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Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · Jul 24

In coming years, many more people will have their health systems completely destabilised.

Our work in marginalised communities means we are well placed to support work in low resource settings.

We are working on the ground, every day we can make a difference, your donation can support our efforts.

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · Jul 24

"The USAID freeze has reversed decades of gains and progress in health", what can we do now?

While continuing our decade long mission to change the narrative and reimagine "aid", we must also raise funds to support our work NOW more than ever.

Opposing the proscription of Palestine Action — Just Treatment

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · Jul 3

Read the collective statement signed by health and human rights organisations.

justtreatment.org

@globalhealthorg.bsky.social @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @hracollective.bsky.social @pih.org @taskforce.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social @rsph.bsky.social

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · Jul 3

Civil disobedience is inherently an inconvenience to those in power

The proposed action sets an alarming precedent that risks criminalising the tools we have long used to hold governments and corporations to account -it endangers the lives of the vulnerable to protect the interests of the powerful.

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Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · Jul 3

We stand with orgs and activists to oppose proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist org.

"If Palestine Action spraying red paint is terrorism, were the people living with HIV who sprayed paint on the walls of pharmaceutical companies demanding fair access to lifesaving treatment terrorists?"

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Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · Jul 3

Last week we joined leading drug policy and harm reduction organisations, activists and colleagues for the 10th anniversary of @anyoneschild.bsky.social lobby of parliament.

With the Anyone's Child families, we called the gov to reform UK drug policies, which continue to harm people & our planet.

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Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 14

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 14

@afghnetwork.bsky.social @healthcare-global.bsky.social @plosglobalpublichealth.org @telglobalhealth.bsky.social @globalhealthnow.bsky.social @ghs.bsky.social @harmreductionintl.bsky.social @filtermag.bsky.social

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 14

We cannot do this alone, you can make this happen.

We need the #GlobalHealth and #PublicHealth sectors with us, joining forces to develop a global public health approach to drug reforms.

Read the papers. Join the conversation. Get in touch.

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

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Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 14

From production to consumption, by prioritising #PublicHealth in #LegalRegulation we can

🌱Realise the medical potential of drugs
🙅Reduce harm by ensuring safer consumption of safer drugs
🏥Reinvest and prioritise public health for all with tax gains
👐Reparations for communities harmed by prohibition

@ictdtax.bsky.social @taxjustice.net @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social @globaltaxjustice.org @youthtjn.bsky.social @deredje.bsky.social @amyhanauer.bsky.social @eurodadnews.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org @alexcobham.bsky.social @surruiz.bsky.social @maxgallien.bsky.social

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 14

Legal drug regulation has the potential to be a seismic step for global public health: an opportunity to redress the harms drug prohibition, and recentre public health as a priority.

Our next briefing on #LegalRegulation highlights the global public health opportunities of #DrugReform

🧵Here’s how…

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Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 1

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 1

🗣️ “Tax policy is a vital tool in the design of regulation”
📢 Without the #TaxJustice sector involved, legal #DrugRegulation could risk reinforcing old injustices instead of building a fairer future.
Read the papers. Join the conversation. Get in touch.
www.healthpovertyaction.org/the-legal-re...

The Legal Regulation of Drugs: The Potential to Deliver Global Justice | Health Poverty Action

We are currently witnessing the beginning of the end of drug prohibition, with alternatives such as harm reduction, decriminalization, and legal regulation of cannabis, cocaine, psychedelics, ketamine...

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 1

Participation from the #TaxJustice sector will:
✅Allow small farmers and traders to participate and thrive in a new legal market.
✅Generate vital revenue to be invested in public health and poverty reduction.
✅Avoid ‘Race to the Bottom’ tax cuts breaks for large corporations.

Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social · May 1

🚨BRIEFING🚨
Q: How can we make sure legal regulation of drugs delivers on its promise for global justice?
A: By bringing the #TaxJustice movement into the conversation.
Why do we need the tax justice sector on board to achieve fair, restorative #DrugReforms? 🧵

The Legal Regulation of Drugs: The Potential to Deliver Global Justice | Health Poverty Action

Reposted by Health Poverty Action

Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @candrugpolicy.bsky.social · Apr 30

New from @healthpoverty.bsky.social : Legal drug regulation can advance global justice — if built on equity, sustainability & community leadership.

The report maps 9 ways reform can shift power: trade, tax, Indigenous rights, climate justice & more.

🔗 www.healthpovertyaction.org/the-legal-re...

We are currently witnessing the beginning of the end of drug prohibition, with alternatives such as harm reduction, decriminalization, and legal regulation of cannabis, cocaine, psychedelics, ketamine...