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Mali, like many other LMICs, faces high rates of under-five deaths due to diarrhoea and pneumonia. Dr Semira Manaseki-Holland (@UoB_IAHR) is developing a community health intervention funded by UK Research and Innovation that could save thousands of young lives: birmingham.ac.uk/research/appli…

My review of the Vitalight Mini CO2 Monitor. Overall, the device is flawed, but a great option for the price. If you don't need the extra functionality of the Aranet4 (or other, pricier alternatives), it's worth looking into! Donate A Mask - Canada breathesafeair.com/vitalight-mini…

Calling all UK Academics! 🎺 Do you know any PhD students working on social movements and innovation? We have just received seed funding for some work on this and we're looking for a (paid) collaborator who wants to develop their research profile in this area.

This new year it is time to translate discussions into #action, building on the commitments and activities addressed at #COP28 last month. Explore relevant outcomes for good food finance, outlined in GFFN's latest post: goodfood.finance/2024/01/02/glo… #GFFN #goodfoodfinance

A team led by Dr Semira Manaseki-Holland has secured National Institute for Health and Care Research funding to develop a healthcare intervention to help protect vulnerable patients with long-term conditions (such as diabetes), who are at greater risk during seasonal flooding in India. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/pati…

Excited to share our systematice review of anti-stigma interventions in low-income and middle-income countries! Sara Evans-Lacko Dr Petra Gronholm Erica Breuer Dristy and colleagues! thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

We are launching a new venture fund at the intersection of climate and AI called clai.vc - by pure coincidence the hex code for the CLAI green is #bada55

Troubling article. Is this true about maternity services in all India?

My home country Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 NO cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation! None! Zero! What a stunning achievement ! The HPV vaccine ie a modern medical miracle!

Latest on #PEPFAR: "The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program" Uncertainty remains. 📣 Our voices matter. Let's continue to speak out! nytimes.com/2025/01/28/hea…

Our #C4News report on starvation in Sudan's Nuba Mountains, where almost no international aid is to be seen - a preview of what we gathered for the new series of Unreported World. youtu.be/wW-RA_l3y1c?si…

Surprised to meet a Cuban lady, rolling Cuban cigars, not in Cuba, but at a Kolkata wedding ceremony.

Great thread on the role of safe UV-C in preventing airborne infections in rooms, shops, offices etc

Nutrition of 2-9yr olds isn't only factor in stunting: FACTORS before+during PREGNANCY: indoor smoke, mycotoxins, anemia, poverty malnutrition (including A/B/Ca/I/Ω3/Zn deficiency), HIV, GBV, हल्दी BABY FACTORS: rice water too early, parasites, lead, mycotoxins (ex mixed flour)

is the UK public prepared for shocks to the food system? Are affluent societies that are used to plentiful flows? Following from my report to the National Preparedness Commission, I urge the UK public to be be involved. Resilience is a community matter. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Few people pay attention to the war, famine and atrocities in Sudan. But there are millions more people desperate, starving, homeless and abandoned here because of war than anywhere else. Most people won’t watch this Unreported World. I hope you’re one of those who do. It’s on

PLEASE WATCH THIS report on Nafisa in Nuba, Sudan youtube.com/watch?v=A2Fz-v… The Nuba hills are one of the few places in Sudan where a robust aid response could be scaled up. It is an opportunity that cannot be missed. List of orgs working there: perplexity.ai/search/is-any-…

Ignoring child nutrition in South Africa can’t be the next big mistake dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

Leaving US president aside, what could reduce risks? (other than "keep calm, don't stoke any fire")

Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.