Unni Karunakara
@unnicycles.bsky.social
humanity — humanism — humanitarianism ex-Director @unu-iigh.bsky.social ex-President @msf.bsky.social
@unuinweh.bsky.social has signed a "strategic partnership" with Nestlé. @ununiversity.bsky.social Due Diligence Policy should have prevented this. The irony: @unu-iigh.bsky.social has spent years warning against this kind of corporate capture of global health.
Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 3mo ago
When UN Partners With the Harm It Is Meant to Prevent healthpolicy-watch.news/when-the-un-... @unnicycles.bsky.social Credibility of UN system depends on clear separation of its public mandate from commercial interests its work often contests. Once blurred, it becomes very difficult to draw again.
When The UN Partners With The Harm It Is Meant To Prevent - Health Policy Watch
The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) announced a "strategic partnership" with Nestlé to establish the World
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… also Humanitarian actors also need to be clear-eyed about the power they wield — over resources, over priorities, over the shape of care itself. Strengthening health systems does not only require funding and technical support. It requires the ceding of power. The ceding of space.
stephisays.bsky.social@stephisays.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat would a global health architecture look like if it was based on „the needs of people in distress rather than the institutions we have inherited?“ asks @unnicycles.bsky.social on the second day of #HCBerlin
🚨I was among the 60 that demanded the World Bank Board investigate IFC funded hospitals which are implicated in denying emergency care, detaining patients, and exploiting staff. This is the opposite of "development." #PeopleOverProfits #UHC #DoNoHarm - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rights Groups Call for Probe of World Bank Hospital Funding
More than 50 human rights organizations, nonprofits and international development experts are calling on the World Bank to investigate its health-care investments in Africa and Asia, citing Bloomberg ...
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In a new WHO publication, UNU-IIGH's Remco van de Pas (@rvandepas.bsky.social) contributed to the chapter “𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁,” which examines how profit-driven policies often exclude large segments of the population from economic participation. go.unu.edu/Q0rW9
Following the publication of their editorial in the Bulletin of the @who.int, H.E. José Ramos-Horta, Dr. @unnicycles.bsky.social, and Dr. @rvandepas.bsky.social share insightful reflections on urgent actions for a more just and sustainable future in Timor-Leste. 📄 Read here: go.unu.edu/R2vKj
New article by Timor-Leste President H.E. José Ramos-Horta, @unnicycles.bsky.social and @rvandepas.bsky.social highlights five strategic priorities to address #climate and #health challenges in Timor-Leste. Learn more below 🔽
UNU Global Health@unuglobalhealth.bsky.social · last yr.In the Bulletin of the WHO, H.E. José Ramos-Horta, @unnicycles.bsky.social & @rvandepas.bsky.social call for urgent, integrated action in Timor Leste to strengthen climate-resilient health systems, ensure food and health security, and support a just transition to renewable energy.
Article is accessible via the May'25 Bulletin of the WHO: doi.org/10.2471/BLT.... @timorleste.bsky.social @unu-iigh.bsky.social @unnicycles.bsky.social @ununiversity.bsky.social @who.int @aseantoday.bsky.social T-L can set an example for other small island developing states facing similar threats
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UNU Global Health@unuglobalhealth.bsky.social · last yr.In the Bulletin of the WHO, H.E. José Ramos-Horta, @unnicycles.bsky.social & @rvandepas.bsky.social call for urgent, integrated action in Timor Leste to strengthen climate-resilient health systems, ensure food and health security, and support a just transition to renewable energy.
In the Bulletin of the WHO, H.E. José Ramos-Horta, @unnicycles.bsky.social & @rvandepas.bsky.social call for urgent, integrated action in Timor Leste to strengthen climate-resilient health systems, ensure food and health security, and support a just transition to renewable energy.
A critical discussion, at a time when global health funding and governance is unraveling. #globalhealth
UNU Global Health@unuglobalhealth.bsky.social · last yr.Join us for a timely symposium hosted by UNU-IIGH & Third World Network as we unpack the growing influence of Powerful Private Actors in global health governance and explore how we strengthen public accountability. 🌍 🗓 22 April 2025 ⏰ 9 AM MYT ✉️ Receive the livestream link: go.unu.edu/1jqJ1
Heed this call to implement the 2020 recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour to formalise community health workers. #CHW #ASHA #careextractivism indianexpress.com/article/opin...
