Barrick Gold and how neoliberalism and neocolonial practices shape global health
We've heard about blood diamonds. We've heard about cobalt. But have you heard about gold?
In the Dominican Republic, Canadian mining company Barrick Gold is pushing people out of their land, contaminating their water sources, and deepening the island nation’s vulnerability to climate change — all with the complicity of the government. Read about it here.
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27.02.2025 17:59
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Children in Gaza are dying from hypothermia. Israel is responsible for incalculable death and destruction.
25.02.2025 13:43
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The hypocrisy of so many academic organizations and universities that have remained silent when academic freedom and the right to assemble was violently repressed in the past two years yet they’re suddenly concerned about academic freedom because Trump is taking away funding.
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Thoughts on a post-USAID global health
This is coming from a person who earns her salary from global health: We should rethink the whole thing. Let's put ourselves out of business.
I have long been pondering what it means to work in global health, especially now that one of its biggest funders is no longer providing the resources it used to.
Read my thoughts here! :)
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18.02.2025 22:55
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This is SO CUTE
12.12.2024 22:35
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Besides ruining our health, our enormous and growing preference for ultra-processed foods in place of whole foods is ruining the health of the planet. At the recent attempt to do something about it in Busan, the over 200 oil industry delegates prevented any declaration limiting plastics.
02.12.2024 14:13
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HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases - BBC News
England began vaccinating teenage girls in 2008 and results show it is paying off.
#HPV vaccine stops 90% of #CervicalCancer cases, figures for England show, by @michroberts www.bbc.com/news/article... via @bbchealth.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
27.11.2024 17:35
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What is Public Health? What has it ever done for us?
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities, and individuals.
26.11.2024 21:01
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I just watched “Buy Now” on Netflix (sigh)…
My article didn’t even scratch the SURFACE of what capitalism, corporations, and unchecked consumerism is doing to our planet.
GO WATCH IT!!
26.11.2024 21:11
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Today, I think especially about the women in Palestine. In Sudan. In Congo. In Yemen. In Haiti.
All our struggles & oppressions are related.
25.11.2024 14:32
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What to buy this holiday season
NOTHING. Yes, you read that right. Here's why: the genocide-ecocide-colonialism-capitalism nexus.
🛍️ Let’s be mindful of what we consume (or don’t consume) this holiday season. The planet depends on it.
New article out now! Read it here:
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25.11.2024 09:01
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Canadian health & sci community must band and develop a damage control plan
A short list of what might come here from south of our border:
- anti-vaccine
- anti-fluoride
- anti-trans & LGBTQ+
- anti-abortion rights
- climate change denial
- promotion of raw milk, ivermectin, untested therapies
23.11.2024 13:47
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🦟🌍 “Climate change is having a massive global impact on dengue transmission, accounting for 19% of the current dengue burden, with a potential to spark an additional 40–60% spike by 2050—and by as much as 150–200% in some areas”.
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🎙️En esta ocasión, se grabará un episodio en vivo del podcast La Rueda de Colores, en el que se hablará sobre Agenda 2030, juventud y desinformación. También se presentarán los principales puntos del documento final a partir del intercambio de ideas y perspectivas surgido a lo largo del proceso.
19.11.2024 12:30
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Apúntate esto para el 26 de noviembre: un evento muy original sobre desarrollo sostenible🤩🤩
🗣️ Tras conversaciones entre todos los sectores sobre cómo (re)construir una historia rigurosa, clara y positiva sobre los ODS, la iniciativa Narrativas para la Agenda 2030 celebra su última sesión.
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I absolutely loved this year’s edition! Such a relevant & compelling course with excellent speakers! I recommend it to all my global health folx🩵💫
18.11.2024 09:14
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We now have 3 starter packs for Global Health Nerds!
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Will keep updating!
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