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Thousands of #USAID contracts terminated last night, many for life-saving services covered by Rubio's waiver. Not even pretending now This is the active destruction of a good portion of global infrastructure fighting pandemics and diseases like Malaria. In defiance of congress & court orders

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Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #NCDs

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Short dark blog for dark times. kdecoster.blogspot.com/2025/02/glob...

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I can also think of quite a few things i'd like to 'accidentally cancel' these days.

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The evolution of serious health-related suffering from 1990 to 2021: an update to The Lancet Commission on global access to palliative care and pain relief www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... by F M Knaul et al. @rravinetto.bsky.social @kpettus.bsky.social

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Via CGD: www.cgdev.org/blog/breakin...

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Via Montreux Collaborative Blog: Precipitated aid transition in health – priority actions for low-and-middle income-countries www.pfm4health.net/blog/precipi... by H Barroy et al.

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Congrats!

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Short blog in between: Global Health Monopoly kdecoster.blogspot.com/2025/02/glob... (ps: don't take this seriously )

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Would be nice if AP, NYT and other mainstream press in the US would start using the term "the US, formerly known as a democracy" in their articles.

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Apparently you can now also 'appease' an authoritarian leader on the road to dementia by cutting ODA. It's a Brave New World indeed. Wonder whether there's a "Munich" equivalent for that.

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Defending humanitarianism: Today’s aid turmoil calls for reform, not abandonment: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social) by J Mahmood et al.

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Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Via Le Monde: www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

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And another one... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The Resurgence of Cholera, "The Forgotten Pandemic", Amid Vaccine Shortages by Heather Rilkoff Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #254 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-resurg...

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Via Voxdev: voxdev.org/topic/instit... Worth a read (even if the term 'evidence-based policymaking' is a bit unfortunate).

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Via Devex: www.devex.com/news/trump-s...

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Via Le Monde: www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

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U.S. joins WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite planned withdrawal from agency www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u... via @statnews.com

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www.mo.be/nieuws/meer-... Nou, nou.

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Stay tuned for a new IHP newsletter on Friday 28 February.

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Trump administration rehires some FDA employees it fired www.statnews.com/2025/02/23/f... via @statnews.com

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Gotta wonder at what point the NYT actually is gonna talk about global tax justice in an article on GH or foreign aid. Perhaps when the radical-right rules all around the world. But then it'll be too late, i'm afraid.

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Wonder what Francis Fukuyama is thinking these days.

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Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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This time five years ago, the virus that causes COVID-19 was spreading around the globe unchecked. One of the biggest questions that remains is: where did it come from? https://go.nature.com/4gQgJAi

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Fueled by pandemic frustrations, populist parties are embracing anti-vaccine figures overseas, too www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/a... via @statnews.com

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Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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I agree with @timschwab.bsky.social Bill Gates has stayed rather low profile on Trump 2.0 & the global health havoc so far, a deliberate policy it seems. He could & probably should do more in the current circumstances. Come to think of it, haven't heard much from Seth "PPP" Berkley either lately.

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Check out this week's IHP news 817: A silver lining for polycrisis times www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u...

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Via Geneva Solutions: genevasolutions.news/climate-envi...

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SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

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As Foreign Ministers gather in South Africa for the first Foreign Ministers meeting of this year's #SouthAfrica #G20, @panaction.bsky.social @ranafrica.org + 30 orgs call for leaders to prioritize financing to unlock progress for people & the planet. www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/decisiv...

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Ik merk dat het gemekker op 'dat andere platform' weer hoogtij viert, maar zolang mensen de (correcte) inschatting maken dat de sterkste schouders onvoldoende bijdragen aan de federale inspanning, kun je niemand kwalijk nemen dat ze het keihard spelen. #deechtefreeriderszittenhelemaalbovenaan

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Sounds like Bourla is again discerning a 'North Star' for the new times :) #bold

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And just wait till your fifties :)

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ODI: Think change:Why the crisis in global aid is bigger than Trump odi.org/en/insights/... by Bright Simons.

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African hospital staff laid off en masse amid Trump aid freeze. Thousands of doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and other health personnel at US-funded programmes have reported job losses. Link here 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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www.bloomberg.com/news/article... For once, "Douze points", Belgium!

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Think pretty much the entire globe is now rooting for AP to not give in.

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Via Geneva Solutions: genevasolutions.news/peace-humani... @gorikooms.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social

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I seriously wonder whether more 'investment cases' are what Global Health needs at this dire point in time.

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