social on how private epistemic authority challenges WHO onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Annual Report 2025 from Geneva Health Files. Proudly international, because multilateralism matters genevahealthfiles.com/landing/

INDIA IN TRANSITION Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL: In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access" @viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs & deepening inequality. (Links Below)

INDIA IN TRANSITION: In "Private Equity and Indian Healthcare: Equity vs. Access" @viveknd.bsky.social (Vidyashilp University) discusses how private equity investment is boosting India’s healthcare but driving up costs and deepening inequality. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/vivek-nd...

How Geopolitics Has Reshaped Global Biomedical Investments in 2025 [GHF Plus: Global Health Policy Intelligence] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/ghf-plus-h... A new offering for our core supporters: genevahealthfiles.substack.com/subscribe

A cartoon aristocrat in a top hat, a contentious body of muddy water, constipated Nashville dumpster divers, Ai Weiwei, and Uniqlo coffee — read five mentions from @viveknd.bsky.social, Polly Adams, Tyler Thier, @erinlangner.bsky.social, and Mark Steinbach. www.thedriftmag.com/mention/issu...

On the graphic novel version of “Capital & and Ideology,” by @viveknd.bsky.social

Austerity Induced Prioritization at the World Health Organization [#WHA78 PRIMER ON FINANCING] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/austerity-...

The Geneva Health Files Fellowship 2025; Global Health Jobs Scanner genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-geneva...

My piece on how jazz became an unexpected yet powerful bridge between the US and India during the Cold War. www.musicaloud.com/2025/04/26/s...

From Junk to 'Health': The Dangerous Spin of Big Food. How Big Food Profits from Health Hype By Mathilde de Jeu and Irene van den Berg, The Investigative Desk Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #265 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/from-junk-...

We unpack the final hours of these historic deliberations, describe how countries reached agreement in the starkly unequal field of international diplomacy. Unbelievable how much politics is embedded in a footnote in intl negotiations! FREE TO READ genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/countries-...

FREE TO READ: Countries Choose Consensus on Pandemic Agreement, G7 Fait Accompli on Caveated Terms of Tech Transfer Compromises Policy Space for Developing Countries genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/countries-...

Giving the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) the contract to advise on the WHO restructure has incredibly bad optics. It raises so many red-flags. healthpolicy-watch.news/world-health...

New @UNU_IIGH briefing paper on the growing influence of private finance capital on health. We provide a simple explanation of why public health people need to understand #financialisation as much as we would need to understand a new pandemic threat doi.org/10.37941/RR/... /1

Talks on Terms of Tech Transfer in Run into Unruly Trade Winds [Pandemic Treaty Negotiations] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/talks-on-t...

Overheard at INB: Today is V-day when @who.int member states discuss Voluntary Tech Transfer wrt Pandemic Agreement Watch NSAs: apps.who.int/gb/inb/e/e_i... Our deep dive on tech transfer genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/technology...

Countries Inch Closer on Pathogen Access Benefits Sharing, Devil in the Details genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/countries-...

WHO proposes a Billion Dollar Cut to its Budget for 2026-27 to US$4.2 billion, DG Signals Plans to Shed Jobs Citing $600 Million Hole This Year Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/who-propos...

Time For Sunset Strategy? Global Health After GAVI & The Global Fund Guest Essay by Olusoji Adeyi Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #261 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/time-for-s...

New op-ed in @thediplomat.com on why contemporary Indian foreign policy has not integrated cultural diplomacy in a systematic way. thediplomat.com/2025/03/cult...

Keen to contribute to research and reporting on global health governance and policy? Do apply to the @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social Fellowship 2025 & work with a team led by a leading global health journalist- @pritipatnaik.bsky.social Details here- genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-geneva... .

📢 New #bookreview online! 📗 Global Dreams, Domestic Dilemmas: #India’s Major Power Pursuit, review of the book "The unfinished quest: India's search for major power status from Nehrru to Modi" by T.V. Paul 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ✒️ @viveknd.bsky.social

A Negotiated Settlement with the Trump Administration & @who.int , a Win-Win for Global Health Security [Guest Essay] Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #249 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/a-negotiat...