@rbreich and bad and all as every death is
USAID (2001-2021): Saved 92M lives, incl. 30M kids under 5 (HIV/TB/malaria/polio/nutrition). Post-2025 shutdown: 600K deaths already, 2/3 children. Infographic attached. Sources: Lancet study, Brooke Nichols models. #GlobalHealth #USAID #PublicHealth
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/
Your policial system is responsible for this.
The U.S. is…
withdrawing from the UN program to protect women and children from sexual violence during wars
slashing its contributions to peacekeeping and food aid
refusing to participate in a global review of its human rights practices https://theconversation.com/us-turns-its-back-on-global-efforts-for-women-and-children-terrorized-by-violence-and-conflict-273177
@TheConversationUS USAID (2001-2021): Saved 92M lives, incl. 30M kids under 5 (HIV/TB/malaria/polio/nutrition). Post-2025 shutdown: 600K deaths already, 2/3 children. Infographic attached. Sources: Lancet study, Brooke Nichols models. #GlobalHealth #USAID #PublicHealth
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/
US officially leaves World Health Organization
U.S. Formally Withdraws from World Health Organization
#HackerNews #USWithdrawal #WHO #Politics #HealthPolicy #GlobalHealth
“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.
Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."
https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/
#PublicHealth #HepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #research #grants #funding #bioethics #CDC #HHS #ACIP #GuineaBissau #GlobalHealth
“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.
Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."
https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/
#PublicHealth #HepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #research #grants #funding #bioethics #CDC #HHS #ACIP #GuineaBissau #GlobalHealth
A Torturous Sanitation Disaster Is Unfolding in Gaza’s Displacement Camps #Gaza #sanitation #GlobalHealth
https://truthout.org/articles/a-torturous-sanitation-disaster-is-unfolding-in-gazas-displacement-camps/
"Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya
#PublicHealth#GlobalHealth #money #finances #income#ChildrensHealth#ChildMortality #research#SDOH
"Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya
#PublicHealth#GlobalHealth #money #finances #income#ChildrensHealth#ChildMortality #research#SDOH
The amount of money that the World Health Organization is asking for an entire year in its already reduced budget, $2.1 billion, is what the world spends on its military every 8 hours, director-general Tedros says in his opening remarks at the World Health Assembly #WHA in Geneva.
#globalhealth
