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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13d

It’s one thing to withdraw from global health

It’s another thing to block other nations from global initiatives and goals

NO ONE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SO MUCH POWER!!!

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BREAKING: UN Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases Fails To Win Approval After US Foils Consensus - Health Policy Watch

NEW YORK CITY - A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win

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Roger Mathisen @mathisenroger.bsky.social · 15d

Today at #UNGA2025, countries present climate action plans #NDCs. Breastfeeding is an overlooked investment that sustains both life and the planet. Read our proposal to recognize investment in breastfeeding as a carbon offset: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Video: youtu.be/rc7ZGOG3YlM?...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 21d

Global health going backwards on gender equality

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Global health going backwards on gender equality, study finds - Research Professional News

Report links decline in organisations’ equality policies to US gender “backlash”

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 23d

Rise of dangerous health information in UK risks 'lost generation'

LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back.

@lshtmcepr.bsky.social

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25d

Everyone needs a refresher course on basic human rights

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Dr. Cecília Tomori @drtomori.bsky.social · 26d

Structural support 🗝️“If you want to influence health in a nation... investing in supporting mothers and infants is one of the most effective strategies and provides the greatest return on investment. So anything that threatens that is going to have impacts on health.”
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The government wants more people to breastfeed. Experts say paid parental leave could help.

Researchers have been examining ways to increase breastfeeding rates for years. They warn it will take structural reform and funding.

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The Breastfeeding Network UK @bfn-uk.bsky.social · 27d

As a charity, the Breastfeeding Network's essential running costs and all of our projects and services rely on donations.

Leaving a gift in your Will helps us to reach more women and families, when and where they need us.

Downloadable Legacy Gifting Guide:
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#RememberACharityWeek

Leaving a gift to the Breastfeeding Network in your Will is a positive step to ensure that your values, beliefs and passions can live on after your death.A grandmother holding a baby

Leaving a legacy will help us reach more women and families for generations to come. Want to know more? Visit our website for your downloadable Legacy Gifting Guide. Image of brochure. Will you make a difference by leaving a gift in your Will?

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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is without any evidence or data to support it. Cancer existed before COVID vaccines. The rise in early onset cancers- going on for decades- is not linked to COVID vaccines. Follow scientists & medical researchers. Not ppl selling snake oil. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine

Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’

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James Cummings @jamescummings.bsky.social · Sep 6

As a previous recipient of a BA small grant, I'd encourage eligible people to apply. It's possible to get a lot of research value in <£10K. (In my case experimentation with different digital skills pedagogy through hosting a number of open workshops, which influenced a bunch of publications.)

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...

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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Food industry lobbying is leading Labour to drop public health plans, experts say

Inaction on ill-health prevention after pressure from junk food and alcohol firms ‘could cause NHS collapse’

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Katie Pereira-Kotze @katiepk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Very good question! And this happens in other countries too…

Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social · Sep 5

Explaining the day’s developments to a non-British friend:

Screenshot of a WhatsApp message, replying to a message from me saying
‘All the government ministers have been shuffled round’, which says ‘This is wild though like is everyone equally qualified for every position…?’

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just a reminder that U.K. has new Foreign Secretary 4 days before start of UN General Assembly. Leaving aside scale of briefing to get through, worth recalling that these events rely hugely on personal relationships developed over time. Still, it’s not as if there are any important things to discuss

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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · Aug 13

Great to see this new costed policy to deliver trustworthy breastfeeding and bottle-feeding support for all families that need it, on the Recipe For Change menu @catherinehine.bsky.social @bfn-uk.bsky.social @sustainweb.org

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Menu of policy options | Recipe for Change

Build your own vision for children’s health by seeing what £3 billion a year from a new levy on the food industry can fund!

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Children's Food Campaign @childrensfood.bsky.social · Aug 12

The government is offering "partnerships" to big food companies in delivering the national school breakfast programme.

