Rajat Khosla
@khosla.bsky.social
Executive Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. World Health Organisation. https://pmnch.who.int/
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Your voice matters. 🗣️
WHO and HRP are updating its guidelines on responding to intimate partner and sexual violence—and seeks input from women with lived experience.
Anonymous. 5 minutes. Survivor-centered.
More info: bit.ly/4pETNII
#SRHR #healthforall
WHO and HRP are updating its guidelines on responding to intimate partner and sexual violence—and seeks input from women with lived experience.
Anonymous. 5 minutes. Survivor-centered.
More info: bit.ly/4pETNII
#SRHR #healthforall
January 20, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Your voice matters. 🗣️
WHO and HRP are updating its guidelines on responding to intimate partner and sexual violence—and seeks input from women with lived experience.
Anonymous. 5 minutes. Survivor-centered.
More info: bit.ly/4pETNII
#SRHR #healthforall
WHO and HRP are updating its guidelines on responding to intimate partner and sexual violence—and seeks input from women with lived experience.
Anonymous. 5 minutes. Survivor-centered.
More info: bit.ly/4pETNII
#SRHR #healthforall
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🚨#SRHR misinformation online isn’t just misleading, it’s a human rights issue.
It distorts choices, fuels stigma & erodes access to care
Our latest review maps the evidence and calls for rights-based solutions
Read the insights: bit.ly/4sFmwj5
#SRHR #healthforall
It distorts choices, fuels stigma & erodes access to care
Our latest review maps the evidence and calls for rights-based solutions
Read the insights: bit.ly/4sFmwj5
#SRHR #healthforall
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 PM
🚨#SRHR misinformation online isn’t just misleading, it’s a human rights issue.
It distorts choices, fuels stigma & erodes access to care
Our latest review maps the evidence and calls for rights-based solutions
Read the insights: bit.ly/4sFmwj5
#SRHR #healthforall
It distorts choices, fuels stigma & erodes access to care
Our latest review maps the evidence and calls for rights-based solutions
Read the insights: bit.ly/4sFmwj5
#SRHR #healthforall
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Each year, a billion children globally are estimated to suffer some form of violence, such as
✋ physical or emotional abuse
✋ child maltreatment (inc. corporal punishment)
✋ bullying
✋ sexual violence
✋ online violence
Childhood violence is preventable and must stop NOW.
✋ physical or emotional abuse
✋ child maltreatment (inc. corporal punishment)
✋ bullying
✋ sexual violence
✋ online violence
Childhood violence is preventable and must stop NOW.
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Each year, a billion children globally are estimated to suffer some form of violence, such as
✋ physical or emotional abuse
✋ child maltreatment (inc. corporal punishment)
✋ bullying
✋ sexual violence
✋ online violence
Childhood violence is preventable and must stop NOW.
✋ physical or emotional abuse
✋ child maltreatment (inc. corporal punishment)
✋ bullying
✋ sexual violence
✋ online violence
Childhood violence is preventable and must stop NOW.
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Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Rajat Khosla, Executive Director of Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)!
Read his commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ra...
Read his commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ra...
January 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Rajat Khosla, Executive Director of Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)!
Read his commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ra...
Read his commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ra...
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Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty
#Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
@khosla.bsky.social and Patrick Ndzana Olomo @thinkglobalhealth.org ✍️
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
#Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
@khosla.bsky.social and Patrick Ndzana Olomo @thinkglobalhealth.org ✍️
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty
#Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
@khosla.bsky.social and Patrick Ndzana Olomo @thinkglobalhealth.org ✍️
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
#Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
@khosla.bsky.social and Patrick Ndzana Olomo @thinkglobalhealth.org ✍️
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
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Recently, African Union delegates met in Johannesburg, South Africa, and converged on a shared vision: to elevate health financing as a core element of fiscal and economic policy. https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/africas-push-for-health-sovereignty/?utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw_tgh
Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Recently, African Union delegates met in Johannesburg, South Africa, and converged on a shared vision: to elevate health financing as a core element of fiscal and economic policy. https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/africas-push-for-health-sovereignty/?utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw_tgh
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Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty | Think Global Health
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
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Check out this week's IHP news 858: The coin is increasingly melting www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with AI summary, and translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese). #UHCday
Newsletter
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Check out this week's IHP news 858: The coin is increasingly melting www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with AI summary, and translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese). #UHCday
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage
Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights means confronting problems that are inherently social and political, say Rajat Khosla and colleagues
Global health stands at a crossroads. The del...
www.bmj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is inherently social and political.
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is inherently social and political.
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage
Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights means confronting problems that are inherently social and political, say Rajat Khosla and colleagues
Global health stands at a crossroads. The del...
www.bmj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mathematics PhD – System dynamics modelling of services for children with complex health needs at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🧵 1/ Public health is under siege. Populism, disinformation & weakened global institutions threaten trust in science. Here’s how we fight back using the tools of diplomacy. Our new paper, with @charlottemar.bsky.social and colleagues from Europe & US, is just out in Public Health Reviews
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🧵 1/ Public health is under siege. Populism, disinformation & weakened global institutions threaten trust in science. Here’s how we fight back using the tools of diplomacy. Our new paper, with @charlottemar.bsky.social and colleagues from Europe & US, is just out in Public Health Reviews
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Happy International Day of People with Disabilities!
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Happy International Day of People with Disabilities!
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501 people have signed up to join today's webinar, which starts at 10am ET. I'll be moderating, and we have 5 fabulous speakers/panelists: John-Arne Røttingen, Ebere Okereke, Sam McPherson, Nina Schwalbe, and Osondu Ogbuoji
It's not too late to register.....link below!
