This is a very bold move by the Gates Foundation. Takes courage to double down on goals in a time of tremendous uncertainty. They may not be around forever but their impact will be felt for a long time to come.

Huge news for women in US! The first U.S. FDA cleared *Cervical Cancer Screening Test* that is Fully **At-Home Self Collection** Tests for HPV strains that cause cervical cancer Ships to lab Comes w Telehealth Rx + evaluation From Teal Health medpagetoday.com/obgyn/cervical…

Thank you Soumya Swaminathan for sharing this incredible news. I'm sure dad’s (Dr MKBhan) spirit is rejoicing! So proud of India and her scientists!

"we urge all global health conference organisers to rethink where we, as a global health community, host meetings, who needs to be at the table, and how we ensure safety for all." Comment—The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings hubs.li/Q03nWBJS0

📍Goa, India: Today’s world needs transformative leaders—and transformation begins with looking inwards. Despite the underrepresentation of women in global health leadership & trends of declining social perceptions of women’s leadership, there is a push towards gender-sensitive

📢 OUT NOW! We're excited to announce the launch of the WomenLift Health Southern Africa Stakeholder Analysis Report 2024! The #SASAReport examines the state of women’s leadership in health across Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,

How can transformative leadership lead to health impact? Yesterday, senior leaders across India’s public health ecosystem joined us at the #2025IndiaImmersion to explore how leadership is a vital lever for designing more effective solutions & improving health outcomes. In a

At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live. axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-…

A mark of wisdom is being quick to change your opinions but slow to change your principles. It takes openness to update your views. It takes integrity to uphold your values. A key to growth is raising your understanding without lowering your standards.

There's an effort afoot to try to save #GMRLN (pronounced Gremlin), the global #measles & #rubella lab surveillance network that was reliant on US funding that has disappeared. It costs a pittance, in global health terms, to run. Its loss would be huge. statnews.com/2025/06/09/tru…

I miss my forever congressman today. I miss his voice and his heart. I miss him dearly. #JohnLewis

The devastating effects of these cuts are entirely preventable—and it’s not too late to reverse them.

Thanks to vaccines, fewer children are dying from preventable diseases around the world. Cutting funding for them would reverse that progress and put millions of children in danger.

Hawaii governor says tsunami 'will wrap around the islands,' urges residents to stay far away from coastal areas. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4lWQQlG

We are honoured to share that Ayesha Chaudhary (India Director, WomenLift Health) has been awarded the Nari Shakti Excellence Award 2025 at Empower Women, Empower India hosted by Ministry of Health & Ministry of Education— an initiative celebrating women’s contributions across health,

For many women, breastfeeding involves pain, exhaustion, and the constant tension between care and career. This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, we spotlight four WomenLift Health leaders who lay bare the painful tradeoffs women still face, and call for bold, structural reforms to build

Today, we celebrated the inaugural Women Leadership in STEM Virtual Lift Off! 🚀 20 bold, exceptional mid-career women leaders from across India have completed a bold, year-long leadership journey, rooted in building influence, amplifying their voices & driving meaningful change

It is appalling how little coverage the shootings at the CDC received. A government agency was attacked with over 180 rounds of gunfire and David Rose, a responding police officer, was killed in the line of duty. Vaccine disinformation and hostility against science have

I hope this innovation can be scaled and used widely as it could save lives. ICMR Ministry of Health IIT Madras kris gopalakrishnan

As an avid reader, I couldn’t agree more! Let’s do everything we can to keep reading alive.