Raffaella Ravinetto
@rravinetto.bsky.social
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Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar (A. Machado). Head of Public Health Department at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. Pharmaceutical Public Health & Research Ethics.Tweets in my own name
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rravinetto.bsky.social
Blurring the line between the reviewer and the reviewed: the financial ties between the drugmaker and its #ethics panel highlight raise questions #IRB independence and rigor, and #protection for trial participants & the public at large.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research
www.nytimes.com
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mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social
Voor het eerst in zestig jaar draagt België niet bij aan het Wereldbankfonds voor lagere inkomenslanden. Een besparing van een half miljard euro gespreid over drie jaar. Wat is er aan de hand? www.mo.be/nieuws/belgi...
België schrapt zijn bijdrage aan de Wereldbank – MO*
Voor het eerst in zestig jaar draagt België niet bij aan het Wereldbankfonds voor lagere inkomenslanden.
www.mo.be
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rravinetto.bsky.social
💊 New #HealthSystemsGlobal Working Group: Pharmaceutical Policies in Health Systems (#PharmPol), with @gautamsatheesh.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
S Ozawa, C Goodman, Z Babar, F Suleman, K Ouoba.
Learn & join: healthsystemsglobal.org/thematic-gro...

#AccessToMedicines #HealthSystems
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ihpnetwork.bsky.social
Check out this week's IHP news 848: Early October in global health www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ Intro by IHP resident Rajeev B R. Pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with French, Portuguese & Spanish pdf translations, & AI summary)
Newsletter
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
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medwma.bsky.social
The WMA demands the immediate release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a physician unjustly detained in Iran since 2016.
He must have access to family, lawyers & medical care.

Full Press Release: www.wma.net/news-post/wo...

#HumanRights #MedicalEthics #Medsky
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amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social
We will never forget how the normalisation of attacks places of safety, places of care were slowly normalised. There wasn't a single bad guy, but it were the so called civil and lawful states that played a key role.
rravinetto.bsky.social
Today at #ECTMIH2025 we discussed the neglected problem of #access to #medicines for #parasitic #tropical diseases in #Europe: we lack, and we need, secured supply of quality-assured & affordable medicines!
#NTDs #EU #FESTMIH
@itmantwerp.bsky.social @isglobal.bsky.social
M.Albonico, G. Calleri, D. Fusco, I. Losada, E. Bottieau, R. Ravinetto
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itmantwerp.bsky.social
Fresh Off The Journal – September

From tongue swabs for leprosy to gaps in maternity care, ITM research this month tackles diagnostics, treatment challenges & maternal health.

🔗 www.itg.be/en/health-st...
Fresh Off The Journal: Sept 2025
Discover research publication highlights from the Institute of Tropical Medicine - September 2025
www.itg.be
rravinetto.bsky.social
L' @itmantwerp.bsky.social, en collaboration avec des partenaires européens, palestiniens et australiens, a mené une étude sur la disponibilité des #médicaments dans la bande de #Gaza: "La nouvelle recherche met en lumière l'ampleur d'une grave pénurie"

www.rtbf.be/article/des-...
Des chercheurs alertent sur la 'grave pénurie' de médicaments à Gaza - RTBF Actus
L'analyse, réalisée durant l'été, portait sur 25 médicaments essentiels dans 14 établissements de santé : trois...
www.rtbf.be
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itmantwerp.bsky.social
🚨 New @thelancet.com Research letter: Severe medicine shortages in Gaza.

“People are dying not only from bombs but also from lack of medicines.” - @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social. “Without ceasefire, an end of the blockade, medicine shortages will continue.”
rravinetto.bsky.social
Most frameworks to assess #pharmaceutical #systems focus on national level, but many key functions, eg medicine distribution and use, are managed locally. We present a method to assess #local pharmaceutical systems & identify ways to improve their #performance.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
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ema.europa.eu
📢 EMA’s first reflection paper on Patient Experience Data is out!

Provide feedback and help shape how patient voices are used in medicine regulation.

🗓️ Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
🔗https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/path-better-include-patients-perspectives-regulation-medicines

#MedSky
A path to better include patients’ perspectives in the regulation of medicines | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Reflection paper on patient experience data for public consultation until 31 January 2026
www.ema.europa.eu
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itmantwerp.bsky.social
🌍 Today is World Rabies Day with this year’s WHO theme “Act now: You, Me, Community.” Rabies is preventable with timely vaccination. 💉 A Belgian study by ITM & UZA shows 99.5% still developed strong antibodies so routine follow-up blood tests aren’t needed. 🐾
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handle.invalid
“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”

We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF
The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.
www.msf.org
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prepared-eu.bsky.social
The TRUST Family of Ethics Codes provides resources for those who want to support equitable research around the world. Our PREPARED outputs have now joined this family.

Explore the complete TRUST Family of Ethics Codes 👇
https://www.globalcodeofconduct.org/
TRUST Code
www.globalcodeofconduct.org
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iddonews.bsky.social
Track news reports of #SubstandardMedicines & #FalsifiedMedicine in your country. View our Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe, which filters by key words, time-periods, locations & language #medswecantrust
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social MORU Bangkok
www.iddo.org/medicine-qua...