New piece in @bmj.com by @kentbuse.bsky.social , @martinmckee.bsky.social and me on safeguarding evidence from political pressure - with 5 clear recommendations. Standing with science means defending the systems that allow science to function. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

'...organisations led by a woman CEO for at least five of the past eight years are predicted to close their pay gaps four years earlier on average than those led by men.' Let Her Lead! 👏👏👏 @helenclarknz.bsky.social Aishwarya Rajeev, Lynsey Robinson and @kentbuse.bsky.social

"An abrupt dismantling of the agency, without a considered plan, risks undermining hard-won gains." As the UNAIDS board meets next week to decide the agency’s future, it should focus on a strategic transition that safeguards progress www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Sad (but not surprised) to read the latest Global Health 50/50 report, amidst turmoil in global health, erosion of democracy, withdrawal from multi-lateralism, aid cuts, attacks on science, DEI, human rights @kentbuse.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social global5050.org/2025-report/

Ty But these are @kentbuse.bsky.social words (They are still perfect)

www.bmj.com/content/390/... A heat map of diabetes does not improve access to nutritional food or reshape the commercial landscape promoting ultraprocessed foods in low income areas. A wearable heart rate monitor tracking variability cannot counter harms of exploitative labour or precarious housing

Precision public health must get political

As the Precision Public Health Asia conference approaches, Kent Buse and colleagues caution that the specialty risks becoming a high tech fix for deeply political problems In The Time Machine by HG W...

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🧵1/8 The UK’s approach to international development needs a reset. In a new @bmj.com piece, @kentbuse.bsky.social & I argue for a principles-based strategy to rebuild global solidarity and credibility. Here’s a quick breakdown. 👇

The Labour government has announced plans to further reduce international development assistance and increase the UK’s defence spending. @kentbuse.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social ask: where is the logic in this? www.bmj.com/content/389/...

No matter how you look at it, there’s a reason for #diversity in #leadership —and many of them. And yet, a recent BMJ Leader study by M. Barik, S. Bhaumik & our Co-CEO @kentbuse.bsky.social shows global committees on climate & health are still far from representative: bit.ly/3ZzZQnu #GlobalHealth

False dichotomy of defence spending vs development investment Thoughtful, eloquent piece by @martinmckee.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social in @bmj.com Hope is read by politicians as well as us who see the impact every day of rapid cuts in aid Please share widely @peterstefanovic.bsky.social

Martin McKee@martinmckee.bsky.social · last yr.

🧵1/ The UK government plans to cut international aid while ramping up defence spending. But must we choose between defence or aid? In a new @bmj.com piece, @kentbuse.bsky.social & I argue that we must invest in both. Here’s why. 👇

🧵1/ The UK government plans to cut international aid while ramping up defence spending. But must we choose between defence or aid? In a new @bmj.com piece, @kentbuse.bsky.social & I argue that we must invest in both. Here’s why. 👇

New from Kent Buse and @martinmckee.bsky.social about the UK’s false trade-off between defence and aid. www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Defence or aid, or defence and aid? Both are necessary for national security

The Labour government has announced plans to further reduce international development assistance and increase the UK’s defence spending. Kent Buse and Martin McKee ask, where is the logic in this? Th...

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Shocking that UK government plans to boost defence spending by cutting aid. To add to the injustice, here is what Baroness Chapman, Minister of State for International Development, told the select committee she plans cuts to focus on: education & gender. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... #aid

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A recent PLOS Medicine study co-authored by Sarah Hawkes, Kent Buse & research partners shows how sex-disaggregated data & #gender analysis can expose hidden health inequities: bit.ly/3GWtywN Men globally face higher mortality from #diabetes, #HIV & #hypertension — yet are less likely to seek care.

What is gender justice and how can we achieve it, asks @femupheave.bsky.social of @gh5050.bsky.social at the launch of the report by the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health @ids.ac.uk #Gender #GenderJustice #Power #GlobalHealth #Equity

“As long as we have data, we have a mandate for change. Without it, there’s inaction.” — Profs Sarah Hawkes & Kent Buse #GenderedHealthPathways shows the power of data to expose hidden health inequalities—& drive action where it’s needed most. 📊 bit.ly/ExploreGHP #EvidenceToAction #GenderJustice

A new study by #Global5050 co-CEOs & their research partners shows how sex-disaggregated data is critical for identifying and addressing health inequities, drawing on the data visualised in our #GenderedHealthPathways tool. ➡️ doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🔎 bit.ly/ExploreGHP #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth

Global sex-disaggregated data on hypertension, diabetes, HIV, and AIDS demonstrate once again 'the increasing need to develop strategies that encourage greater male participation in preventive and healthcare service' journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Sex-disaggregated data along the gendered health pathways: A review and analysis of global data on hypertension, diabetes, HIV, and AIDS

In a review of global datasets for hypertension, diabetes, HIV, and AIDS, Alessandro Feraldi and colleagues investigate the importance of sex-disaggregated data.

