I am a "global health" statistician; I love data, appreciate the value of estimates. I have struggled with the lack of data for key questions in many areas of the world. This article is an incredibly important read for all. 1/

Are you attending #HSR2020? If so, join the satellite session featuring a forum discussion, 'Towards a global agenda for research on migration and health capacity building', chaired by The Lancet's Jocalyn Clark on 13 January👉 bit.ly/2LuY0kC

Want to start the year with good news? 🇹🇩Chad adopted its 1st ever asylum law, to ensure 480,000 refugees receive fundamental protection + rights. This includes ability to work, to access healthcare, #education & justice. 👇From our UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Protection Chief

Our #MondayMotivation from Colombia!

Congratulations, President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris 🇺🇸. We at UNHCR look forward to working with you on strengthening US global support to refugees, rebuilding the US resettlement programme and ensuring that the US asylum system is effective, just and humane.

.World Health Organization (WHO) is a family of nations. We are all glad that the United States of America 🇺🇸 is staying in the family. #WeAreFamily bit.ly/3bZuZck #EB148

The study has two main results: 1. We still need to descentralize Brazilian SAO workforce. Career programs could help. 2. Isabella Faria, MD 🇧🇷👩‍⚕️ first author, helping decolonizing #globalhealth Estudo que demonstra que temos que descentralizar nosso força de trabalho cirúrgica.

Honored to be named Founding Director, Loma Linda U. Health, Loma Linda University Center for Global Surgery @llu_globalsurg #llusurgery Loma Linda University School of Medicine LLU Public Health PAACS

.World Bank and United Nations make emergency COVID-19 support available to migrant, #refugee, and internally displaced populations & host communities –in both low and middle-income countries like #Colombia, #Ecuador, #Jordan, and #Lebanon.

Knowledge isn't free. You have to pay attention. 🧠

when the junior surgery resident naively thinks they "did most of the case" x.com/Laughs_4_All/s…

great to see fellow Stanford Surgery faculty @TGWeiser @DrTiffanyChao and Stanford Urology Harchi Gill at another year of exams. Congrats COSECSA 234 candidates examined this COVID year!

StanfordSWAT Joe Forrester David Spain teamwork, inc. SUSurgeryResidency PGY1 Joshua Villareal + incoming PGY1 Jung Gi Min. Some findings: 1) chest tube: bigger is not better 2) watch for delayed HTX 3) routine CXR post-chest tube insertion/removal: ?need authors.elsevier.com/a/1cwxf90L~q1F…

Great discussion today! Thank you Lifebox! Some ideas (1/2): journals have reviewers that speak different languages, why not review some articles in other languages and sponsor the translation of it is good? #globalhealth #some4pedsurg

Including refugees in national COVID-19 vaccination plans is one thing... Making sure there are vaccines to give is another... We call for fair and equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for everyone in every country. #HealthEquity #HealthForAll #OnlyTogether

This is a monumental moment in the fight against #COVID19. The commitment by President Donald J. Trump Joe Biden & United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai to support the waiver of IP protections on vaccines is a powerful example of 🇺🇸 leadership to address global health challenges.

Everybody in the world has a right to basic healthcare, says Kee B. Park, M.D. Prevention of injuries is important, but it should not stop there. It's time to invest in the health of the developing world, and that includes, first and foremost, a trauma system. SIGN Fracture Care

One week left to apply to be a Paul Farmer #ResearchFellow #ResearchCollaborator For more information check out the link below, and feel free to reach out with any questions! pgssc.org/paul-farmer-gl…

‼️👂🏽Please support this Global OHNS Initiative / Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery analysis of workforce, infrastructure, training, and barriers to care. The resulting data will support strengthening ENT care (eg head and neck cancer, hearing loss) for those with limited/no access. #GlobalOHNS