Meredith Kruse MSc, MPH
@meredithhkruse.bsky.social
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Policy wonk ➡️ global health researcher, implementer, pt advocate. Apoiadora de @Oncoguia 🇧🇷. Life of wanderlust. All things #HIV, #cancer, #HPV. Views my own. She/her.
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“How are we going to incentivize our best and our brightest to contribute to public health, which is thankless? And what happens if we don’t?”
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“Our goal is a complete, field-ready kit that community clinics can use anywhere,” Richards-Kortum said. “If we can help health systems move to same-day screen-and-treat, we can move towards a future where cervical cancer can be eliminated globally.” news.rice.edu/news/2025/ne...
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“These women are not helpless. Never forget that impoverished women in these circumstances show extraordinary grit. With a bit of assistance, they are capable of superhuman accomplishments, lifting up themselves and their communities.”
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Opinion | The Tax on Being a Girl
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Proud to have worked with JA’s Dr Skyers and to see her continuing to prioritize treatment and care of HIV within communities - here news about piloting #CAB and #LEN. 🇯🇲 www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/09/30/b...
Big tackle on HIV - Jamaica Observer
Big tackle on HIV
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Big news for #HIV prevention: @gatesfoundation.bsky.social and Unitaid commit to accelerate the development of, access to & price reduction for generic versions of injectable #lenacapavir (LEN) for #PrEP.

AVAC calls on all stakeholders to do their part: avac.org/press-releas...
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AVAC @avac.org · 14d
ICYMI earlier today... @gatesfoundation.bsky.social and Unitaid committed to accelerate the development of, access to & price reduction for generic versions of #lenacapavir for #HIV #PrEP.

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“Gilead announced last October that it would allow six companies to make generic copies of the drug for 120 low- and middle-income countries. The new price of $40 per patient annually will be available in only those countries.” #HIV
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
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“The world has already fallen behind the targets to end #AIDS as a public health threat. It will take more resources, more coordination & stronger global partnerships to get back on course. Without urgent action, we risk watching…progress…evaporate.” globalhealth.duke.edu/news/cuts-gl...
Cuts in Global HIV Funding Could Reverse Decades of Progress
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Not too late to join! Great conversation about a shifting global health landscape …
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"shutting down the agency [USAID] would cost the federal government $6 billion a year for an undetermined amount of time. That figure doesn’t appear to include the sunk costs of half-finished projects and now-worthless goods." www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the USAID Fire Sale
Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.
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“This is a dangerous time for health & public health in this country.” Important interview w ⁦‪Dr Josh Sharfstein‬⁩ and @drtomfrieden.bsky.social‬⁩ on @publichealthpod.bsky.social ‬⁩ … again, if this doesn’t put a pit in your stomach, you’re not paying attention. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
940 - A Brief Update: CDC in Crisis
Podcast Episode · Public Health On Call · 09/02/2025 · 8m
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Great article from @gavi.org
countries sharing best practices on #HPV vax - worth a read! “In some cases, one country’s solution may not work because the context is different, but in other cases it can spark an idea for another.” www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Preventing cervical cancer in Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, and Guinea-Bissau
Virtual exchange is a low-cost learning opportunity.
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Que lindo esse artigo feito pelo ⁦‪⁦‪@uiccofficial.bsky.social‬⁩ sobre o trabalho lindo de ⁦‪FEMAMA e IMAMA sobre cuidados mais focado na vida total do pacientes vivendo com câncer de mama. Arrasou!!! 💪 #cancer
Capturing people-centred cancer care and advocacy in Brazil
Through the lens of Brazilian photographer Ramiro Sanchez, individuals affected by breast cancer and their caregivers at two UICC member organisations in Brazil share intimate moments of care, resilie...
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Another great quote from community advocate, Doreen Moraa Moracha - let’s make sure we move #LEN “from headline to lifeline.” Couldn’t agree more! 👏👏👏
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"It's buzzing. We're all excited, but when we finally have #lenacapavir, how do we keep it for a long time...We haven't seen commitments from countries that it will be sustainable."

- Doreen Moraa Moracha, Key messages from #IAS2025 webinar, #IASEdFund
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“When science stalls… our lives are in danger.” So important to hear community voices and reflections from the #IAS2025 conference via @iasociety.bsky.social webinar now
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Great to hear more on the conversations from #IAS2025 about service integration - #DSD and integration (#NCDs into #HIV clinics or HIV into primary care) is an effective way to provide pt centered care and has great potential in changing funding environments via @iasociety.bsky.social webinar
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One of the highlights from the #IAS2025 conference - PURPOSE 1 and 2 results showing efficacy of #LEN, which has led to updated @who.int guidelines. via @iasociety.bsky.social webinar happening now
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🚀 Our #webinar, "Key messages from #IAS2025", is starting now!

It's not too late to be a part of this important discussion. Register and join now! 👇
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Webinar: Key messages from IAS 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This webinar will provide participants with scientific, policy, funding and community highlights from IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, held in Kigali, Rwanda, in July. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of the latest trends and emerging priorities in the global HIV response and hear reflections from stakeholders, including community voices. Moderators: - Kenneth Ngure, School of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and IAS - the International AIDS Societyy, Kenya - Susan Shumba, Young Advocates for Inclusion Network and IAS - the International AIDS Society, Zimbabwe Speakers: - Alexandra Calmy, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and IAS, Switzerland - Gaston Devisich, Fundación Huésped, Argentina - Doreen Moraa Moracha, Kenya By finalizing your registration, you agree with the IAS - International AIDS Society - privacy policy (https://www.iasociety.org/privacy-policy). The IAS will collect and process your personal data (first name, last name, e-mail address, country, job title, organization, profession) for (i) statistics on the results of this event (ii) sharing the recording and slides of this webinar (iii) informing you on IAS activities.
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“The men & women who have joined CDC across generations have done so not for prestige or power, but bc they believe deeply in the call to service. They deserve an HHS secretary who stands up for health, supports science and has their back. So, too, does our country.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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