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Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
@tibetanmoon.bsky.social
She/her, grief and resilience researcher with degrees in clinical psychology and ethics. PhD candidate @Unimelb. Naman's mum forever.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandra-ramamurthy-76a01b20
Did you know 10,000 children die by suicide each yr in India?
We @CMHLPIndia & @helloQS are launching a national campaign to bring children suicides to ZERO.
Check 10k2zero.com for details.
You can join us in this campaign. Sign up on the website for updates !
September 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
Most interesting: for typography nerds:

www.fastcompany.com/91324550/ker...
The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty
The internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering.
www.fastcompany.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
People with lived experience of mental health conditions must be at the centre of #MentalHealth policy & service design.

WHO’s new guidance sets out how people with lived experience should be involved in shaping systems that meet their needs & improve care.

Learn more: bit.ly/4lgVjjk
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
"They eat little and badly. Even devastating illnesses go untreated. They have no savings. No one knows what this rate is nationally, as the government led by Narendra Modi has suppressed unpleasant economic and welfare data for a decade".
March 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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US aid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’
US aid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’
Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze Dangerous new forms of tuberculosis (TB) for which there is no treatment could emerge as a result of US aid cuts, a top doctor has warned. Dr…
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
Powerful essay by Siddhartha Mukherjee on how Covid pandemic destroyed the idea of health as a public good and made it into a private responsibility

"The deeper message is that we’re all on our own, fighting our private battles. I fear we will come to regret it"

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
Conference organizers have an obligation to host meetings in locations that are not visa-hostile

Are there ‘visa-friendly’ options that conference organizers should be considering?

communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...
Visa-friendly venues for global health meetings
Conference organizers have an obligation to host meetings in locations that are not visa-hostile. Are there ‘visa-friendly’ options that conference organizers should be considering? This crowd-sourced...
communities.springernature.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.

Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
@madhupai.bsky.social puts together what I think is the best short course on global health currently out there . He brings together a cast of lecturers with so much experience. Worth enrolling if interested. I highly recommend it .
www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...
Reimagining Global Health
Reimagining Global Health | June 9 - 13, 2025 COURSE FORMAT Online only. Course will be live to online participants approximately 9:00am to 1:00pm (Montreal time) each day from June 9 – 13, 2025. All ...
www.mcgill.ca
March 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/p... via @statnews.com
We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us
A peer reviewer questioned the premise of our study into the potential impact of abruptly ending PEPFAR funding. Then it happened.
www.statnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
FFS!

CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel

www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-wh...
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
Countries that gained so much wealth via colonization, slavery and exploitation are in a desperate hurry to cut the tiny amounts of money they were giving as humanitarian aid

- USAID: gone
- UK aid: biggest cut in history
- France, Germany, Sweden, Finland also cutting their foreign aid

SHAMEFUL!
March 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Reposted by Chandra Ramamurthy (Chandra ‏‎‎‏‎‎‏چندرا) 🇵🇸🎗
My partner’s unresolved grief is putting a strain on our relationship
My partner’s unresolved grief is putting a strain on our relationship
Feeling sadness is essential for feeling happiness, but unlearning the avoidance mechanisms your partner has put in place may take time
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM