This poses a major challenge for achieving health-related SDGs in the region and highlights the need for prioritizing health funding as a crucial aspect of meeting development goals. Read more in our latest study at PLOS Global Public Health → bit.ly/3XjZXTE

NEW: a systematic review on conducting "sex-normalising" intersex surgeries on infants & young children in PLOS Global Public Health by World Health Organization (WHO)/ HRP/ other colleagues. Irreversible, elective interventions should stop without the informed consent of those concerned. #SRHR ▶️bit.ly/3z0niQW

“The legacy of colonialism is not just a historical footnote; it is a persistent force that continues to shape today’s outcomes” ⁦Yasmine Elmi⁩ reviews ⁦Lio H. 🇵🇸 🇨🇩⁩’s book for ⁦PLOS Global Public Health⁩ speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/08/28/unv…

We call it out in this paper: Epistemicide, health systems, and planetary health: Re-centering Indigenous knowledge systems Planetary Health Alliance Schulich WesternU UNPFII Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International - IPRI PLOS Global Public Health FAO Climate Change & Biodiversity UN Climate Change World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Courtney Howard Western University Renzo Guinto dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Important new PLOS Global Public Health paper by Nicole Redvers Amali Lokugamage & colleagues Epistemicide, health systems, and planetary health: Re-centering Indigenous knowledge systems journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Many thanks to Yasmine Elmi for this generous review of my book and for taking the time to engage with it so thoroughly in the first place! And thank you to everyone at PLOS Global Public Health for publishing it 🙏🏾

It’s out!! Finally…. 😮‍💨 Adult TB prevalence survey with child MTB infection survey (using QFT) in Karachi 🇵🇰 It’s do-able - so let’s do it!! (📣 all funders) We really do need to understand MTB transmission in different contexts better to ✂️the 🔁 url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/aYhCCX5WOI0o…

"Half of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on external financing for more than a third of their health expenditures" Angela Apeagyei, Justice Nonvignon Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) & team PLOS Global Public Health call for African nations to invest more in health & increase efficiency journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

💊#mpox demonstrates the urgent need for effective therapeutics for endemic + pandemic diseases. 💪#100DaysMission partners, including MPP, set out how this can be achieved through a Therapeutics Development Coalition in PLOS Global Public Health. 🔗ow.ly/XZk250TaL4t

A lot of forthright speaking in this paper about #Epistemicide & #PlanetaryHealth. Co written with 3 Indigenous experts. So grateful PLOS Global Public Health had the insight and courage to publish it. Madhu Pai, MD, PhD Julia Robinson Nicole Redvers Matthew Harris journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

The ongoing #Mpox health emergency shines a light on the urgent need for effective therapeutics for endemic and pandemic diseases. In PLOS Global Public Health, #100DaysMission partners have set out how this can be achieved: through a coalition to develop therapeutics: 🔸journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

Therapeutics are👇 🦠key to reducing mortality & morbidity 💉an effective alternative for ppl who can't use Vx In PLOS Global Public Health, #100DaysMission partners argue that sustained investment, coordination & equitable access are needed, via a Coalition. 🔗bit.ly/3AJlGM5

💊#mpox demonstrates the urgent need for effective therapeutics for endemic + pandemic diseases. #100DaysMission partners set out how this can be achieved through a Therapeutics Development Coalition in PLOS Global Public Health➡️ow.ly/8zKm50T9SFH

How can we ensure a healthy global therapeutics pipeline for epidemic + pandemic disease & ensure equitable access in #LMICs? #100DaysMission partners set out how this can be achieved through a Therapeutics Development Coalition in PLOS Global Public Health➡️ow.ly/VIvN50T9SJP

Global mental illness risks linked to commercial factors 🚬🍻🧠 news-medical.net/news/20240902/… #MentalHealth #PublicHealth #CommercialImpact #SystemicChange #ResearchFindings #MentalIllness #HealthRisk #SocialMedia #AlcoholUse #Smoking PLOS Global Public Health

To invigorate the 💊 pipeline & drive advocacy for increased investment & coordination of end-to-end development, we must bring together a Therapeutics Development Coalition of existing partners #100DaysMission partners set out this vision in PLOS Global Public Health➡️ow.ly/hafu50T9T6g

Gender Pari(s)ty Olympics & Paralympics: Three Small Steps for Gender Equality and One Giant Leap for Global Health Dr J Martin 🇪🇺 Bismah Nayyer & Frances Brill via PLOS Global Public Health speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/09/03/gen…

The critical need for approved #mpox therapeutics & growing concern around #H5N1 highlight why we need greater coordination+funding for💊development #100DaysMission partners set out how this can be achieved by a Therapeutics Development Coalition PLOS Global Public Health ippsecretariat.org/news/ipps-and-…

Kindness costs – The hidden sacrifices nurses make for patients with TB Insightful ⁦PLOS Global Public Health⁩ piece by ⁦Carmen S. Christian⁩, one of academic editors & health economist speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/09/05/kin…

Our first "ESSAY" PLOS Global Public Health! "Post-tuberculosis lung disease is a common and variably debilitating condition resulting from infection with tuberculosis, affecting tens of millions of people globally" journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…