Last night @who.int office in Kyiv was hit by debris from one of many strikes in the city, damaging windows on the 3rd floor. No one got injured. Multiple deaths and injuries have been reported so far from the attacks on civilian infrastructure over night. Attacks on health and civilians MUST STOP
Ben Verboom
@verboom.bsky.social
Lecturer in Global Public Health, Queen Mary University of London
The #WHO's mandate on nuclear weapons is a win for #publichealth, but the #UK voted against it. At #WHA79 the UK should officially support the mandate and engage constructively. www.bmj.com/content/393/... @ippnw.bsky.social @whowpro.bsky.social @bmj.com @medact.bsky.social @nuclearban.bsky.social
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Global Impact of Attacks on Healthcare in Conflict Zones Join Dr Swee Chai Ang of @medicalaidpal.bsky.social, Dr James Smith, & Dr Neve Gordon @gordonneve.bsky.social for this crucial discussion July 9, 6-8pm, Milton Lecture Theatre, London. You can also join online Register: tinyurl.com/vacans5t
Global impact of attacks on healthcare in conflict zones
Attacks on healthcare in conflict zones are on the rise. Join to hear first hand accounts of working as a doctor in humanitarian settings.
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The only thing I can say about Keir Starmer is thank God he wasn't PM back in May 1940. He will go along dutifully with whatever Trump claims. Canadians would be fools to think this punter would have our back in a showdown with Trump. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer backs Trump’s Iran bombing saying Tehran cannot develop a nuclear weapon
Prime minister backs US president as he bombs Iranian nuclear sites and says key facilities ‘completely and totally obliterated’
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Palestine was a dominant topic at the World Health Assembly this year. Countries debated how to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and agreed to include Palestine to the International Health Regulations regime. My reporting, with @pritipatnaik.bsky.social, for the Geneva Health Files.
Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...
Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...
Palestine was a dominant topic at the World Health Assembly this year. Countries debated how to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and agreed to include Palestine to the International Health Regulations regime. My reporting, with @pritipatnaik.bsky.social, for the Geneva Health Files.
Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth] genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/-countries...
Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe Our call to @who.int and the international community #WHA78 -End industrial factory farming –Shift to #agroecology –Defund factory farms –Invest in #PublicPharma Our future depends on it. @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @verboom.bsky.social
The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world. My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly. #WHA78
A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event. The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the @who.int World Health Assembly with our friends at @psiglobalunion.bsky.social. #WHA78 @verboom.bsky.social
The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world. My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Delivered on behalf of the People's Health Movement @who-watch.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social at the 78th World Health Assembly. #WHA78
@babaaye.bsky.social, Public Services International: “Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries” 💪 #WHA78
The youth delegate of @nlmissiongeneva.bsky.social: "1 in 3 healthcare workers feels daily exhaustion, 1 in 4 experiences burnout, and 1 in 5 faces abuse...Over 2500 attacks on healthcare have been recorded with over 1000 healthcare workers killed alone in Gaza. This cannot be the norm." #WHA78
Day 6 of the 78th session of the World Health Assembly has just started. Follow the #WHA78 discussions on our website bit.ly/78thWorldHea...
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly
The 78th World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 19–27 May 2025. The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member ...
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Reports from Gaza confirm that people are now literally dying of starvation. Western leaders have issued words of condemnation, but words are not enough. They have the power to stop this genocide now.
.@thirugeneva.bsky.social of Knowledge Ecology International dropping truth bombs at #WHA78: "The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development." @who.int @jamielove.bsky.social
Committee A now discussing Notifying the International Health Regulations (2005) to Palestine #WHA78 @who.int @emmafarge.bsky.social
Our #WHOWatch team hard at work in Geneva casting a critical eye on the #WorldHealthAssembly and bringing a radical, grassroots critique to global health governance. #WHA78 #HealthForAll
We love opera as much as the next person. But amidst multiple intersecting global health crises, and with civil society delegations being limited to 60-second interventions in these crucial meetings, we wonder if this is the best use of time at the World Health Assembly. #WHA78 #HealthForAll
At the World Health Assembly, Dr Tedros of @who.int made an impassioned plea for the people of Gaza. "2 million people are starving [...] the risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade" #WHA78 @drtedros.who.int
At the World Health Assembly, Dr Tedros of @who.int made an impassioned plea for the people of Gaza. "2 million people are starving [...] the risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade" #WHA78 @drtedros.who.int