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On "clinical deserts" in global health:Folks in global health often care about vaccinations, bed-nets, WASH & other public health measures. This is important, but what communities first want is medical
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History lesson:When anti-retrovirals were developed for HIV in the 90s, drug-makers had no interest in Africa ("not a lucrative market") & ART was unaffordable.Zidovudine was marketed at a price of
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Thread on racism in #tuberculosis & global health.I have been writing about power imbalance in global health.Every aspect of global health is dominated by individuals, institutions and funders in HICs.
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Powerful, insightful & thoughtful webinar today on India's healthcare crisis during #COVID__19.Thank you @SonaliVaid @inayat_s_kakar @AnooBhu @Rukmini @RemaNagarajan @malini_aisola @VidyaKrishnan!! Video: https://www.youtube.com/wat
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Thread on 'global health degrees:Ever wondered what a "Master's degree in Global Health" might cost you?In our @GlobalHealthBMJ paper, by @svadzianita @av_Nathaly & @seyeabimbola, we identified 41 degree programs &
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Thread based on my new paper in @NatureMedicine published today:Covidization of research: what are the risks?https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1015-0 Researchers, universities, funders, philanthropies, journals, and journalists hav
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In our epidemiology course for journalists, I used this as example of selection bias & uncritical journalistic reporting.Here are a few headlines in Indian media screaming that 15% of Indians
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A thread on burn-out in global health.Having been engaged in global health for nearly 2 decades, I suspect high rates of burn out was a big issue before this pandemic.Rarely
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