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#GenderedHealthPathways — capturing differences in exposure to risk, care-seeking & clinical cascade. Using sex #disaggregateddata to identify & address health inequities 📄 Explore @plos.org 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosmedicine... 📊 Visualisations: genderedhealthpathways.org/app/ @katewomersley.com

Males experience higher rates of illness and mortality from hypertension, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS, and are less likely to seek care compared to females in many countries, highlighting persistent health inequities. doi.org/g9g5ps

Males are more likely to get sick and less likely to seek care for three common diseases, global analysis finds

In many countries, males are more likely than females to get sick and die from three common conditions, and less likely to get medical care, according to a new study by Angela Chang of the University of Southern Denmark, and colleagues, published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

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Disinformation is official White House policy. Lies & ideology take the place of truth. @martinmckee.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social & I warned of exactly this in November. It's happened even faster & even more emphatically than we feared. It's extremely dangerous. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Adam Kucharski@adamjkucharski.bsky.social · last yr.

The White House has turned COVID.gov from a public health resource into a politically charged platform promoting the lab-leak theory and attacking specific scientists and the pandemic response in general. Let’s fact check its 5 headline claims… 🧵

What do we really mean by ‘gender equality in health’? A new @bmj.com article by Angela Y Chang, Sarah Hawkes, @kentbuse.bsky.social & Virginia Zarulli explores how definitions shape measurement—and why that matters for #globalhealth policy. ➡️ Read now: bit.ly/44qSTZg #GenderEquality

Thanks Nicola! And for those who may want something shorter, here is a hard hitting editorial on the topic of #genderjustice and #globalhealth www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @womenlifthealth.bsky.social @womeningh.bsky.social @katewomersley.com @kstoreng.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social

Gender and global health: going, going, but not gone

When we, as Commissioners or authors, set out to gather, analyse, interrogate, and consolidate diverse bodies of evidence for the report of the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health,1 we were ...

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Nicola Low@nicolamlow.bsky.social · last yr.

Timing is everything Essential reading in these times of anti-gender ideology "Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet commission on #gender and #globalhealth" www.thelancet.com/commissions/... Kudos @femupheave.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social

"Sex alone cannot explain the differences: gender plays a major role in understanding why people smoke or drink alcohol, or what stops a person from visiting their doctor or dropping out of treatment." A clear intervention from @femupheave.bsky.social & @kentbuse.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3jhchus2

The term ‘gender’ must not be removed from the health lexicon. It will cost lives. | FairPlanet

Gender plays a major role in understanding why people smoke or drink alcohol, or what stops a person from visiting their doctor.

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🌍✨ The pursuit of #GenderJustice in global health is not simply an aspiration—it’s a necessity for 📈 health outcomes & addressing inequities. Explore the intricate relationship between gender & health, obstacles to progress & key recommendations in a new Lancet Commission ➡️ hubs.li/Q03g3_-n0

Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health

Achieving gender justice in global health—which we define as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender equality, while also addressing the drivers of gen...

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Commercial determinants of physical inactivity: Powerful actors who undermine physical activity policy must be challenged, argue @karen-milton.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social and Fiona Bull of @who.int www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Powerful actors who undermine physical activity policy must be challenged

As a fifth of adults in the UK have diabetes or pre-diabetes, the politics of physical activity policy must be tackled, argue Karen Milton and colleagues Recent data show that one in five adults in ...

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Really important to understand the wider factors influencing physical inactivity👇🏻 it isn’t just “bad” choices which is leading to obesity and diabetes. 💈

Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧@pauljbelcher.bsky.social · last yr.

Commercial determinants of physical inactivity: Powerful actors who undermine physical activity policy must be challenged, argue @karen-milton.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social and Fiona Bull of @who.int www.bmj.com/content/388/...

⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ we have been conditioned to accept that the policy solution is to build more roads expose, debunk, and confront those who are shaping current narratives that devalue or obstruct physical activity related policy Commercial Determinants of physical inactivity HT @kentbuse.bsky.social

“My hope is that you will channel your passion for physical activity into a political force that creates societies where movement is a right, not a privilege.” – @kentbuse.bsky.social in his #ISPAH keynote address Read the full commentary: bit.ly/41HubB3 #GlobalHealth #PhysicalActivity

Thinking and Acting Politically for Effective Policies for Physical Activity

"Thinking and Acting Politically for Effective Policies for Physical Activity" published on 14 Mar 2025 by Human Kinetics.

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"La respuesta al cambio climático ha centrado las políticas de mitigación en los vehículos eléctricos. Esto favorece los intereses de la industria del automóvil mientras socava la oportunidad de reorientar los sistemas de transporte hacia desplazamientos no motorizados" www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Powerful actors who undermine physical activity policy must be challenged

As a fifth of adults in the UK have diabetes or pre-diabetes, the politics of physical activity policy must be tackled, argue Karen Milton and colleagues Recent data show that one in five adults in ...

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