Raffaella Ravinetto
@rravinetto.bsky.social
Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar (A. Machado). Head of Public Health Department at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. Pharmaceutical Public Health & Research Ethics.Tweets in my own name
Anne Alombert: «L’#IntellgenaArtuficiale è un pharmakon da prendere a piccole dosi». Per la filosofa francese «quando utilizziamo questi automi, alcune aree cerebrali non vengono attivate e può crearsi una dipendenza» @Avvenire_Nei www.avvenire.it/agora/cultur...
Alombert: «L’IA è un pharmakon da prendere a piccole dosi»
Per la filosofa francese «quando utilizziamo questi automi, alcune aree cerebrali non vengono attivate e può crearsi una dipendenza»
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Dewormer and scabies drugs being sold as #cancer treatments, BBC investigation finds #UK #IrrationalUse #PatientSafety www.bbc.com/news/article...
Undercover reporter offered fenbendazole and ivermectin as cancer treatment
A terminally ill patient was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.
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"US funding and policy changes resulted in more than 1,700 clinics and other service delivery sites being closed, mostly in eastern and southern Africa and affecting key populations. More than 8,000 PEPFAR-supported health workers lost in South Africa" www.iasociety.org/blog/aids-20...
AIDS 2026 key takeaways
We came together for AIDS
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✉️ NEWSLETTER | What we saw in the West Bank: Palestine is disappearing In our latest newsletter, Mary Robinson reflects on her recent trip to the Middle East and the realities she witnessed in the West Bank. Read & subscribe: theelders.org/news/what-we...
I, for one, was not aware of how many cyclists Italy manages to wipe out.
Kevin Wilson@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 4d agoShocking.
ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
A Johns Hopkins public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight this week, the university confirmed, as the Trump administration...
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At @amnesty.org, we're calling for a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel - ending the direct and indirect transfer of arms, military technology, parts and components until there is no risk they could be used to commit genocide or other serious violations of international law.
"Resistance to public health measures was rarely the product of ignorance alone. More often, it reflected longstanding experiences of insecurity, exclusion and unequal access to health care. Building trust therefore requires much more than delivering information". www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Why the fight against Bundibugyo Ebola depends on trust
With no vaccine or cure for Bundibugyo Ebola, containment depends as much on trust as on epidemiology. Yet the work that builds that trust remains chronically underfunded.
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On the back of the shameful meeting with the Taliban hosted by the EU Commission, @amnesty.org urges the EU and member states to immediately abandon all efforts to deport people to unsafe Afghanistan and halt their reckless, unconscionable cooperation with the Taliban on returns.
EU/Afghanistan: Abandon Unconscionable Efforts to Deport People to Afghanistan - Letter – European Institutions Office
Amnesty International urges to immediately reverse course on European Union (EU) institutions and member states’ efforts to deport people to Afghanistan.
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Two Israeli settler attacks on Tal village near Nablus in the West Bank on July 24, 2026, resulted in the killing of four Palestinians and two Israelis.
Preparing for a Peaceful Death: A Reflexive Case Study of Terminal Cancer Care, Family Caregiving, and Dying at Home in India www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... Feat article by Solomon Salve.
Preparing for a Peaceful Death: A Reflexive Case Study of Terminal Cancer Care, Family Caregiving, and Dying at Home in India
On 27 April 2026, my father (age 83) died peacefully at home after a rapid decline from advanced liver cancer. Just over a month earlier, what had begun as seemingly common symptoms gradually develope...
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Palliative care aligns with the ethics of all world religions Introduction Palliative care provided by teams of trained health workers in the clinic, hospital, or at home is designed to relieve the pain and discomfort that afflicts people who have been diagnosed with serious illness.[1] Palliative…
Palliative care aligns with the ethics of all world religions
Introduction Palliative care provided by teams of trained health workers in the clinic, hospital, or at home is designed to relieve the pain and discomfort that afflicts people who have been diagnosed with serious illness.[1] Palliative care teams know that something more can always be done for patients and families who have been sent home when their doctor rules that ‘nothing more can be done’ once their disease is no longer curable.
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We wrote about this artificially segmented market, coupled with regulatory segmentation after WHO PQ. The commercial purpose was very clear. www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art...
Prequalifying the Qualified: The Lenacapavir Paradox
On 6 October 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the prequalification of lenacapavir, a breakthrough long-acting injectable medicine for HIV prevention. The news was rapidly spread acr...
