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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 22d

New podcast just dropped with our own @jonshaffer.bsky.social talking about public health organizing. You can check it out here!

From Evidence to Power: Organizing for Public Health with Jon Shaffer, PhD

Sociologist–organizer Jon Shaffer, PhD, joins Infectious Dose to explain why organizing—not just evidence—wins public-health protections, how DPH is building state teams, and what you can do next.

www.infectiousdose.com

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Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our study shows: 81% of Australia's federal HWF policies are time-limited grants & programs, not long-term strategies.

W/out national coordination, workforce planning stays fragmented & patients feel the gaps.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

#HealthWorkforce #HealthSystem #AusPol

Federal health workforce policy in Australia and its implications: a descriptive policy document review

Objective To identify which federal health workforce policies are current in Australia, and describe their mode, scope, and focus. Study design Descriptive policy document review; categorisation a...

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Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp.bsky.social · Aug 21

QN: Australia’s #healthworkforce is under strain: long waits, burnout, gaps in rural care. Calls for a national plan & national body keep resurfacing — but why?

theconversation.com/australia-ha...

Australia has 120 health workforce policies. But with no national plan, we’re missing the big picture

Australia is awash with policies, but not the kind that would fix the workforce crisis. Here’s what would work instead.

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Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · Jun 26

Time for Africa to Replace the Curative Consumption Trap with Health Production Model

INSIDE VIEW - Dr. Githinji Gitahi

🟡Community-driven systems
🟡Shifting the focus to health production
🟡Building health systems of the future
🟡Vicious cycle of curative consumption trap

@amref.bsky.social

Time For Africa To Replace The Curative Consumption Trap With Health Production Model - Health Policy Watch

Africa is at a crossroads in its health journey – not simply because of shifting geopolitical dynamics or shrinking donor aid, although these are real

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jun 19

Autocracies often follow a common playbook, built around the “3 Ps”: populism, polarization, and post-truth

This handbook highlights both historic and contemporary measures aimed at attacking scholars, their institutional environments, and their scholarship

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Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp.bsky.social · Jun 18

Great new analysis just out in #HPP 👉#Power dynamics and intersectoral collaboration for health in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review
academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...

#PraveenkumarAivalli @dadasara.bsky.social #BrynneGilmore @daktre.bsky.social @aoifedb.bsky.social

Power dynamics and intersectoral collaboration for health in low- and middle-income countries: a realist review

Abstract. Intersectoral collaboration (ISC) is a critical strategy in global health for addressing complex challenges requiring multi-sectoral engagement.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 9

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.

So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.

Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Jun 11

Of course, journalists in LA should not be targeted by police with rubber bullets. But let's not ignore the real issue of journalist safety

List of the names of the 231 Palestinian, 3 Lebanese and 2 Israeli journalists killed covering Israel's genocide of Gaza since 7 Oct 2023

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · May 31

Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.

One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry’s defence against being held accountable for climate change

Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · May 31

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20836/...

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Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp.bsky.social · May 28

Interested in #health #HRH #healthworkforce policy in Australia and/or Asia Pacific?

Two #fullyfunded #PhD Scholarships available @jcuofficial.bsky.social working a NHRMC-funded program of research. See details attached.

Please share widely - applications due 30 June.

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Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp.bsky.social · May 12

The #globalHIV response is at a cross-roads and African leaders are showing the way.

Sharing outputs from a convening of 11 countries

✅ Lancet HIV Viewpoint on sustainability & health systems
✅ Policy Brief endorsed by 60+ leaders
✅ Press release w. recommendations

Read more: shorturl.at/vFANi

In the Wake of U.S. Cuts, African Leaders Advance Recommendations for a Sustainable HIV Response - Center for Innovation in Global Health

Amid historic cuts to U.S. global health funding, Ministries of Health and AIDS Commissions from 11 African countries gathered in Malawi to chart a sustainable path forward for HIV prevention. Co-chai...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · May 12

"A message from Coca-Cola"

Hilarious

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · May 3

A growing group of pioneer governments are setting out how we can secure our common future by remaking international cooperation anew. This is how:

Global Public Investment Network @globpubinvnet.bsky.social · May 2

The world needs clean energy, cures for our most deadly diseases, and responsive emergency systems.

