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Marwin Meier
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Advocacy Officer Health / Forced Displacement @worldvisionde.bsky.social | humanitarian | MPH @ LSHTM | Themes: Global Health, HIV & AIDS, gender, faith & development, MNCH, refugees, Rohingya. My views entirely!
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🌍 Critical @unicef.org report on how climate change threatens maternal and child nutrition worldwide.

Global evidence review: knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutrit...
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#ClimateChange #ChildNutrition #MaternalHealth #UNICEF #GlobalHealth
The Impact of Climate Change on Maternal and Child Nutrition. A global evidence review
The climate crisis and child malnutrition are inextricably linked.
knowledge.unicef.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
marwmeier.bsky.social
Global #AidCuts could lead to at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.😱
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#GlobalHealth #ChildMortality #Under5Deaths #PreventChildDeaths
Impact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding to 2030: retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysis
ODA funding has played a decisive role in reducing preventable mortality across LMICs over the past two decades, and the abrupt withdrawal of this support threatens to cause millions of avoidable deat...
www.thelancet.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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"For years, wealthy countries drove too much of the agenda. Now we have an opportunity to re-imagine foreign aid."
#GlobalHealth #USAID #ForeignAid #PublicHealth #DebtCancellation #GlobalSouth #AidReform
sciencepolitics.bsky.social Science Politics @sciencepolitics.bsky.social · 15d
The second piece in the Science Politics #USAID anniversary series is available to read now on our website! James Pfeiffer discusses the failures of the NGO system and letting #wealthy countries set the tone for aid, setting guidelines for future work.

sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/21/t...
February 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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genevahealthfiles.bsky.social
#EB158 @who.int

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WHO Executive Board, 158th session
The 158th session of the WHO Executive Board take place on 2–7 February 2026.
www.who.int
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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worldvision.bsky.social
A world without violence against children is possible. But it takes leaders who are committed to changing harmful cultural norms, parents who are empowered to nurture their children, and communities that put children first.
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
marwmeier.bsky.social
Discover local resilience in #Sudan's #NubaMountains: Women-led protection, mutual aid amid conflict & isolation. From perfume vs bombs to community self-protection—powerful stories beyond traditional aid. www.local2global.info/countries/su... #Sudan #MutualAid #LocalProtection #HumanitarianAid
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Bye bye PrEP: Despite lenacapavir hype (rollouts in #Eswatini/#Zambia), it's one token mention in AFGHS docs. No primary #prevention targets—no PrEP, #condoms, #circumcision plans. Alarming for global HIV.
emilysbass.substack.com/p/the-sorry-...
#HIV #PrEP #Lenacapavir #GlobalHealth
The sorry fate of primary prevention in America's global HIV plans
A lone mention of PrEP amidst thousands of words speaks volumes
emilysbass.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Check out this week's IHP news 864: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ Tailoring IHP to your interests & available time (pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... )
Newsletter
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 AM
marwmeier.bsky.social
New newsletter out 📬

What global health, humanitarian aid, and international cooperation are getting right — and where the gaps are widening.

Read here 👉 us7.campaign-archive.com?u=9b298304e4...

#GlobalHealth #HumanitarianAid #Development #InternationalCooperation #GlobalGovernance #AidPolicy
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Very dangerous development and a plain threat of genocide!
#KeepEyesOnSouthSudan #SouthSudan #Genocide #AtrocityPrevention
gerritkurtz.bsky.social Gerrit Kurtz @gerritkurtz.bsky.social · 10d
Johnson Olony, an infamous South Sudanese militia leader who is also a high-level SSPDF general, instructs his forces to "spare no one" in their counter-offensive against the SPLM-IO, promising an "end of problems in the Upper Nile region". #SouthSudan

www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/arti...
‘Spare no one, not even the elderly’ - Radio Tamazuj
A top military official has instructed his forces deployed to front lines in Jonglei State
www.radiotamazuj.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
marwmeier.bsky.social
As U.S. prepares to exit #WHO, it is stiffing the agency on a large bill -
“Hundreds of millions are owed, but no one expects Trump administration to pay.”
www.statnews.com/2026/01/21/t...
#GlobalHealth #WHO #HealthSecurity #PandemicPreparedness #USPolitics #Multilateralism
As U.S. prepares to exit WHO, it is stiffing the agency on a large bill
When the U.S. withdrawal from the WHO goes into effect Thursday, the world’s largest economy will be leaving the global health agency with a hefty unpaid bill.
www.statnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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How US policies are reshaping global health and humanitarian aid, one year later www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/how-u...

#MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders #GlobalHealth #HumanitarianAid #AidCuts #AmericaFirst #ForeignAssistance #GlobalSolidarity #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #HumanCost #PolicyImpact
How US policies are reshaping global health and humanitarian aid, one year later
We are witnessing the human costs of actions upending aid programs around the world
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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globalpolicyforum.bsky.social
#PABS: Are we moving towards a fair pandemic system or just cementing voluntary mechanisms?

