Alejandra Armenta (she/her)
@bioethiquemx.bsky.social
💚 #Anthropology #HIVadvocate #Bioethics #HumanitarianAction #ResearchEthics #HumanRights #GlobalHealth #Equity #ReproductiveHealth #Cinema
#MSF "Our operational research has shown that use of the WHO treatment decision algorithms for diagnosing tuberculosis in children could nearly double the number of children initiated on lifesaving care."
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WHO algorithms could double the number of children treated for tuberculosis | MSF
Governments must act now and implement the WHO algorithms so that no child is left behind in the fight against tuberculosis.
www.msf.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#MSF "Our operational research has shown that use of the WHO treatment decision algorithms for diagnosing tuberculosis in children could nearly double the number of children initiated on lifesaving care."
www.msf.org/who-algorith...
www.msf.org/who-algorith...
Reposted by Alejandra Armenta (she/her)
We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
#RethinkRebuildRise
Let #AccessEquity to scientific breakthroughs lead the way.
@iasociety.bsky.social
@aidsconference.bsky.social
Let #AccessEquity to scientific breakthroughs lead the way.
@iasociety.bsky.social
@aidsconference.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#RethinkRebuildRise
Let #AccessEquity to scientific breakthroughs lead the way.
@iasociety.bsky.social
@aidsconference.bsky.social
Let #AccessEquity to scientific breakthroughs lead the way.
@iasociety.bsky.social
@aidsconference.bsky.social
"Numerous medicines are not accessible in many of the countries where they were tested before approval by the Food and Drug Administration, raising concerns about whether pharmaceutical companies are adhering to ethical standards."
www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...
www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...
Many poor countries where experimental drugs are tested fail to benefit after approval, analysis finds
A new analysis finds medicines often are not accessible countries where they were tested before approval by the FDA, raising concerns about ethical standards by industry.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"Numerous medicines are not accessible in many of the countries where they were tested before approval by the Food and Drug Administration, raising concerns about whether pharmaceutical companies are adhering to ethical standards."
www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...
www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Global research partnerships and the impact of inequitable research practices on systematic reviews.
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Global research partnerships and the impact of inequitable research practices on systematic reviews
When we, Wangari Kinyanjui and Amy Patel, started our partnership while both at our respective medical schools, neither of us was oblivious to the challenges faced by low- and middle-income country (L...
gh.bmj.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Global research partnerships and the impact of inequitable research practices on systematic reviews.
gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...
gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...
En #InvestigaciónClínica, la #Vulnerabilidad tiene tantos matices como contextos situados.
#Seminario #Bioética
"Repensar el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación "
La exposición de la Dra. Florencia Luna es magnífica.
Enlace: youtu.be/gA3t4qc4g2s?...
#Seminario #Bioética
"Repensar el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación "
La exposición de la Dra. Florencia Luna es magnífica.
Enlace: youtu.be/gA3t4qc4g2s?...
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
En #InvestigaciónClínica, la #Vulnerabilidad tiene tantos matices como contextos situados.
#Seminario #Bioética
"Repensar el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación "
La exposición de la Dra. Florencia Luna es magnífica.
Enlace: youtu.be/gA3t4qc4g2s?...
#Seminario #Bioética
"Repensar el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación "
La exposición de la Dra. Florencia Luna es magnífica.
Enlace: youtu.be/gA3t4qc4g2s?...
@cop30brazil.bsky.social "Embora os impactos das #MudançasClimáticas sobre a #Saúde sejam cada vez mais evidentes, a saúde ainda não é tratada como tema central nas negociações internacionais sobre o clima." #MSF
www.msf.org.br/noticias/ent...
www.msf.org.br/noticias/ent...
Entenda por que Médicos Sem Fronteiras está na COP30 - MSF Brasil
De 10 a 21 de novembro, Belém (PA) será palco da COP30, a conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas. Pela primeira vez, o Brasil sediará o encontro, e Médicos Sem Fronteiras (MSF) levará...
www.msf.org.br
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@cop30brazil.bsky.social "Embora os impactos das #MudançasClimáticas sobre a #Saúde sejam cada vez mais evidentes, a saúde ainda não é tratada como tema central nas negociações internacionais sobre o clima." #MSF
www.msf.org.br/noticias/ent...
www.msf.org.br/noticias/ent...