Global public investment can deliver these wins, by providing a way countries can work together and pool their resources.

#globalpublicinvestment

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Apr 24

Gaza rescue teams and medics have said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 53 people, as the military issued fresh evacuation orders ahead of a planned attack

Gaza medics say Israeli strikes killed at least 53 people

Gaza rescue teams and medics have said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 53 people, as the military issued fresh evacuation orders ahead of a planned attack.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Apr 24

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls renewables the “economic opportunity of the century” & our “pathway out of climate hell.”

Meanwhile, Australia approved the massively polluting Barossa Gas project.

Our research shows 71% of Aussies back 100% renewables, as is reality in the ACT.

Australia approves massive new gas export project - The Australia Institute

In the middle of an election campaign with a major focus on gas exports, Australia has just approved another massive new gas export project.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Apr 24

Exploring supportive roles for global north investigators in global health research

Will Global North universities change their incentive & promotion structures in academia to recognize allyship work?

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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Global Health Centre (GHC) @gvagrad-ghc.bsky.social · Apr 24

🗓️ Mark your calendars!
#WHA78 is coming & this year again, join us & UN Foundation on May 18 for our annual #WHA #OpenBriefing at @gvagrad.bsky.social & online, where we will discuss "Critical Perspectives on Multilateralism in Global Health in 2025".

Details & registration 👉 bit.ly/wha78-briefing

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Apr 24

Anyone looking for a recording of my Earth Day conversation about Climate Activism at @coveringclimatenow.org with @amywestervelt.bsky.social John Paul Mejia and @theresariley.bsky.social, here you go: youtu.be/gTA3YcNgrNo

Press Briefing: The Future of Climate Activism

YouTube video by Covering Climate Now

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Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen @helenemari.bsky.social · Apr 22

Invitation to a public @ox.ac.uk guest lecture on Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture

Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.

Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...

Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture

Free online lecture with Mitchell Warren Recent, dramatic shifts in global health funding include cuts to US and UK foreign aid. This has had a cascade of devasting consequences on treatment and prev...

www.conted.ox.ac.uk

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Matthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · Apr 6

This.
This is how authoritarianism works.
Not hyperbolic, just that I did a PhD in comparative politics and it’s this.

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Apr 5

I am truly so scared that they will put back enough scientific funding that 99% of academics - even the ones I like - will be thrilled to go “back to normal,” no matter what’s going on at that point with ICE or anything else

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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · Apr 2

IT'S WORLD HEALTH WORKER WEEK. Investments in health workers deliver returns — could contribute US$12 trillion to global GDP in 2040. It's time to protect, value, and invest in health workers — our most valuable health resource. #WHWWeek #healthworkerssavelives

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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · Mar 21

I am very happy to see that this edited volume on the #anthropology of #management is out. Given that management is one of the defining #governance ideas of our time, this should be fun to read & teach with. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Unraveling Management

Management is everywhere. Schools teach it and professional organisations counsel about it. Books and articles are written for managers and about them. Management is usually understood in terms of sty...

www.degruyter.com

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Mar 25

Times are going to get hard — harder — for public health departments. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.

“Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary," federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week.

www.nbcnews.com

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Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp.bsky.social · Mar 25

“Instead of current crisis forcing (us) 2 confront real risks of aid dependency & consider future w. diminished aid dependency, tendency has been to huddle around proverbial camp-fires & share narratives of catastrophe…to justify maintaining status-quo.”
www.africanistperspective.com/p/how-reflex...

How reflexive catastrophizing inhibits policy imagination in African states

On the need for a grounded understanding of contemporary challenges and progress in African states

www.africanistperspective.com