This interdisciplinary conference in Ottawa will bring together experts in global and public health law, policy, history, and practice, to discuss the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, and its relevance today @roojinhabibi.org www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/...

New Ebola situation report is out (there was none yesterday) and numbers are still rising shockingly fast: 782 confirmed cases now (+72 in the last 24 hours) That includes 181 confirmed deaths. Follow-up of contacts is back down to 56,5%. Not good. insp.cd/sitrep-n30-m...

News these days fills me with dismay for the people of Iran. So much life, love and beauty remains uncaptured by Western (or IR) media. I hope to go back one day soon. For now, I can only see it through the eyes of Iran's own youth - breathtakingly talented, courageous, undeterred.

A useful overview of the IHR, as amended in 2022 and 2024, and its rejections - by Gian Luca Burci @gvagrad.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Where Canada's Ebola response not only includes blanket quarantine requirements, but also discriminatory immigration suspensions, Belgium shows it *is* possible to say no to Washington & follow scientific best practice. www.politico.eu/article/belg... @jcyliew.bsky.social @yybrandonc.bsky.social

Belgium rejects US World Cup demand for Congo travel ban amid Ebola outbreak

Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke said Brussels will follow scientific advice and not bow to political pressure from Washington.

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New from me in @nationalobserver.com Nearly all heat-related deaths occur indoors, but half the renters in Canada don't have cooling at home. Tenants need affordable and safe homes during #heatwaves. with Anushen Selvasegar, amazing volunteer at C.R.E.W. crewresilience.ca @cape-acme.bsky.social

Renters need a right to safe homes during heatwaves

For renters, heatwaves are not just uncomfortable, but potentially intolerable and dangerous.

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"My book came out, and they were talking about this false naive style of drawing. There was nothing false about the naivety of my style. I couldn't draw better. This is it." What a star Marjane was...

Shakespeare and Company@shakespeareandcompany.com · 2mo ago

We're devastated to hear the news about Marjane Satrapi. She came to our festival in 2008 and was a pure force of nature. Wise, funny, engaging. This is a big loss. (Photo taken by Justin Westover during the festival)

Sobering estimates out from CDC. This was not inevitable.

Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have begun as early as February and may exceed 20,000 cases over the next three months, according to modeling published on Friday by the CDC. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/u...

Wow, lots of media from the GSL team lately! 👀 Check out Global Health Law Research Director @roojinhabibi.org weighing in on Canada's 90-day suspension of immigration documents for residents of DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan. #Ebola

Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle)@roojinhabibi.org · 2mo ago

We are learning more each day about how little thought has been given to these measures. As I shared in my interview with Global News recently, the move has the makings of political theatre, rather than public health-grounded decision-making. 4/4 cc: @gstrategylab.bsky.social @ottawahealthlaw.ca

I hear you. It’s truly stunning to hear the health minister saying that the decision to impose travel restrictions was “not a question of science”.

“Canada should know better by now. We have a long history of using discriminatory travel and immigration rules for political theatre rather than public health” @roojinhabibi.org & colleagues www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Suspending immigration over Ebola is misguided and goes against international law

Travel restrictions are not only ineffective at containing diseases, they create stigma and discourage future outbreak reporting

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« A blanket suspension of immigration processing for entire nationalities fails each of those tests. It discriminates on the basis of nationality and perceived disease status. »

Suspending immigration over Ebola is misguided and goes against international law

Travel restrictions are not only ineffective at containing diseases, they create stigma and discourage future outbreak reporting

theglobeandmail.com

A link here to the order issued by IRCC: orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.p.... Still looking out for the order on quarantine for travellers from the affected region (which is distinct from IRCC's measures on "residents" from affected countries).

Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle)@roojinhabibi.org · 2mo ago

Yesterday, @yybrandonc.bsky.social , @jcyliew.bsky.social and I (@uocommonlaw.bsky.social) penned an op ed in @theglobeandmail.com on Canada's deeply problematic 'suspension' of immigration docs for residents of DRC, Uganda & South Sudan for 90 days. 1/4 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I'm privileged to have collaborated with fabulous colleagues @roojinhabibi.org & @jcyliew.bsky.social on this opinion piece appearing in @theglobeandmail.com. 1/2 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Suspending immigration over Ebola is misguided and goes against international law

Travel restrictions are not only ineffective at containing diseases, they create stigma and discourage future outbreak reporting

theglobeandmail.com

Yesterday, @yybrandonc.bsky.social , @jcyliew.bsky.social and I (@uocommonlaw.bsky.social) penned an op ed in @theglobeandmail.com on Canada's deeply problematic 'suspension' of immigration docs for residents of DRC, Uganda & South Sudan for 90 days. 1/4 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Suspending immigration over Ebola is misguided and goes against international law

Travel restrictions are not only ineffective at containing diseases, they create stigma and discourage future outbreak reporting

theglobeandmail.com

Amid all the legal ambiguities regarding the withdrawal of Argentina and the United States from WHO, at last the WHA lands on some clarity - and takes a (wise) precedent-grounded stance, declining to accept withdrawal but placing these states in 'suspension' until they are ready to re-engage.

