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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 3h

The next Collective Conversation is next week, the last one for this year.

Collective for the Political Determinants of Health @collectivehealth.bsky.social · 15h

Join the Collective Conversation!

🗓️3pm CEST, 14th October | Online

Collective member Aloysius Ssennyonjo delves into the governance and policy challenges of achieving sustainable urban mobility under SDG 11 - and the consequences for health.

Sign up here www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 3h

Really pleased about this new GSL initiative led by @roojinhabibi.org

Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 5h

GSL is proud to announce its new Global Health Law program, with Dr. @roojinhabibi.org as inaugural Research Director. This program will build capacity through law research, teaching & practice, examining the unique role of law in addressing global health challenges.

🔎Learn more: bit.ly/436vgnl

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 8d

Really wish @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social was highlighting that Canada's military ally is apparently abandoning the rules of engagement, instead of focusing on the gender-neutral, "male-level" fitness standards part of Hegseth's speech 🙄

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Collective for the Political Determinants of Health @collectivehealth.bsky.social · 12d

Join our upcoming event on 3rd October!

UNU International Institute for Global Health @unu-iigh.bsky.social · 12d

📢 In collaboration with the Centre for Global Sustainability of the @uio.no, we invite you to join our webinar exploring the critical forces shaping philanthropic practice today and highlighting key findings from our recent research paper (go.unu.edu/YLcRY).

Register here: go.unu.edu/bgO0d

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 15d

Last call for registration! Happening tomorrow at 1:00.

Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 28d

I've been invited to speak about private sector influence at the WHO, including on substantive initiatives and the development of WHO's Framework of engagement with non-State actors. September 24, 1-2:00 pm EST. Co-hosts: Dahdahleh Institute & @gstrategylab.bsky.social www.yorku.ca/dighr/events...

Letting the Fox Build the Hen House: Private Sector Influence at the WHO, with Tracey Wagner-Rizvi - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research

This seminar will examine private sector influence on substantive initiatives at the WHO as well as on the development of the WHO’s Framework of engagement with non-State actors (FENSA), which was ado...

www.yorku.ca

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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 22d

Pretty significant breakthrough in tackling undue corporate influence in global climate governance

After years of pressure from CSOs, UNFCCC will require observers to disclose who is funding their participation at COPs. More to do obviously, but a major step

kickbigpollutersout.org/COP30-next-s...

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 23d

Still time to register for this webinar that's happening tomorrow!

Collective for the Political Determinants of Health @collectivehealth.bsky.social · 29d

📢Collective Conversation

🗓️online, 15.00 CEST Tues 16th September!

Collective Member Lauren Paremoer evaluates emerging efforts to promote post-trial access and benefit sharing in southern Africa.

Join us! www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

Reposted by Tracey Wagner-Rizvi

Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 27d

How we frame antimicrobial resistance (AMR) matters.
This new #SAFEAMR study looks at how #AMR messaging reaches farmers, policymakers & the public, and what works and what doesn’t.
Read the publication: bit.ly/42ekH0Z
📽️ youtu.be/Q1FIM2pkNtw

Policy discourse on AMR in food producing animals

YouTube video by Global Strategy Lab

youtu.be

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 26d

Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 28d

I've been invited to speak about private sector influence at the WHO, including on substantive initiatives and the development of WHO's Framework of engagement with non-State actors. September 24, 1-2:00 pm EST. Co-hosts: Dahdahleh Institute & @gstrategylab.bsky.social www.yorku.ca/dighr/events...

Letting the Fox Build the Hen House: Private Sector Influence at the WHO, with Tracey Wagner-Rizvi - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research

This seminar will examine private sector influence on substantive initiatives at the WHO as well as on the development of the WHO’s Framework of engagement with non-State actors (FENSA), which was ado...

www.yorku.ca

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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · Aug 29

⏰ Consultations are underway for the design of the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR #IPEA
👉🏾 Our latest policy brief outlines 11 policy options to shape IPEA into a trusted, inclusive, and effective global platform to 🚀accelerate #AMR action.
📕 amrpolicy.org/resources/ip...

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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 29d

An Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR #IPEA is needed to help countries develop equitable, evidence-informed AMR policies as a global public good.

📎 Read the policy brief: amrpolicy.org/resources/ip...
💡 Watch the webinar: www.globalstrategylab.org/events/shapi...

