In this commentary, we compare the “red pill” versus “blue pill” versions of global health education which represents the choice to radically reimagine global health education or remain comfortable with the status quo, respectively
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TFW kindness and empathy are seen as partisan acts
You rolled over on genocide in Gaza, were told to keep quiet and obeyed. No matter what you say about Trump now, it just rings hollow.
When we look back at Trump’s impact on (global/public) health we’d see that the failure of our response began with the failure of our response on Gaza.
There are a number of authoritarian regimes who would pay to know who is doing human rights and women’s rights work in their countries. So they can kill them. What is Musk doing with all this data? edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Happy #UHCDay
Over lifetime, each additional year of union membership reduces the odds of mortality by 1.5%. Effects primarily occur between ages of 41 and 67.
Nice work @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This piece by a homeless journalist is as harrowing as everyone says. We are all much closer to homelessness than to being a multimillionaire, yet we treat the homeless with such cruelty. Just gut-wrenching www.esquire.com/news-politic...
Global health can never be global because the global north is truly a “walled world” locking out everyone else
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
"What power seeks to do is stop you. To stop you from being a threat, from righting an injustice. To stop you, it stops itself from knowing, it keeps itself innocent, ignorant, unaware, falsely. Not knowing is how it keeps itself in place, how it keeps injustice in place."
🌱 Oof, this essay.
Health experts share what gives them hope for improving health equity
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Inclusion [in policymaking] is an active process, which means it starts with budgeting."
❤️ Incisive words from Dr Githinji Gitahi www.linkedin.com/posts/amref_...
Thinking about how often even well-meaning folks try to fill a slot for 'diversity' with no $ for outreach, support, or participation
It’s not often that I find a LinkedIn post truly inspiring & comforting, but loved this reflection from Dr Emanuele Capobianco today: www.linkedin.com/posts/emanue...
As someone who had the privilege of taking a career break, it’s refreshing to see a senior leader write about how rewarding it is. 💙
All three statements are true at the same time
Thought-provoking blog examining calls for restorative justice in global health.
🌱 Restorative justice acknowledges historical conditions that shape inequalities & aligns more with lived experiences / envisions health justice beyond global health security & $ growth
www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
A landscape from Northern Spain on a cloudy day. There are wildflowers along a rocky trail and rolling green hills in the background.
Hello again, world! 🌄 I left X a while ago but have missed having that space. Glad to here. :)
I walked the Camino de Santiago in April–May this year and haven't stopped talking about it since! Starting with that here too! Reflecting on my Camino is what gives me strength and hope in these times.