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As health actors rush to curb the ongoing outbreak of the #Ebola Bundibugyo virus in the #DRC, one question risks to remain unanswered: What have we done to earn the #trust we assume we will receive from the local #communities ? www.itg.be/en/health-st...
Community trust should be earned, not assumed
What have we done to earn the trust we assume we will receive from the local communities?
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"Testosterone can do a lot of things. It can’t make men brave." www.statnews.com/2026/07/21/c...
Pete Hegseth, ‘The Odyssey,’ and the testosterone myth
The poet didn’t say “sing to me, Muse, of a man with optimized endocrine panels," writes urologist Elizabeth Dray.
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‘Since the Zaire drugs were approved in 2020, only a third of Congolese Ebola patients have received them, even though one was developed from the blood of a Congolese survivor and both were approved after a trial in Congo.’
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 3w agoCraig Spencer has followed every Ebola outbreak since 2014 and seen how the world’s capacity to control the virus has improved—but the U.S. is forgetting what made that possible, he argues.
25% wil de Belgische regering besparen op ontwikkelingssamenwerking... vestigen vertegenwoordigers van verschillende Belgische ngo’s de aandacht op de menselijke kost van die besparing. ‘Achter elke budgetlijn schuilen mensen.’ @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social www.mo.be/nieuws/-ontw...
‘Ontwikkelingssamenwerking is een klein budget met grote impact’ – MO*
Bespaar niet op internationale solidariteit, zeggen Belgische ngo's. ‘Achter elke budgetlijn schuilen mensen.’
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La cuestión no es defender necesariamente un precio único mundial. Es preguntarse porqué, en el caso de los medicamentos, hemos aceptado como principio que cada país pague lo máximo que pueda soportar y que la geografía pueda determinar AÑOS de diferencia en el acceso a innovaciones a veces vitales.
In Ukraine, attacks on the medical system are impacting people's ability to seek care, and medical staff’s ability to provide it.
The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine is deliberate and calculated | MSF
MSF's latest report documents attacks on healthcare in Ukraine, indicating a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system.
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From increased strain on ERs to recent trends in alcohol use, see the data behind STAT’s series. Explore the 10 charts that explain America’s hidden alcohol epidemic. www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/a...
On July 13, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old immigrant from Colombia with US work authorization, was shot dead by an ICE officer in front of his toddler in Biddeford, Maine. Authorities should immediately carry out a comprehensive, transparent investigation into Guerrero's killing.
At over three years of this devastating conflict, here's important reading for all those in the EU and AU who truly care about human rights and the protection of civilians in wartime👇
Sudan: RSF atrocities in El Fasher ‘a stain on the conscience of humanity’ – new report
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to seize El Fasher in North Darfur state in Sudan, Amnesty International concluded in a major ...
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Besparen op de zorg om te investeren in defensie, dat is te gek voor woorden www.standaard.be/opinies/besp...
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Pourquoi les travailleurs des soins de santé doivent s’opposer à la militarisation www.lesoir.be/758750/artic...
Pourquoi les travailleurs des soins de santé doivent s’opposer à la militarisation
Alors que le gouvernement belge prévoit d’importants investissements dans la défense, plusieurs voix du secteur médical s’inquiètent des restrictions budgétaires dans les soins de santé et des risques...
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Liu Xiaobo was a writer, Nobel Peace laureate, former president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), and #FreedomToWrite Awardee. Today marks 9 years since he died while in custody of the Chinese government. Liu was serving an 11-year prison sentence for his words. pen.org/press-releas...
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas on July 7. Authorities should immediately carry out a comprehensive, transparent investigation into Salgado’s killing and whether ICE officers complied with use-of-force policies.
Latest ICE Killing Demands Independent Investigation
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas on July 7.
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A major landslide struck a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in an area with a mosque. Children were inside at the time of the incident. The situation remains dire, every day brings more rain. More rain brings more risks.
Here is the solution to the stalled WHO PABS negotiations, needed to clear the last roadblock to ratification and entering into force of the Pandemic Agreement. @jamielove.bsky.social www.keionline.org/41368
De-linking equitable sharing of Pandemic production obligations from access to PABS materials and data - Knowledge Ecology International
I’m in Geneva this week and next, and Brussels on Monday. The WIPO General Assembly meets this week. A two week WHO negotiation on an Annex to the Pandemic Agreement on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sha...
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