🚨 New @thelancet.com Research letter: Severe medicine shortages in Gaza.

“People are dying not only from bombs but also from lack of medicines.” - @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social. “Without ceasefire, an end of the blockade, medicine shortages will continue.”

First survey reveals Gaza’s critical medicine shortage | LSHTM First survey reveals Gaza’s critical medicine shortage | LSHTM

The first survey since the #Gaza war started offers rare evidence on the shortage of essential medicines

We spoke to @salihafez.bsky.social & @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social about factors driving this, resulting health risks and the urgent humanitarian action needed ⬇️
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Contextual constraints and dilemmas influencing health providers’ prescription practices in a conflict-affected area: Qualitative insights from Mopti, Mali Armed conflicts present complex, multidimensional challenges that severely compromise both access to and the quality of healthcare, including the adequate prescription of essential medicines. This stu...

Happy to share our work on the multiple, interlinked determinants of poor #prescribing of #medicine in #conflict areas in #Mali: practices easily labeled as ‘irrational’ are in fact shaped by contextual constraints!
University of Bamako @itmantwerp.bsky.social
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Dispensing of medicines for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through the government health insurance in Syria: a retrospective analysis Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common noncommunicable diseases, exacerbated in conflict settings by the heightened environmental exposure to triggers, weakened health s...

In this study led by @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social & with Ana Tomic, we explore #access to #medicines for #asthma & @COPD in #conflict settings in #Syria. We need efforts to secure #supply of #NCDs medicines!
@itmantwerp.bsky.social
Thanks @docgraceku.bsky.social
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Stop the genocide.

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Refugees and asylum seekers in Europe need a rights-based approach to the issue of return: insights from the case of the Syrian displacement Migration and forced displacement are once again dominating political debates in the United States and Europe with widespread implications for the protection of forcibly displaced populations. 1 In 20...

A very important reflection from @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social and colleagues:
#Refugees and asylum seekers in #Europe need a #rights-based approach to the issue of return: insights from the case of the #Syrian displacement.

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Inadequate last-mile pharmaceutical waste management is a neglected threat to environmental and public health: a call to action In 2024, the WHO’s Division on Access to Medicines and Health Products issued a call to action for sustainability in the pharmaceutical sector. The initiative, ‘Greener Pharmaceuticals’ Regulatory Hig...

Last-mile #pharmaceutical #waste management is a neglected #health, #ecological & #social challenge. Let's act to protect #vulnerable communities & the #environment! @itmantwerp.bsky.social #UWC #UniversityNamibia @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social

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Vacancy: Manager – Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa Initiative
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@sophuwc.bsky.social & School of Pharmacy-UWC @uwconline.bsky.social with @itmantwerp.bsky.social are establishing a cutting-edge Initiative. Learn more 👇
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Trump says will remove US sanctions on Syria U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would remove all sanctions against Syria, saying they had served an important function, but it was now time for Syria to move forward.

“Trump to remove US sanctions on Syria in major policy shift”
A historic step! Let’s see how this will contribute to the efforts of health systems rebuilding efforts
#Syria #Sanctions
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Publication alert 📢: Thrilled to share our qualitative paper on the role of community pharmacists with migration background in providing access to healthcare for migrants in Germany.

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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

💊 What happens when war dismantles a nation's healthcare system? Pharmacist and researcher @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social has seen the answer firsthand in Syria. Read his story about resilience, hope and the fight for a better future in a war-affected setting:
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A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg Immigrants shunned by clinics resort to buying unregulated medicines from illegal vendors

Once more, #exclusion policies create am opportunity of black market for 'medicines': #migrants shunned by clinics resort to buying #unregulated #medicines from illegal vendors in #SouthAfrica
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social

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سلامي لكم… وسلامي لكم، يا اهل الأرض المحتلة… يا منزرعين بمنازلكم… قلبي معكم وسلامي لكم
#FreePalestine

Critical Medicines and Priority Medical Products should not leave anyone behind Historically, limited access to medicines was viewed as a problem primarily affecting healthcare systems in the Global South.  However, in recent years this issue has also emerged in the Global North,...

Critical Medicines and Priority Medical Products should not leave anyone behind www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... Feat article by @belentarrafeta.bsky.social & @rravinetto.bsky.social.

Antwerp researchers call for review of Syria sanctions to protect health systems Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp have called for a review of sanctions against Syria because of their impact on...

Researchers at the @itmantwerp.bsky.social have called for a review of #sanctions against #Syria because of their impact on #healthsystems and essential services. @gorikooms.bsky.social @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
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PharmaChron: Dissemination event Register to join the PharmaChron dissemination event (19/02/2025) on access to essential medicines in conflict-affected regions of northern syria

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Explore key insights on access to NCD medicines in conflict-affected Northern Syria from our PharmaChron project.

📅 Dissemination Event | Online or at @itmantwerp.bsky.social
🔗 Register by Feb 10: www.itg.be/en/events/ph...

Funded by the Fund Maurange of the King Baudouin Foundation.

International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to maintain equipment and provide care.

Sanctions can devastate health systems, limiting access to lifesaving care and essential medicines. I had the privilege of speaking with Louisa Loveluck from The Washington Post about the critical impact of sanctions on healthcare in Syria.

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Healthcare provision for displaced people in transit: Analyses of routinely collected data from INTERSOS clinics at the Ukrainian border with Moldova and Poland. The Russian military invasion of Ukraine has sparked Europe's largest forced displacement since World War II, bringing about significant health vulner…

Publication alert📢 Our paper "Healthcare provision for displaced people in transit: Analyses of routinely collected data from INTERSOS clinics at the Ukrainian border with Moldova and Poland." published at the Journal of Migration and Health. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sanctions and the right to health in post-Assad Syria Dec 8, 2024, marked the end of the five-decade long regime of Bashir al-Assad and the Assad family in Syria, characterised by systemic repression, human rights abuses, and crimes against humanity.1 After the protests of 2011, Assad's response involved indiscriminate bombings, targeting of health-care facilities and health-care workers, and the use of internationally prohibited chemical weapons, triggering one of the worst humanitarian crises since World War 2.1

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

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Sanctions and the right to health in post-Assad Syria Dec 8, 2024, marked the end of the five-decade long regime of Bashir al-Assad and the Assad family in Syria, characterised by systemic repression, human rights abuses, and crimes against humanity.1 After the protests of 2011, Assad's response involved indiscriminate bombings, targeting of health-care facilities and health-care workers, and the use of internationally prohibited chemical weapons, triggering one of the worst humanitarian crises since World War 2.1

Time to stop sanctions against Syria. @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social argues 3 main reasons:
1 - Sanctions were against Assad - He is gone.
2- Sanctions are hampering access to health care.
3 - Let's not give the new regime any reason for not respecting human rights.
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Raffarlla Ravinetto