@docdelrio.bsky.social The @medwma.bsky.social has released a statement on +LGBTQIA inclusion and Trans People which can be very usefull for medical and scientific community at @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social @emoryrollins.bsky.social #EmoryCFar
#HIV Clinical Research.
¡Saludos!
#HIV Clinical Research.
¡Saludos!
The WMA has revised its Statement on Trans People, adopted at the GA in Porto. It condemns discrimination and violence and calls for accessible and inclusive healthcare systems.
Read more: https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-statement-on-transgender-people/
#MedicalEthics
Read more: https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-statement-on-transgender-people/
#MedicalEthics
WMA - The World Medical Association-WMA Statement on Trans People
In most cultures, an individual’s sex is assigned at birth according to primary physical sex characteristics. Individuals are expected to identify with their assigned sex (gender identity) and behave according to specific cultural norms strongly associated with this (gender expression). Gender ident…
www.wma.net
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@docdelrio.bsky.social The @medwma.bsky.social has released a statement on +LGBTQIA inclusion and Trans People which can be very usefull for medical and scientific community at @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social @emoryrollins.bsky.social #EmoryCFar
#HIV Clinical Research.
¡Saludos!
#HIV Clinical Research.
¡Saludos!
#VIH en #México: Muertes por complicaciones ligan cuatro años al alza
"Los fallecimientos por VIH o alguna complicación relacionada han crecido en los años recientes. En 2024 se registraron 5,149 fallecimientos relacionados con este virus."
www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/...
"Los fallecimientos por VIH o alguna complicación relacionada han crecido en los años recientes. En 2024 se registraron 5,149 fallecimientos relacionados con este virus."
www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/...
VIH en México: Muertes por complicaciones ligan cuatro años al alza
Los fallecimientos por VIH o alguna complicación relacionada han crecido en los años recientes. En 2024 se registraron 5,149 fallecimientos relacionados
www.eleconomista.com.mx
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#VIH en #México: Muertes por complicaciones ligan cuatro años al alza
"Los fallecimientos por VIH o alguna complicación relacionada han crecido en los años recientes. En 2024 se registraron 5,149 fallecimientos relacionados con este virus."
www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/...
"Los fallecimientos por VIH o alguna complicación relacionada han crecido en los años recientes. En 2024 se registraron 5,149 fallecimientos relacionados con este virus."
www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/...
Dear Dr. @cla-cor.bsky.social and @iasociety.bsky.social @aidsconference.bsky.social community. The @medwma.bsky.social released this statement on #LGBTQIA+ -Trans People, which is a step forward for adressing affirming and inclusive health care worlwide...
www.wma.net/policies-pos...
www.wma.net/policies-pos...
WMA - The World Medical Association-WMA Statement on Trans People
WMA - The World Medical Association
www.wma.net
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Dear Dr. @cla-cor.bsky.social and @iasociety.bsky.social @aidsconference.bsky.social community. The @medwma.bsky.social released this statement on #LGBTQIA+ -Trans People, which is a step forward for adressing affirming and inclusive health care worlwide...
www.wma.net/policies-pos...
www.wma.net/policies-pos...
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 27 European countries. #BrainHealth
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
#Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 27 European countries. #BrainHealth
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Congratulations to this amazing @plosglobalpublichealth.org all-female executive leadership team:
Dr. Manuella de Allegri
Dr. @juliarobinson.bsky.social
Dr. @ckyobutungi.bsky.social .
Dr. Manuella de Allegri
Dr. @juliarobinson.bsky.social
Dr. @ckyobutungi.bsky.social .
A global health journal with an all-female executive leadership team! ✨
@plosglobalpublichealth.org continues to push the boundaries with today's announcement of Prof. Manuela De Allegri joining @ckyobutungi.bsky.social as a co-editor-in-chief & @juliarobinson.bsky.social as Exec Editor
@plosglobalpublichealth.org continues to push the boundaries with today's announcement of Prof. Manuela De Allegri joining @ckyobutungi.bsky.social as a co-editor-in-chief & @juliarobinson.bsky.social as Exec Editor
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Congratulations to this amazing @plosglobalpublichealth.org all-female executive leadership team:
Dr. Manuella de Allegri
Dr. @juliarobinson.bsky.social
Dr. @ckyobutungi.bsky.social .