Our view? A national school breakfast programme should be properly funded, and school clubs free from commercial promotions - what do you think?
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DfE seeks food sponsor for flagship breakfast club scheme

But unions warn businesses 'should not be relied upon to make the government's programme work'

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Naomi Hull @naomihull.bsky.social · Aug 6

🧵1/3 New paper! Profits Before Health? New Zealand Government Rejection of Stricter Infant Formula Marketing Standards and the Lobbying Behind It. Read it here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@philbakernz.bsky.social @mboatwright.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · Aug 6

One straightforward action the U.K. Government could do today - adopt the 11 recommendations of the CMA on regulating misleading marketing in full. This would disrupt the blatant profiteering we have seen from formula companies recently.
#BabiesBeforeProfits
#EndExploitativeMarketing
#WBW2025

WBTi U.K. @wbtiuk.bsky.social · Aug 6

Misleading formula advertising should be made illegal, and all formula milk should have a minimum nutritional composition.
See Indicator 3 in our report in Part 1 for our main findings, and in Part 2 for further details. Read More… ukbreastfeeding.org/wbtiuk2024/
#WBW2025
#BabiesBeforeProfits

Purple, pink and green image with WBTI and World Breastfeeding Week logos.
“Informed choices. Facts before marketing. Nutrition over profits. Misleading formula marketing misinforms parents and costs them more. ALL infant milks must be regulated and meet minimum nutritional standards."

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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · Aug 4

Becoming Baby-friendly: What works?

Celebrating 2025 World Breastfeeding Week!

#IntBreastfeedJ has new collection to attract studies advancing our understanding of successful strategies/processes underpining organisations' decision to implement BFHI
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Becoming Baby-friendly: What works?

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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · Aug 6

It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek and we’re looking at the ways in which we protect breastfeeding with our work here at First Steps Nutrition Trust.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · Aug 5

Africa doesn’t need charity. Africa needs fair terms.

We need leadership from governments—to invest in their people

We need leadership from creditors—to offer concessional lending at fair terms

We need leadership from donors—to strengthen national systems, not create parallel ones: bit.ly/45AM7jQ

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit – 5 August 2025

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Sarah Jewell @profsarahjewell.bsky.social · Aug 4

As part of #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 see this blog introducing the Employer Toolkit from our Infant Feeding and Return to Paid Work study funded by
@nuffieldfoundation.org. The toolkit aims to help employers support their breastfeeding employees. #PrioritiseBreastfeeding

Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · Aug 4

This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 make your workplace part of the #WarmChain of Support.

In this blog @profsarahjewell.bsky.social introduces a new toolkit designed to help employers create breastfeeding-friendly workplaces.

#PrioritiseBreastfeeding #WBW2025 #CreateSustainableSupportSystems
#WABA

Creating a breastfeeding-friendly workplace: Why employers hold the key - Connecting Research

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Rob Percival @rob-percival.bsky.social · Aug 4

“For decades the UK government’s ‘healthy eating’ guidelines have neglected processing, assuming that whole foods and ultra-processed products might deliver the same health outcomes. We now know that to be false.”

@thesoilassociation.bsky.social spittin truth 👇

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Home cooking and minimally processed foods best for weight loss, study finds

Dieters in UCL trial lost twice as much weight when avoiding ultra-processed ready meals with as much nutrition

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · Aug 4

#Breastfeeding provides the best nutrition for babies & a healthy beginning, with benefits that last for life.
This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, @who.int calls on all countries to ensure every mum gets the breastfeeding support she needs - from maternity leave to trained counsellors & community support!

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World Cancer Research Fund @wcrf.org · Jul 30

Many women struggle to breastfeed or opt not to, often in the absence of adequate support across policy, societal, and healthcare systems.

This is why policies to support as many parents as possible to choose breastfeeding are more needed than ever
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Supporting breastfeeding for healthy beginnings, hopeful futures | World Cancer Research Fund

Ioana Vlad, our Senior Policy Research Manager, looks at why investment in policies to promote, protect and support breastfeeding is a win for all.

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · Aug 1

Tribute page and memory wall for David Nabarro
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Paying tribute to David Nabarro

It is with great sadness that the World Health Organization mourns the passing of Dr David Nabarro on Friday 25 July at his home. He was 75. At WHO, David was at the forefront of multiple areas of wor...

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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · Aug 1

It’s #WorldBreastFeedingWeek organised by @waba_global and to kick things off, today, we’re celebrating UK organisations and schemes working to protect and support breastfeeding

Here are some that we love ▶️

@assocbfmothers
@thebreastfeedingnetworkuk
@unicef Baby Friendly Initiative

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