"We are #humanitarians. We don't know any other way, says Mahla. Mahla says CARE (care.org) hopes to resume services soon & even scale up its work." Thanks Joanne Lu for the great interview.#Afganistan #HumanitarianCrisis NPR npr.org/sections/goats…

"We're not trying to be unreasonable. We're trying to be optimistic and audacious because that's what the moment calls for." -Paul Farmer, MD, PhD #VaccineEquityNow Read: ow.ly/Kek950G02i2

Peter Singer, the Australian bioethicist, is the winner of the 2021 Berggruen Prize. The $1 million award is given to an individual who has made major contributions to advancing ideas that shape the world. His idea for the prize money: give it all away. npr.org/sections/goats…

huge day at @npr, y'all - we've finally gone full sentence case in our headlines! watch out, modern internet!

How $6 billion from Elon Musk could feed millions on the brink of famine npr.org/sections/goats…

My latest!

Movement, NGO, Foundation

If you could✨wish✨ for one thing for the world🌍in 2022, what would it be? When we asked Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai this question, she said: “My wish is the same as always: I want to live in a world where every girl👧 can learn and lead.” npr.org/sections/goats…

My latest for NPR Goats & Soda! @schmidtnyc was a delight, even as we discussed, well, the least delightful things happening in the world this year. But they’re important, as is the work of The New Humanitarian! Give them a follow if you don’t already.

10 global crises to pay attention to in 2022, according to 'The New Humanitarian' npr.org/sections/goats…

Oxfam says if the world were equal, at least 21,000 fewer people could be dying each day -- because the rich wouldn't be able to get quite so rich and governments would have more funds to stop "economic violence." Why that's a controversial assertion: npr.org/sections/goats…

Oxfam says the rich got richer in the pandemic, and the wealth gap is killing the poor, reports Joanne Lu NPR Goats & Soda. npr.org/sections/goats…

#CEIDFaculty Md. Hasan Zaman (BU Engineering) is quoted in the latest NPR Goats & Soda by Joanne Lu Read the full piece ➡️ n.pr/3uCcx2t

"There's a failure on the part of the system that allows some people to get obscenely rich, while others do not have the basic commodities to survive from one day to the next" Inequality is more than just unfair, it's dangerous. More via Joanne Lu: npr.org/sections/goats…

I recently had the pleasure of talking to Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo of APHRC about her experience with gender and geographic representation at the highest levels of global health orgs...a little progress, but still so far to go! NPR Goats & Soda @GlobalHlth5050

Doctors Without Borders MSF International addresses charges of #racism within its ranks. This comes after current and former staffers reported hundreds of instances of abuse and discrimination to journalists, by Joanne Lu npr.org/sections/goats… via NPR Goats & Soda #GlobalHealth

Lots of people worked really hard on this story. While it’s centered on MSF, it’s indicative of a larger conversation happening in global health and development.

A long overdue conversation MSF International 🙏 All of that remains so much window-dressing as long as there are no concrete actions taken towards behavior change, at individual and organisation levels. Joanne Lu NPR #stopdiscrimination npr.org/sections/goats…

From white savior images plastered on NY hq walls to saving anti-venom for “expats” in a South Sudan clinic, the racism I witnessed working MSF International must be eradicated. Grateful for continued coverage of this endemic issue Joanne Lu

"Somebody doesn't get away with an individual act of racism unless the institutional environment allows them impunity for it." Joanne Lu @DecoloniseMSF npr.org/sections/goats…