ASHA workers are still not ‘workers’. This is the problem
At a time when political parties are competing to recognise women’s contribution to housework, recognising scheme workers as workers with the right to fair wages, proper working conditions and social ...
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Unni Karunakara@unnicycles.bsky.social · last yr.The critical work done by community health workers must be recognised and valued. India's well-being depends on this. #CHW #ASHA #careextractivism www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/who-c...
The critical work done by community health workers must be recognised and valued. India's well-being depends on this. #CHW #ASHA #careextractivism www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/who-c...
Who cares for the carers? Calling out the exploitation of ASHAs
The Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) of Kerala have been striking in front of the state Secretariat since February 9, demanding better wages and benefi
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In this new piece published in @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social, David McCoy, Johanna Riha, Claudia Lopes, @rvandepas.bsky.social, & @unnicycles.bsky.social call for five actions in response to the budget cuts being experienced by WHO and other global health institutions & programmes. go.unu.edu/N6aQq
This week, Trump has gone after a "specific law firm, a specific university, a specific union, a specific hospital, and certain nonprofit employees were targeted for unfavorable treatment simply because Trump doesn’t like them and what they stand for." www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...
Trump lashes out, acting as an authoritarian in attacks on perceived opponents
The Trump administration is testing out whether Trump can get away with taking a clearly more authoritarian path forward. We must respond accordingly.
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Reaffirm moral and political foundations of ‘health for all’, and the core normative mandate of @who.int as we weather the storm.
Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · last yr.Global Health is At a Crossroads: Let’s be Bold and Aspirational healthpolicy-watch.news/global-healt... @unu-iigh.bsky.social @unnicycles.bsky.social @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social These are challenging times for those working in global health. How then should we respond?
Global Health Is At A Crossroads: Let’s Be Bold And Aspirational - Health Policy Watch
When America catches a cold, the world sneezes. Thus, the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the gutting of USAID, PEPFAR and
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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities academic.oup.com/brain/articl... We can use our training and skills to direct our critical thinking inwards and consider how we can push back on the calamitous corporatization of our universities.
On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
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In a recent op-ed published in The Star, Dr. unnicycles.bsky.social explores Malaysia's role in addressing systemic inequities in global health governance and presents a bold vision for Malaysia to champion health equity and justice globally. 👉 : go.unu.edu/hiUxz #UNU #GlobalHealth
Let's breathe a sigh of relief. But let's also take a deep breath and get to work on the monumental task of rebuilding #Gaza. The staggering number of war-wounded. The mental trauma. The loss of family & homes. The living conditions. The repeated displacement. Let's not look away now. @msf.ca
Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure, the suffocating siege, and the systema...
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Perhsps we need another grassroots science literacy movement, not unlike the one #KeralaSasthraSahithyaParishad undertook in the 70s. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Science has a trust problem. How to solve it? Don’t be condescending
As science misinformation takes hold in the White House, those seeking to set the record straight need to meet people where they are
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MSF’s humanitarian practice is not charity but a commitment to justice. “There can be no legitimate humanitarian solidarity without resistance to unjust and violent power structures." My comment in the @thelancet.bsky.social with @james--smith.bsky.social #MSF #AccessCampaign
The sky just got bluer, and smarter. ✨ UNU-IIGH has landed on BlueSky! 🚀 As the UN’s go-to think tank on Global Health, we’re diving deep into: 🌍 Gender Equality & Intersectionality 💡 Power & Accountability 🖥️ Digital Health Security & Governance 🌱 Climate Justice & Health #UNU #GlobalHealth
UNU-IIGH is here! As UN’s think tank on #GlobalHealth, we advance equitable, effective policies & practices in multilateral governance & accountability, health systems & workforce, digital futures & security, and climate health & just transitions. Connect. Converse. Change. @unu-iigh.bsky.social
An honest look back – an eminently sensible suggestion from these fine health professionals @kmpanthagani.bsky.social and @kkjetelina.bsky.social 🫡@gregggonsalves.bsky.social for bringing this to our attention.
HHS picks, the House subcommittee report, and pandemic revisionism
Questions are important and needed, but we must not resort to rewriting history.
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