Dr. Manuella de Allegri
Dr. @juliarobinson.bsky.social
Dr. @ckyobutungi.bsky.social .
The Pan American Health Organization #PAHO announced today that the Region of the Americas has lost its verification as free from endemic #measles transmission.
www.paho.org/en/news/10-1...
www.paho.org/en/news/10-1...
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Pan American Health Organization #PAHO announced today that the Region of the Americas has lost its verification as free from endemic #measles transmission.
www.paho.org/en/news/10-1...
www.paho.org/en/news/10-1...
"The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds #measles elimination status".
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds #measles elimination status".
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Sería Interesantísimo saber qué #IRBs aprueban esos ensayos clínicos, leer los consentimientos informados, los riesgos/beneficios y saber cuánto ganan los #PIs e Investigadores participantes. Así como cuáles son los Clinical Research Sites involucrados. #Bioethics
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forbes.com.mx/pfizer-gana-...
Pfizer gana la puja por 10,000 millones de dólares por Metsera tras la retirada de Novo Nordisk
Metsera aceptó una oferta edulcorada de Pfizer a última hora del viernes, citando los riesgos antimonopolio de Estados Unidos en la oferta de Novo que previamente había calificado de superior.
forbes.com.mx
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sería Interesantísimo saber qué #IRBs aprueban esos ensayos clínicos, leer los consentimientos informados, los riesgos/beneficios y saber cuánto ganan los #PIs e Investigadores participantes. Así como cuáles son los Clinical Research Sites involucrados. #Bioethics
forbes.com.mx/pfizer-gana-...
forbes.com.mx/pfizer-gana-...
"The move risks undermining global efforts to bring a new pandemic agreement into force and ensure countries get fair access to vaccines, treatments and diagnostics, advocates said."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
US to demand countries share data on ‘pathogens with epidemic potential’ in return for health aid
Draft template seen by the Guardian has no reference to countries receiving benefits for sharing information, such as guaranteed access to medicines developed as a result
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"The move risks undermining global efforts to bring a new pandemic agreement into force and ensure countries get fair access to vaccines, treatments and diagnostics, advocates said."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Global, regional, and national #burden of #ChronicKidneyDisease in adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease in adults, 1990–2023, and its attributable risk factors: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
CKD is a major global health issue, with rising prevalence and increasing importance
as a cause of death and as a risk factor for cardiovascular death. A better understating
of aetiology, appropriate ...
www.thelancet.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Global, regional, and national #burden of #ChronicKidneyDisease in adults.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#France Loi du 6 novembre 2025 : le #consentement entre dans la définition pénale du viol (JO du 7 novembre).
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#France Loi du 6 novembre 2025 : le #consentement entre dans la définition pénale du viol (JO du 7 novembre).
#FDA "In recent months, the agency has been beset by dismissals, policy reversals, and controversies." @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
Experts worry FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and 'soap opera'
Experts worry that the FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and "soap opera."
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#FDA "In recent months, the agency has been beset by dismissals, policy reversals, and controversies." @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
#Seminario #BioethicsPAHO "Rethinking #vulnerability in research".
En esta sesión, se analizará el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación y sus implicancias al hacer revisión ética de investigaciones en la región.
Regístrese en: paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
En esta sesión, se analizará el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación y sus implicancias al hacer revisión ética de investigaciones en la región.
Regístrese en: paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#Seminario #BioethicsPAHO "Rethinking #vulnerability in research".
En esta sesión, se analizará el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación y sus implicancias al hacer revisión ética de investigaciones en la región.
Regístrese en: paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
En esta sesión, se analizará el concepto de vulnerabilidad en la investigación y sus implicancias al hacer revisión ética de investigaciones en la región.
Regístrese en: paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@docdelrio.bsky.social Emory University #HIV research team has made great constributions on HIV response through pharmaceutical innovation.
Congratulations, @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social
Congratulations, @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@docdelrio.bsky.social Emory University #HIV research team has made great constributions on HIV response through pharmaceutical innovation.
Congratulations, @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social
Congratulations, @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social