More than half of UK government nutrition advisers are paid by food companies, finds #BMJInvestigation Campaigners say conflicts are detrimental to public health; others say ties reflect the lack of funding in nutrition research bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Funding education is the basis to give every child the future they deserve 💙📚

Nowhere in #Gaza is safe. Health workers have been attacked, hospitals have been destroyed and families are cut off from the world. See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding and join the urgent call for a #CeasefireNOW: unf.pa/opt

Worldwide, 148M children are stunted. Scaling up nutrition interventions can prevent 27M cases, improving cognitive development, educational outcomes and future economic productivity. World Bank Health's Investment Framework for Nutrition: wrld.bg/fWb450UeuMz #InvestInNutrition

What is social medicine? 🌍 It’s the understanding that one's health is shaped by social factors like poverty, education, and inequality. By addressing these root causes, our work ensures everyone has the right to health. Learn more: pih.org/article/social…

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The day also marks the beginning of #16DaysofActivism! ⚠️ NO #woman 👩🏾🧕🏾👵🏾should ever go through any form of #violence. Reach out and seek help if you need to.

Professor Mosa Moshabela will be officially installed as UCT’s 11th Vice-Chancellor at a special ceremony on Monday, 25 November 2024 at 10:00 SAST. Join the celebration of this significant milestone by following the event live on UCT’s website, Facebook and X pages.

Are social media bans for children a good idea? "A narrow focus on social media bans distracts policy makers from confronting the addictive features, algorithm driven content, & commercial incentives that expose children to harmful content" Louise Holly bmj.com/content/387/bm…

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Expert's Dilemma: the more specialized you become, the less open you are to creative solutions from other fields. But the more you explore other fields, the more you risk losing credibility in your home field.

PsySSA pays tribute to the extraordinary legacy of Professor Noel Chabani Manganyi, a pioneering psychologist, esteemed academic, and dedicated public servant. His profound contributions have left an enduring mark on psychology and higher education in South Africa

Great to see Fairfax news outlets reporting on this issue 👏 Draws from our work on the baby food industry, its harmful marketing practices and baseless product claims. Reveals how government trade supports and interventions in the WTO help fuel expansion by these companies into

Phillip Baker Kadee Russ David McCoy Rafael Perez-Escamilla J. Jaime Miranda Roger Mathisen Dr. Arun Gupta MD FIAP (Ped) Industry pushes toddler milks to Oz mums too. They were invented in the early 1990s by industry to subvert its own ‘rules’ on marketing infant formula so they look the same. Gutless governments backed away from ending this deceitful cross promotion of a dodgy product for decades.

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The latest GBDS data shows that healthy life expectancy (HALE) in China is now *four years longer* than in the USA. China: 68.6 years USA: 64.4 years

The world’s billionaires now hold more wealth than every country in the world except the U.S. and China—and they’d be even richer if it wasn’t for tanking stocks fortune.com/2025/04/02/wor…

Baby food companies are in there too. Read this. No wonder mums struggle with #breastfeeding. They are set up to fail by an industry in cahoots with government. ‘UK government’s nutrition advisers paid by world’s largest food companies’ bmj.com/content/386/bm…

I think this unequivocally confirms who exactly will bring back apartheid.

The South African Law of Unjustified Enrichment (2nd Edition) By Jacques du Plessis This authoritative and fully updated edition is now available—featuring insights into over 400 new judgments, key developments in foreign law, and critical intersections with constitutional and