It is scandalous that none of the authors of the systematic reviews informing the #CassReview had previous experience of researching or providing gender healthcare.

This is unprecedented.

Imagine a review of heart surgery techniques that inluded zero surgeons or cardiologists!

'... Decades of experience show that lower-income countries trying to use TRIPS flexibilities, such as compulsory licenses, face huge commercial and political pressure or even threats of trade sanctions not to do so...'

The proposal lacks a commitment to IP and know-how licensing. Instead ‘tiered-pricing’ features, which does not mean much if it is not defined as ‘affordable to the people and the communities concerned’. #INB9 #PABS

Did you MISS the genocide + health crisis in Gaza IAS - the International AIDS Society ??
- WHY the silence??

Diarmaid
Robbie Lawlor
Asia Russell
Tahir Amin
Dr Fifa A Rahman
Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng
Priti Krishtel
Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi
shuaib manjra 🇵🇸🇨🇺🇪🇭

Health4palestine.com
HCWforPalestine hcw4palestinesa
Health Justice Initiative - HJI

27 children reportedly died from malnutrition in #Gaza , since October 2023. This number will grow if a ceasefire doesn't happen immediately and safety is not ensured for a scaled up aid delivery.

BREAKING: Israel has now killed 15,370 Palestinian children in Gaza, in just 180 days.

That’s 85 children killed per day, every single day, for 6 months straight.

Read that again.

This from Fatima Hassan @[email protected] :

'why hasn’t there been more concerted outrage from global health experts, racism and decolonisation practitioners, reproductive health orgs, women’s rights , universities... regarding the annihilation of the Gazan health system?'

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

The president-elect of TCD Students’ Union has spoken about the importance of trans visibility, describing it as 'an act of defiance.' Jenny Maguire was speaking on International Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual event dedicated to celebrating transgender people worldwide.

Today is #WorldTBDay . Around a billion people have died of tuberculosis since 1800. At the current rate of decline, we can expect another 100 million to die of TB in the next century. Each of those deaths would be needless.
It all reminds me of a different date: October 24th.

TB activists at Danaher Corporation in DC today asking them to drop the price of GeneXpert test to $5 for all diseases. Lives of millions of people can be saved through timely testing and treatment. Price for many Xpert test ranges from $15-$20 right now. #Timefor5

Negotiations on the Pandemic Accord must learn & correct the mistakes of the past. Pandemic preparedness cannot be achieved without health equity! Inequality in access to HIV medicines and COVID vaccines have caused millions of deaths.

This week, over 100 religious leaders wrote to World Health Organization (WHO) delegates negotiating a #PandemicAccord at #INB9 .

They decry that 'the sanctity of human life often seemed forgotten in the pandemic,' urging governments to 'deliver an agreement that ensures every life is valued equally.'

Rafiq is one of many children and young people in northern #Gaza who are starving and suffering from grievous injuries.

History will judge us all for what these children are enduring.

Ceasefire! Allow immediate, unfettered, scaled-up humanitarian access.

Some harrowing stats from powerful OpEd by Winnie Byanyima

In the UK, black women are 4X more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women

1 in 41 women in sub-Saharan Africa risks dying in childbirth, compared with 1 in 11 000 in Western Europe

On @Euronews, concurring with Ellen 't Hoen & Dimitri Eynikel that the amended procedure on the EU-wide compulsory licensing is unsuitable to deal with emergencies. Among the key problems are #export_ban & the requirement to identify all IP rights before issuing a CL.

More kids killed in Gaza in 4 months than all wars worldwide in 4 years

Our government must be held to account.

Around the world, things are changing. Ireland and Spain have demanded the EU reviews its trade deal with Israel.

We need to build a movement to stop the genocide, and end apartheid. 6/6
theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

A fully funded @Unitaid would ensure the continued development and accessibility of the most effective & needed health products to reach women & girls in low-and middle-income countries , saving lives. #IWD24