Join our discussion on how we can help deliver real global equity.

📅 23 Jan | 3–4:30PM CET, online

shorturl.at/TmuFi

@brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social @swp-berlin.org @medico.de @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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The author writes about “optimism washing” in this political analysis of the latest #WHO report on #UHC:
habibbenzian.substack.com/p/the-politi...
#UHC #WHOreport #UniversalHealthCoverage #GlobalHealth #HealthPolicy #PoliticalAnalysis #HealthEquity #PrimaryHealthCare #HealthFinancing
The Politics of Progress
Reading the WHO report on Universal Health Coverage as a political document
habibbenzian.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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#Sudan's 1000+ Days of War: Mapping international powers vying for influence amid massive and irreversible civilian suffering:
impactpolicygroup.com/insights/sud...
#KeepEyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnDarfur #Geopolitics #RegionalSecurity #HumanitarianAid #ConflictAnalysis #SudanWar
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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#Germany’s Development Minister presented reform plans for the BMZ yesterday. It is a move of strategic reorientation of German development cooperation amid geopolitical and fiscal pressure. A thread 🧵
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BMZ reform: How Alabali Radovan is responding to criticism of development cooperation
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has presented its reform plan entitled “Shaping the Global Future Together.” Development cooperation is to be geared towards ...
table.media
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Today the #ICJ begins the hearings of #TheGambia vs #Myanmar re the alleged attempted #Genocide of the #Rohingya people. This is a great article summarising how this case opens an new chapter in moral legal accountability. Much needed #goodnews for humanity!
standard.gm/the-gambia-r...
The Gambia, Rohingya, And The Courage To Speak For Humanity – The Standard Newspaper | Gambia
By Reed Brody
standard.gm
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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800 Checkpoints Between Mothers and Hospitals: West Bank's Healthcare Crisis (Video, time: 9:22):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EasB...
#WestBankHealthcare #HumanRights #HealthcareCrisis #AccessToHealthcare #MaternalHealth #BirthInConflict #GlobalHealth #SocialJustice #NewsReport #ConflictZone
800 Checkpoints Between Mothers and Hospitals: West Bank's Healthcare Crisis
YouTube video by World Vision International
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January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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The Fine Print: What Came After the $2 Billion Headline:
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The Fine Print: What Came After the $2 Billion Headline
Executive Summary Nine days after pledging $2 billion to OCHA, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum withdrawing from 66 international bodies - 35 non-UN organisations and 31 UN entities Th...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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"Health leaders should choose a strategic transition that safeguards progress and informs the reinvention of a more coherent system for health governance for the years ahead."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
#UNAIDS #HIVAIDS #UNReform #GlobalHealth #KeyPopulations #HealthRights #UN80 #SDG3 #AIDS2030
UNAIDS: to dissolve or evolve?
As the UNAIDS board meets next week to decide the agency’s future, it should focus on a strategic transition that safeguards progress UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) was creat...
www.bmj.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Awesome analysis by @thomasbyrnes.bsky.social - but stark reading! No pendulum. No going back to the old system. In the end the cake was always a lie🎂:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/adapt-...
#AdaptShrinkDie #UNReform #AidUnderFire #UNOCHA #GrandBargain #HumanitarianAid #ReliefReform #GlobalAid #OCHA
January 6, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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A report from @amnesty.org shows that #abortion access in Europe remains deeply uneven, with criminalisation, delays, refusals of care and rising anti-rights pressure putting reproductive rights at risk. Governments must act to ensure equal & universal access to essential healthcare.
Europe: Existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights
European governments must act to ensure equal and universal access to abortion care in the face of ongoing restrictions and intensifying efforts to further limit access to abortion across the region, ...
www.amnesty.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The fading of the #HumanitarianReset - How donor governments and fair financing models could save reforms:

www.chaberlin.org/wp-content/u...

#HumanitarianAid #ReliefFunding #GlobalSolidarity #ShareTheBurden #UNAppealGap #FairShareFinancing
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“The #COVID19 pandemic, #Ebola, #mpox and #AIDS all show the importance of strengthening #Africa -wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.”
#GlobalHealth #pandemics
US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders
The COVID-19 pandemic, Ebola, mpox and AIDS all show the importance of strengthening Africa-wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Auf der Flucht: Die Grenzstreitigkeiten zwischen #Thailand und #Kambodscha haben tausende Familien vertrieben. Wir versorgen sie mit Hilfsgütern und richten Kinderbetreuungszentren ein. Hier können sie sich von den Strapazen erholen. @marwmeier.bsky.social @lellischnelli1408.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM