I needed this

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness”

Desmond Tutu

This is our reality. Visa rejections affect the participation of African scientists in global health conferences reducing the influence of their voices in the discourse.

Conference funders, please scrutinize the location before you invest your money. Thank you!

No one is safe anywhere until everyone is safe everywhere.

The world needs agreement on the pandemic accord.

World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

As World Health Organization (WHO) Member States struggle to develop needed #Law reforms, the Global Health Law Consortium reviews the long evolution of #GlobalHealthLaw under WHO governance, examining challenges from:
- new health actors,
- shifting normative frameworks &
- soft law diplomacy. journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

oh is that before or after empowering us . I never get to understand which come first

'African visa applicants face more severe restrictions compared to applicants from other regions... one in three of all processed applications being turned down'

henleyglobal.com/publications/a…

The words we use in global health and development can make a big difference! ⁦Madhu Pai, MD, PhD⁩ gh.bmj.com/content/7/6/e0…

Anthropologists have made big contributions to global health

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc's UNDERBELLY is a good example

After 'observing many global health and development failures, I can see that only projects defined by and shaped by communities are successful'

mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547765/…

Are we all frogs in a slowly warming pot of water?

#ClimateAnxiety 😔

Wonderful & important work

You can now pre-order my book! Add 'womenshealth' to get 20% off virago.co.uk/titles/sophie-…

Super topical this week as Melinda French Gates makes a power move, #birthtrauma report published, & shenanigans with Women In Global Health... all connected to global fight for women's health.

#AnthroTwitter here we are, out here doing the things! (But we knew that!😉)

You can check out Underbelly as a free ebook here (but if you like hardcopy, author proceeds go to frontline health workers in Guatemala)! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monog…

No child needs to die of measles in 2024!

These are completely preventable deaths

cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

What do Canadians want from their health system?

⁦Jane Philpott⁩ listed the key asks during her Dzau lecture ⁦McGill University⁩

Anthropologists have made big contributions to global health

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc's UNDERBELLY is a good example

After 'observing many global health and development failures, I can see that only projects defined by and shaped by communities are successful'

mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547765/…

Yesterday, a senior African global expert (Chancellor of a university) told us about how Global North actors come to him all the time with a plan to 'develop his capacity'

Beyond excited that Archana Kamath will represent 🇮🇳 India in the #Olympics !

Table Tennis 🏓 champ and my cousin’s daughter!

Go Archana!!! So proud of you!!!

olympics.com/en/news/paris-…

Please read our new PLOS Global Public Health paper: 'Tuberculosis commodities supply chain performance in the WHO African region: A scoping review'
journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…
We summarize evidence for TB PSM performance and offer recommendations
Stop TB Partnership KNCV TB Plus The Union Conference