Bibhav Acharya, MD
@bibhav.bsky.social
Professor and Fellowship Director for Global Mental Health, UCSF.
Co-founder: Possible
Alum: Yale, Haverford
Interests: Global Mental Health, social drivers of health, intimate partner violence.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/bibhav.acharya
Co-founder: Possible
Alum: Yale, Haverford
Interests: Global Mental Health, social drivers of health, intimate partner violence.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/bibhav.acharya
Both @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @meloteaart.bsky.social are wonderful people with a clear and ethical focus on what matters in health/global health.
Great to see this!
Great to see this!
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Both @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @meloteaart.bsky.social are wonderful people with a clear and ethical focus on what matters in health/global health.
Great to see this!
Great to see this!
As I congratulate Possible on this transition, I hope local accountability will keep the hospital from falling apart again.
My deepest thanks to all the staff, donors, and volunteers, as we celebrate this milestone while continuing our commitment to focus on challenges ignored by local investments.
My deepest thanks to all the staff, donors, and volunteers, as we celebrate this milestone while continuing our commitment to focus on challenges ignored by local investments.
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
As I congratulate Possible on this transition, I hope local accountability will keep the hospital from falling apart again.
My deepest thanks to all the staff, donors, and volunteers, as we celebrate this milestone while continuing our commitment to focus on challenges ignored by local investments.
My deepest thanks to all the staff, donors, and volunteers, as we celebrate this milestone while continuing our commitment to focus on challenges ignored by local investments.
In my testimonial for the milestone annual report, I focus on those neglected but essential programs, and on what matters the most: those in pain—the people receiving care from the hospital—should have the power to make decisions about what the hospital does.
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In my testimonial for the milestone annual report, I focus on those neglected but essential programs, and on what matters the most: those in pain—the people receiving care from the hospital—should have the power to make decisions about what the hospital does.
Global health now talks of decolonization and self-reliance.
Local leadership is wonderful but beware local elite capture.
Self-reliance is welcome but beware the willful neglect of services like mental health and community health workers (the government won’t fund after transition).
Local leadership is wonderful but beware local elite capture.
Self-reliance is welcome but beware the willful neglect of services like mental health and community health workers (the government won’t fund after transition).
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Global health now talks of decolonization and self-reliance.
Local leadership is wonderful but beware local elite capture.
Self-reliance is welcome but beware the willful neglect of services like mental health and community health workers (the government won’t fund after transition).
Local leadership is wonderful but beware local elite capture.
Self-reliance is welcome but beware the willful neglect of services like mental health and community health workers (the government won’t fund after transition).
Awareness programs were aplenty but if you wanted to actually get treatments, you chose between enduring suffering or selling your life savings for a 30-hour trip to the nearest functioning hospital.
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Awareness programs were aplenty but if you wanted to actually get treatments, you chose between enduring suffering or selling your life savings for a 30-hour trip to the nearest functioning hospital.
We began with an ambitious (foolish) belief: 5 med students in the US could build and run a hospital in rural Nepal
We ignored our limitations, overwhelmed by stark health injustice that the region was #1 in:
- mothers dying in childbirth
- people living with HIV
- children stunted by malnutrition
We ignored our limitations, overwhelmed by stark health injustice that the region was #1 in:
- mothers dying in childbirth
- people living with HIV
- children stunted by malnutrition
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We began with an ambitious (foolish) belief: 5 med students in the US could build and run a hospital in rural Nepal
We ignored our limitations, overwhelmed by stark health injustice that the region was #1 in:
- mothers dying in childbirth
- people living with HIV
- children stunted by malnutrition
We ignored our limitations, overwhelmed by stark health injustice that the region was #1 in:
- mothers dying in childbirth
- people living with HIV
- children stunted by malnutrition
Link to the study protocol: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A randomized controlled trial of a multi-component family intervention to lower depression and address intimate partner violence (MILAP) among young married women in Nepal: a study protocol
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a well-established driver of mental health problems, often doubling the prevalence of depression. In Nepal, approximately one in four women experience IPV, with young women disproportionately affected by mental ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Link to the study protocol: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Reposted by Bibhav Acharya, MD
It’s true, I was out on admin leave today at 2pm. I was given no reason. The notice says it is “non-disciplinary.” I was told it came down from HHS.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It’s true, I was out on admin leave today at 2pm. I was given no reason. The notice says it is “non-disciplinary.” I was told it came down from HHS.
Reposted by Bibhav Acharya, MD
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Do they protect employers from lawsuits?
September 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Do they protect employers from lawsuits?
