James Elliott
@jandelliott.bsky.social
Founder of VIA Diabetes. I have type 1 diabetes and want people to stop dying from this condition. Access to insulin is a human right #insulin4all #diabetes #t1d viadiabetes.com
Didn't expect a #diabetes analogy in this CBC article about the Canada US trade war 😅 - btw Mr Teneycke one checks blood glucose (sugar) - not insulin!
End the global standards in #diabetes care - happy to co-author this piece in @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/end-the-glob... #globalhealth
End The Global Double Standards in Diabetes Care [Guest Essay]
If You Work in Global Health, You Cannot Do Without Reading Us
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Are you under 30 and living with diabetes? We want to hear from you. We're going to do a little celebration of youth at VIA Diabetes - if you want some spotlight on you and any advocacy work you do, kindly fill in this form and we'll be in touch docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #T1D #diabetes #T2D
Steve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
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You should check out our VIA Diabetes YouTube channel because it's really cool and has good interviews youtube.com/@viadiabetes... #insulin4all #diabetes
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We are Voices in Action: People Living with Diabetes in Global Health. We are the meeting space for people living with diabetes working in, studying or just interested in global health. We mentor a...
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The right job for someone: " @msfaccess.org Campaign Officer with experience to design the development and implementation of an international public-facing campaign to improve access to health products for people living with #diabetes" www.msf.org/internationa...
Started yesterday in Delhi India and ended it in the English countryside. Bit discombobulated!
In a hotel room in Barcelona nursing some sort of gut thing and flipping through cable TV, which I don't do often. BBC, DW, France 24, Aljazeera = Wall to Wall Iran war coverage. NBC = boy howdy we had some big storms last night Makes sense
Does Bluesky have a diabetes community? Missing the old days of pre-Elon Twitter
I've been busy the last few months building up VIA Diabetes - and happy to announce we have our strategic committee. If you're interested in raising the profile of #diabetes on the global stage follow us: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/viad... Insta: www.instagram.com/viadiabetes/
Global health is a field that on the one hand says it's evidence based but on the other that it won't fund diabetes because it isn't "sexy" - as if a health condition should physically attractive to get the resources it needs. #diabetes #globalhealth
We've been busy! Our VIA Diabetes 2025 Year in Review www.linkedin.com/pulse/2025-r... #diabetes #globalhealth
2025 In Review. 2026 In Front of Us. Voices in Action: People Living with Diabetes
2025 has been a very special year for Voices in Action: People Living with Diabetes—our first year—and it’s a story worth telling. And as special as 2025 was, we are looking forward to 2026! What are ...
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Who is doing #diabetes research that you're excited about right now? Lemme know so I can read up about them
Back in Toronto and enjoying being a morning person due to the jetlag
a purple lightning bolt is coming out of a person 's head .
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My wife @rosemaryrichings.bsky.social and I talk about #AliceWong in this brief Beyond the Bookshelf Video here. Rest in peace Alice youtu.be/DXK7odG4g78 #disability
From The Bookshelf: Alice Wong's Disability Visibility and Disability Intimacy
YouTube video by Voices in Action: People Living with Diabetes
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The organization I founded, Voices in Action, is looking for board members and strategic committee members. Do you want to help us amplify the voices of people living with diabetes? Then please click on the link: www.linkedin.com/posts/viadia... #diabetes #globalhealth
Oh no the super sincere trade talks that were 100% going to result in something real are off because we ran a TV ad, oh noooo
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UNAIDS closing next year, instead of 2030. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #HIV #globalhealth
UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?
The move to shut the agency comes as aid budgets are being slashed, leading to fears that global progress on HIV may be reversed
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F'ing gross www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #globalhealth
AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost
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I'm about to go to a conference on diabetes in emergencies, conflict, disaster. Have diabetes and ever been in one? Anything you want to share? I've been in earthquake. left the flat in a hurry with all my insulin. Luckily the building stayed up but otherwise I'd been cooked. Let me know!
Shoutout Easyjet for putting in a special assistance line at Marrakesh RAK. If discount airlines can the full carriers have no excuse #disability
Sin taxes is a ridiculous term that public health and #globalhealth should have dumped years ago. Weird to see it keep popping up among VIP speeches
Looking forward to more takes on what insulins people who take insulin should take from people who don't take insulin. Cause that never gets old ##insulin4all
