📣 SAVE THE DATE: Access to Assistive technology and rehabilitation services in humanitarian settings.

During emergencies, the need for #AssistiveTechnology and for rehabilitation surges.
 
This event on occasion of #WHA77 provides a platform for all stakeholders to highlight…

It's not cheap to research & develop a drug. But it's also not as expensive as Big Pharma suggests. MSF International's TB trial cost $34million. A lack of #Transparency in clinical trial costs only serves to benefit Pharma not patients. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Support from someone who has experienced the same challenges as you can be a powerful and profoundly human experience (I'm not alone in this!).

What do we know about peer support for people living with #NCDs in #humanitarian settings?

Open-access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

People living with chronic illness need multiple types of health services to manage their health & quality of life.

See commentary on how integrated care can address this need in humanitarian contexts. Éimhín Ansbro Benjamin Schmid (he/him) ICRC Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, LSHTM
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Narcissistic leaders are threatened by talent. They want to be the smartest person in the room.

Humble leaders are drawn to talent. They surround themselves with people who make them smarter.

Great leaders grow talent. They strive to make everyone in the room smarter.

We're looking to appoint a Research Fellow to our Health Policy Team. Further details at bit.ly/3V7ZjIe.

Lack of investment in NCD prevention & care is costing the world millions of lives & dollars each year. Yet, there are powerful and 💰 cost-effective actions that countries can take & #ActOnNCDs .
🎧Learn more in the podcast episode w/ Katie Dain: ncdalliance.org/why-ncds/voice…

While interview q's about marriage & children are not legal, US employers may ask women indirectly: 'Are you moving here by yourself?' Study (N=760) finds deflection (respond w/ a question) is better at the personal level; confrontation at the social level.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

👏Really excited to see this publication out - congratulations to the team from 11 countries who have gathered this crucial insight into barriers to #MultipleSclerosis treatment and care in SE Asia. 🌏

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Multiple sclerosis or #MS affects people in #SouthEastAsia too, but access to care and long term management is a struggle- see this paper on the gaps that need filling for better #MS Care in the region

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High drug prices disproportionally impact people of color. While capped co-pay costs for inhalers will make a difference for many patients further action to lower list prices across the board will still be needed. newsone.com/5070637/asthma…

'Our study reveals institutional as well as regulatory hurdles that disadvantage low and middle-income country (LMIC) sites from being selected for international multicentre clinical trials.'

📣 New Practice

Although many postdocs and faculty members are leaving for industry or elsewhere, these researchers tell us why they love the academic life go.nature.com/3wSSzUz

The key to avoiding disappointment is not to lower your expectations. It’s to broaden your goals.

It's not aiming high that sets you up for a let-down. It's fixating on ideal while failing to identify good enough.

Happiness lies in the range between aspirational and acceptable.

#CSW68 (1/2) New World Health Organization (WHO) report and analysis on gender and the undervaluation of health and care work will be launched on Weds 13 March at UNHQ in New York. Moderated by the wonderful Katja Iversen with an inspiring panel from Costa Rica, @ILO, UN Women, United Health Futures

Oppenheimer is exactly the kind of movie the powers-that-be in Hollywood like to award. Men, men, men it's all about men.

Delighted to share the first editorial of the newly minted Journal of Health Equity (Taylor and Francis), where I have the honor of being on the editorial board, please read, and consider the journal as a home for your health equity focused research.

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#SRHR & women’s health is a critical priority for expanding #access2meds . #ATMI22 Special Report highlights key areas where #pharma companies can do more to address access issues for SRHR-related diseases & health needs impacting women & girls➡️accesstomedicinefoundation.org/resource/are-p…

Women and girls with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.

This policy brief identifies emerging trends and practices on gender- and disability-inclusive budgeting.

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🗨️'We are living in a permanent state of emergencies that bleed into each other & blur divisions we make between communicable & noncommunicable diseases ( #NCDs ), environmental & personal #health , & between health concerns of different countries.' - Hans Kluge WHO/Europe