Johanna Ralston
@johannaralston.bsky.social
Write in personal and professional capacity about health, mostly global chronic disease; mother, patient, gifted with amazing friends; US-UK-global work and travel.
From Boston University, a tool to calculate the human cost of abrupt loss of federal AID funding. This will also produce indirect deaths over time. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art... @kentbuse.bsky.social
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
March 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
From Boston University, a tool to calculate the human cost of abrupt loss of federal AID funding. This will also produce indirect deaths over time. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art... @kentbuse.bsky.social
Thanks @theguardian.com for two good stories on the global #obesity challenge this week, including new @worldobesity.bsky.social atlas and Lancet report. See Atlas on the steps needed for shared action and impact. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report
Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to health
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thanks @theguardian.com for two good stories on the global #obesity challenge this week, including new @worldobesity.bsky.social atlas and Lancet report. See Atlas on the steps needed for shared action and impact. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Watching this excellent interview was, for me, a constructive scolding: staying on the sidelines is not an option. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
WATCH: Inside the Musk/Trump psychodrama. The void of a Democratic leader. Are Americans docile?
My conversation with legendary editor and skewerer of everyone Tina Brown
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Watching this excellent interview was, for me, a constructive scolding: staying on the sidelines is not an option. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
Thank you to our friends at @thelancet.bsky.social for an excellent launch this week, and for your commitment to reframing the #obesitynarrative. Going beyond an “either or” approach - disease vs. risk factor, health vs food - is essential for finally turning the corner & aiding > 1 billion lives.
🆕 Global Commission proposes overhaul of obesity diagnosis – going beyond BMI to define when obesity is a disease.
Find out more: hubs.li/Q030v_j_0
Find out more: hubs.li/Q030v_j_0
January 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Thank you to our friends at @thelancet.bsky.social for an excellent launch this week, and for your commitment to reframing the #obesitynarrative. Going beyond an “either or” approach - disease vs. risk factor, health vs food - is essential for finally turning the corner & aiding > 1 billion lives.
Reposted by Johanna Ralston
Nice overview of what's at stake (for the US and the world) if the Trump Administration pulls the US out of the WHO...
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🛟medsky episky health policy policysky sociology 📉 polisky
A World Without WHO
This Viewpoint explores concerns surrounding possible US withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.
jamanetwork.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Nice overview of what's at stake (for the US and the world) if the Trump Administration pulls the US out of the WHO...
🛟medsky episky health policy policysky sociology 📉 polisky
🛟medsky episky health policy policysky sociology 📉 polisky