Happy Smallpox Eradication Day! "On Dec. 9, 1979, the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication declared its job complete. This marked the end of a scourge that lasted thousands of years and killed more people than all the wars in recorded history."

Humanitarian researchers who want to "make sense, not [just] data" will really enjoy this interview and the article on which it was based 🙌 manchesterhive.com/view/journals/…

Reminiscent of Works in Progress 's Every Generator is a Policy Failure, trucked water in 🇸🇾costs more than piped water, is dirtier, but is also necessary in the absence of repair to and expansion of piped water networks. repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/reach… worksinprogress.co/issue/every-ge… REACH

New Op-Ed in The New Humanitarian. Stop using fear of migration in advocacy & fundraising. We need to address climate change, poverty, famine & help people affected by war because it's the right thing to do, not because otherwise people might migrate to Europe thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2024/1…

Sudan now represents the largest displacement crisis in the world with more than 11 million people internally displaced and almost 3.2 million people who have fled the country. 1/2

Housing, land and property rights will likely be major concerns in Syria's next phase. Very grateful for The Syria Report shining a light on it 🙏

One of my favourite sources of info on Syria 🙏

Evidence-based decision-making is often gestured at without a clear definition or process for achieving it. In this post, I suggest a two-chart framework for determining when an expansion of the evidence base may be needed in a humanitarian context 📈 willingandable.substack.com/p/a-two-chart-…

🚨Syria in Figures – Seventh Edition is out! In this edition: 🔍Adjusting for inflation shows the true decline in humanitarian spending amid rising needs – The UN is suffering more than others. 📉Deflation in the post-Assad era – Why falling prices may not last. 💰Taxes in

In the latest issue of Syria in Figures, I explored why Syria may be on the brink of its worst drought in decades. READ: karamshaar.com/syria-in-figur… 🧵 The 2024–2025 agricultural season is collapsing under the weight of extreme rainfall deficits, dying crops, and vanishing

Important in-depth reporting on the instrumentalization of aid

A useful reminder that just because a popular account or grok says something and there's a video, doesn't mean it's true bbc.com/news/articles/…

Although the earth can produce enough food for all humanity, many of the world’s poor still lack their daily bread. This makes the tragedy of hunger and malnutrition even more lamentable and shameful. vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

When the Pope goes to FAO and gives a nuanced lecture on the interactions of hunger, conflict, and climate change:

No punches pulled in the latest Syria in Transition issue 🔥 as always, well worth a read syriaintransition.com/missionmisalig…