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It will take a long time to come to terms with the passing of the remarkable, incomparable Brigit Toebes. My own time with Brigit was far too short. Even in that span, she left an indelible mark on me - as a scholar, teacher, colleague. This is a profound loss for the field and all who knew her.

Dagblad van het Noorden@dvhn.nl · 3mo ago

RUG-hoogleraar Brigit Toebes (57) overleden. Tot het laatst streed ze voor gezondere samenleving

GSL is proud that @roojinhabibi.org is part of @paxsapiens.bsky.social Pandemic Compensation Initiative, which aims to design practical solutions to create a mechanism that rewards early transparency and strengthens global health security. Hear from Dr. Habibi here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t1x...

Global Pandemic Prevention: Pandemic Compensation Initiative, Montserrat Arroyo Kuribrena

YouTube video by PAX sapiens

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Another fantastic @asilorg.bsky.social Annual Meeting, and my last as Co-Chair of the Global Health Law Interest Group. It’s been a joy to help build this IG community alongside @alexandraphelan.bsky.social, @aliciay.bsky.social & @margheritamelillo.bsky.social. More on Vice Chair elections soon.

worth reupping also that just a few weeks ago, @mattherder.bsky.social, @fatimahassan.bsky.social, Andy Hill and I argued about US driving a public health emergency of international concern in @bmj.com: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle)@roojinhabibi.org · 3mo ago

My partner talks often of the horrific era when as a child, AIDS struck family and friends, claiming uncles, aunts, cousins, classmates. All should read this by @stephanienolen.bsky.social. We’re regressing decades into the past - needlessly, unconscionably. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

My partner talks often of the horrific era when as a child, AIDS struck family and friends, claiming uncles, aunts, cousins, classmates. All should read this by @stephanienolen.bsky.social. We’re regressing decades into the past - needlessly, unconscionably. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance

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In latest Medicine & Science @bmj.com Podcast-I join my co-author @mattherder.bsky.social & @kamranabbasi.bsky.social to discuss our recent Analysis (w. Andy Hill & @roojinhabibi.org) calling for WHO to declare USG a PHEIC also due to its 'unhinged nationalism'. 📲 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

The Trump administration is an international health emergency

Podcast Episode · Medicine and Science from The BMJ · April 17 · 51m

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What the latest OECD numbers tell us about the future of aid: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/maps-and-gra... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social) via the New Humanitarian.

Applications are now open for the University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law, running online June 1–5. Designed for a wide range of attendees, no experience or legal training is required. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/institute

University of Ottawa Summer Institute in Public Health Law

June 1–5, 2026

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I bumped into a Gilead rep at an event not too long ago. As one can expect, he gave a heavy word salad on what the company is doing to enhance access to lencapavir. Good on MSF for going public and exposing the truth.

Melissa Barber@mbarber.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir. The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell. Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/ www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...

ICYMI - Our analysis published in @bmj.com makes the case for @who.int to declare that the actions of the US under President Trump amount to a 'PHEIC' under the International Health Regulations. CC @roojinhabibi.org @fatimahassan.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Title: "The United States is Driving a Public Heath Emergency of International Concern" www.bmj.com/content/392/...

MUST READ: 'The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern' @mattherder.bsky.social @fatimahassan.bsky.social A Hill and @roojinhabibi.org Via @bmjmedicine.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/392/...

The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern

Matthew Herder and colleagues call for broader mobilisation to avoid the deaths and morbidity in low and middle income countries likely to result from recent US policy changes Announcing the United ...

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🌍 Worried about the impact US policy has had on global health? 📖 Read this timely analysis from GSL Global Health Law Director, @roojinhabibi.org and co-authors @mattherder.bsky.social, Fatima Hassan, and Andrew Hill.

Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle)@roojinhabibi.org · 4mo ago

Now out in @bmj.com: With @mattherder.bsky.social, Fatima Hassan & Andrew Hill, we argue that the Trump administration’s deliberate assault on global health should be treated as a public health emergency of international concern under international law. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Important to publish articles that provoke debate and encourage different ways of thinking at problems - why not consider a #PHEIC?

Kristof Decoster@kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Via BMJ: www.bmj.com/content/392/... Not fully convinced this is the right tool, but at the very least it would 'spice up' the WHO DG race : )