It's not too late to register.....link below!
We are pleased to sponsor the online seminar, "Global Health After the Breakpoint: Evidence for What Comes Next", featuring a panel of experts to discuss the future of global health. It's not too late to register using the link below! 🧪
📆 Tuesday 2nd Dec
🕐3.00-4.30pm GMT
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📆 Tuesday 2nd Dec
🕐3.00-4.30pm GMT
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
501 people have signed up to join today's webinar, which starts at 10am ET. I'll be moderating, and we have 5 fabulous speakers/panelists: John-Arne Røttingen, Ebere Okereke, Sam McPherson, Nina Schwalbe, and Osondu Ogbuoji
It's not too late to register.....link below!
It's not too late to register.....link below!
Today and everyday let’s commit to end violence against women. In @pmnch.bsky.social Touchpoint Avni Amin, Ana Flavia D’Olivera and Kadi Toure discuss the global burden of #VAW and urgent actions needed.
#16DaysofActivism @hrpresearch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-j...
#16DaysofActivism @hrpresearch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-j...
[Episode 5] PMNCH Touchpoint - Violence Against Women: Counting the Cost, Calling for Change
YouTube video by PMNCH
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November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Today and everyday let’s commit to end violence against women. In @pmnch.bsky.social Touchpoint Avni Amin, Ana Flavia D’Olivera and Kadi Toure discuss the global burden of #VAW and urgent actions needed.
#16DaysofActivism @hrpresearch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-j...
#16DaysofActivism @hrpresearch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-j...
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High blood sugar during pregnancy affects nearly 1 in 6 pregnancies worldwide.
The new WHO & HRP guideline helps countries detect and manage diabetes in pregnancy early, improving health for mothers and babies alike.
🔗 bit.ly/3JXoHgq
The new WHO & HRP guideline helps countries detect and manage diabetes in pregnancy early, improving health for mothers and babies alike.
🔗 bit.ly/3JXoHgq
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
High blood sugar during pregnancy affects nearly 1 in 6 pregnancies worldwide.
The new WHO & HRP guideline helps countries detect and manage diabetes in pregnancy early, improving health for mothers and babies alike.
🔗 bit.ly/3JXoHgq
The new WHO & HRP guideline helps countries detect and manage diabetes in pregnancy early, improving health for mothers and babies alike.
🔗 bit.ly/3JXoHgq
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The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men. n.pr/48ne93H
Transportation Department endorses crash test dummy that more closely resembles women
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men. n.pr/48ne93H
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Extreme heat is a growing public health crisis in India, especially for women in the informal sector. HGHI Steering Committee member Dr. Satchit Balsari studies real-world impacts using sensors, household monitoring & community partnerships.
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
Women Toiling in India’s Insufferable Heat Face Mounting Toll on Health
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Extreme heat is a growing public health crisis in India, especially for women in the informal sector. HGHI Steering Committee member Dr. Satchit Balsari studies real-world impacts using sensors, household monitoring & community partnerships.
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
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Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health"
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health"
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🚨 Data show that #VAWG remains a global public health crisis
📈The new Violence Against Women Estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner violence & non-partner sexual violence
bit.ly/4pdDNxn
📈The new Violence Against Women Estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner violence & non-partner sexual violence
bit.ly/4pdDNxn
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨 Data show that #VAWG remains a global public health crisis
📈The new Violence Against Women Estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner violence & non-partner sexual violence
bit.ly/4pdDNxn
📈The new Violence Against Women Estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner violence & non-partner sexual violence
bit.ly/4pdDNxn
Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health"
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health"
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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89% of @pmnch.bsky.social partners working to protect and promote the health and rights of women, children & adolescents faced reduced or uncertain funding in the past year, acc to a new survey. "This is not just a financial crisis—it’s a human one", @khosla.bsky.social
pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
Snap survey conducted by PMNCH reveals global funding crisis threatening health and rights programs for women, children, and adolescents.
Geneva, 20 October 2025 - A new global survey by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) has revealed alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect and prom...
pmnch.who.int
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
89% of @pmnch.bsky.social partners working to protect and promote the health and rights of women, children & adolescents faced reduced or uncertain funding in the past year, acc to a new survey. "This is not just a financial crisis—it’s a human one", @khosla.bsky.social
pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
pmnch.who.int/news-and-eve...
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Today is Health Day at #COP30!
When health leads, #ClimateAction follows. WHO is working with countries to:
🌿 Detect and prevent climate-related diseases
🏥 Strengthen health systems
👥 Put people's health at the centre of climate action
Watch the event LIVE: bit.ly/3JxJzdZ
When health leads, #ClimateAction follows. WHO is working with countries to:
🌿 Detect and prevent climate-related diseases
🏥 Strengthen health systems
👥 Put people's health at the centre of climate action
Watch the event LIVE: bit.ly/3JxJzdZ
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Today is Health Day at #COP30!
When health leads, #ClimateAction follows. WHO is working with countries to:
🌿 Detect and prevent climate-related diseases
🏥 Strengthen health systems
👥 Put people's health at the centre of climate action
Watch the event LIVE: bit.ly/3JxJzdZ
When health leads, #ClimateAction follows. WHO is working with countries to:
🌿 Detect and prevent climate-related diseases
🏥 Strengthen health systems
👥 Put people's health at the centre of climate action
Watch the event LIVE: bit.ly/3JxJzdZ