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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 29d

and worth emphasising that WHO Foundation stated that anonymity would only be granted in exceptional circumstances

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 29d

As @policyrelevant.bsky.social, @spidermaani.bsky.social, @maizie333.bsky.social, Jeff Collin & I argued, WHO Foundation's *function* is to depoliticize corporate philanthropy, by strategically using "fictional expectations" of accountability and transparency
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The WHO Foundation in global health governance: Depoliticizing corporate philanthropy

The creation of the WHO Foundation during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a significant institutional development in the politics of financing the Wo…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 29d

Good to see this media attention around @spidermaani.bsky.social, Emily Adrion and Jeff Collin's analysis of transparency at the WHO Foundation gh.bmj.com/content/10/7...

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 29d

More from @gstrategylab.bsky.social about designing #IPEA (Independent Panel of Experts for Action on AMR), including an explainer video, a policy brief, and a working paper: www.globalstrategylab.org/projects/des...

Designing a Scientific Panel on AMR - Global Strategy Lab

The synthesis and translation of rigorous scientific evidence to inform AMR policy and practice is essential for effective global action to address AMR.

www.globalstrategylab.org

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 29d

ICYMI

Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · Sep 8

What could an Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR (#IPEA) mean for global health? 🌍 Watch the webinar here 📷 amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · Sep 7

A good time also to revisit @michaelfakhri.bsky.social's report to the UN General Assembly last year: "Starvation and the right to food, with an emphasis on the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty":
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · Sep 7

New report to the UN General Assembly by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social: "Corporate power and human rights in food systems"
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

A/80/213: Corporate power and human rights in food systems - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri

Corporate power in food systems is highly concentrated, allowing a relatively small group of people to shape food systems in a way that serves the ultimate goal of profit maximization instead of the p...

www.ohchr.org

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Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 4

Signed
As scholars, students, workers & practitioners related to food, nutrition and agricultural work ... we call on the government of Canada to act against Israel’s deliberate and systematic weaponization of food & water against the people of Palestine.
tinyurl.com/2zv4yapx
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We, the undersigned, wholly condemn the Canadian government’s response to the Israeli government’s mass starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza, as well as the military violence and forced displacement of Palestinians from their land in the West Bank. We unequivocally
denounce the Canadian government’s engagement in the ineffective, undignified, and deadly method of air dropping aid, and call for an immediate escalation in Canada’s response to Israel’s genocide by enacting all economic, diplomatic, and political sanctions available.
Mass starvation is being used by Israel as a tool of genocide against the Palestinian people.
The intentional denial of food and water in Gaza is a crime against humanity, a violation of the international human rights to food and water, and a breach of humanitarian law. As scholars, students, workers, and practitioners with decades of collective experience related to food,
nutrition and agricultural work within our communities, we call on the government of Canada to act concretely against Israel’s deliberate and systematic weaponization of food and water against the people of Palestine.

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Interested in the much-needed transformation of the global health architecture? Here's some reading for you: five regional discussion papers commissioned by @wellcometrust.bsky.social and published today. wellcome.org/reports/bold...

Bold ideas for a reformed global health system | Reports | Wellcome

Discussion papers commissioned by Wellcome bring together bold proposals from five different regions of the world for a reimagined global health architecture.

wellcome.org

Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · Aug 27

Reminder that this webinar is tomorrow at 9 am EDT!

Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · Aug 13

🔬 How can scientists get involved in global AMR decision-making?

📣 Join the conversation in a webinar co-hosted by @escmid.bsky.social and the Global Strategy Lab to discuss the Independent Panel for Evidence on Action against #AMR on August 28 at 9AM EDT

Register: amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Some reading ahead of next week’s seminar: www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

New Multilateralism for Promoting Equity and Global South Agency: Principles, politics and strategies for remaking the global health architecture - Centre for Global Sustainability

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Alicia Ely Yamin and their co-authors argue that we must go beyond nostalgia for the global health order that was, and focus on creative innovations and coalitions to ensure equity and Global South agency going forward. This piece was originally published in Global Policy Opinions.

www.globe.uio.no

Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Oooooooh! This one’s going to be super interesting!

Collective for the Political Determinants of Health @collectivehealth.bsky.social · Aug 25

How can we rethink global health architecture to deliver greater health equity?

Alicia Yamin (@aliciay.bsky.social), Sakiko Fukuda-Parr & Chair Kelley Lee (@profplum8.bsky.social) discuss the future of multilateralism in global health

Online | 3 Sept | 17.30 CEST

www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · Aug 16

Looking forward to learning from this discussion

Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · Aug 13

🔬 How can scientists get involved in global AMR decision-making?

📣 Join the conversation in a webinar co-hosted by @escmid.bsky.social and the Global Strategy Lab to discuss the Independent Panel for Evidence on Action against #AMR on August 28 at 9AM EDT

Register: amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...