I worked on this story for a long time, and it was very difficult. It's about how the global development sector's embrace of "localization" can get a lot thornier when you actually try to make it happen.
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Freelance Journalist. Currently in Berlin. Kentucky native.
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Are we on the verge of closing global gaps in diagnostics? Yes we are and we should not turn back. The #WHA76 resolution on diagnostics was a first important step. Many more to take. Thanks for this great article
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Experts are hoping that attention at the recent WHA summit to making diagnostics available will translate into concrete action.
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Conservative and anti-abortion groups are making false claims about PEPFAR in an effort to undermine the global AIDS program in the midst of its reauthorization bid: devex.com/news/abortion-
New research on HIV/AIDS in transgender populations in South Africa is making clear how much more research needs to be done to hit goals of fighting the epidemic.
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Transgender women have long been ignored in HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa. A new study sheds much-needed light on the gaps in HIV services trans women experience and may point to how care can be improved. My latest:
📣 💫 Let's rally together, to ensure that the #gasindustry builds upon progress made during the #COVID19 #pandemic. These advancements must continue to secure a #sustainable supply of life-saving medical #oxygen for #LMICs 🌍
Learn more here 👉
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Uganda's health minister claims the new anti-gay law won't affect HIV programs. Yet the law requires health workers to tell the police if they have "reasonable suspicion" that someone "intends to commit the offence of homosexuality." (Five-year jail term if they fail to do so.)
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The Government of Uganda will ensure that prevention programs for HIV Epidemic control remains accessible to those that need them in a non discriminatory manner observing principles of confidentiality and equity. twitter.com/USAmbPEPFAR/st…
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LGBTQI+ persons existed before Uganda, they will continue to exist long after it.
The new anti-homosexuality law seeks to invisibilize the community, criminalizing people, promote hate. Every law rooted in hate of difference has always been resisted, & the resistance continues
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In Uganda, the president has signed a violent anti-LGBTQ bill into law:
At #WHA76, Russia accuses the WHO of politicizing health by removing NCD office from Moscow. Pushback from Denmark, who calls hosting a WHO office a privilege that Russia no longer deserves.
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WHO DG Tedros says, in response to member state concerns, that IMB and IHR will operate as "two wings of the same bird." #WHA76
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed stunning inequalities in access to medical oxygen. Some gains were made, but there is renewed pressure on industry to take additional steps to make sure all patients who need medical oxygen can get it: devex.com/news/will-the- My latest for
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Injectable HIV-prevention drug to be made in South Africa for the first time
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Pfizer received $27.5 million from the Gates Foundation to make its RSV vaccine available to low- and middle-income countries. But even with this money (and its own wealth), Pfizer says it could take years to reach poorer countries:
Uganda parliament passes mostly unchanged version of anti-LGBTQ bill reuters.com/world/africa/u
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I apply for visa, you take my passport hostage, you flee the country without giving me visa or returning my passport, when I ask you tell me to just apply for a new passport IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR 😤
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Replying to @wasilalitaha and @irmavandueren
Dear Wasila, we deeply regret the current situation you're in. We were forced to close the embassy and evacuate our staff. Unfortunately, this means we can't get to your passport. We advise to apply for a new passport with your local authorities.
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Surprised (& delighted) by strong language on transparency in the reform of the EU pharma legislation.
"Companies will be required to publish info on all direct financial support received from any public authority or publicly funded body to support R&D".
health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2
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Regulating India’s generic drugs is a life or death problem for the global south: devex.com/news/regulatin My latest for
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Russia appears to be offering access to HIV treatment, something that should be freely available, to prisoners if they are willing to fight in Ukraine:
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🚨Wherever you are, on Ap 25 join the Emergency Global Day of Action:
☑️ call on Museveni to #SayNoToAHB23, Uganda's anti-LGBTQ+ bill
☑️ fight back against global attacks funded by U.S. Christian fundamentalists
☑️ if you're in Washington, NYC or London, join us 🇺🇬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Uganda has a child rape crisis that it refuses to address: bbc.com/news/world-afr Instead, the country's lawmakers are more interested in criminalizing the LGBTQ community and its allies.
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This is why public trust in the Supreme Court is cratering: Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From GOP Donor — ProPublica
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Passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill will set Uganda back in the fight against #HIV and #AIDS
To end #AIDS ALL who need prevention, testing or treatment services shd get them. Discrimination & stigma drive people away. #RejectTheAntiGayBill
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.@PEPFAR's annual HIV/AIDS response investment in Uganda is $400M. Passage of the Anti-homosexuality Act jeopardizes efforts to end HIV/AIDS, achieve health equity & risks the lives of LGBTQI+ individuals & other key populations that need lifesaving treatment/prevention services.
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So, I finally got my hands on the monstrosity that is the recently passes Anti-Homosexuality Act the Parliament of Uganda (PoU)
With a non-legal background, but just common sense, here is my take on the most ridiculous provisions 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Read this statement by #Uganda's new coalition, Convening for Equality, co-convened by , , across civil society & leading the fight against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023. Uganda's unconstitutional, dangerous bill must be stopped 🇺🇬⚖️🏳️🌈
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Uganda's Parliament passes the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The law now has to wait on the President's signature for it to become an Act.
The bill in its state seeks to criminalise sexuality in Uganda. The bill also criminalizes both donors who fund any LGBTQ+ work and activists.
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The Uganda anti homosexuality bill 2023, has been passed as an act of parliament.
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Already fragile health supply chains are adversely affected by climate change. Learn what we can do to help prevent catastrophic outcomes. Thank you, and Edward Wilson, for highlighting this complex issue. #planethealth 🌍
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COVID-19 showed how difficult it is to deliver essential medicines in a crisis. Mounting climate emergencies will make it more difficult to ensure patients have access to life-saving drugs. For , I looked at how to prevent people from being cut off:
What can supply chain professionals, manufacturers, donors, and governments do to help minimize climate-related supply chain disruptions?
PFSCM Director Edward Wilson shares his expert opinion with 👇
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#planethealth
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“This is the single best chance we’ve had in 42 years to get prevention right. … We have so many more options than ever before,” says Mitchell Warren of .
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It’s vital gov’s and researchers take the lessons from the slow rollout of oral PrEP. We can’t afford to make the same mistakes with CAB-LA or the Dapivirine Ring: devex.com/news/revolutio
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From our ED, “This is the first time when we have multiple biomedical options. But we have to design that so that people have authentic choice among products.”
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A "revolutionary" new #HIV prevention tool could be critical in reducing the rate of new infections, but only if people gain access to it: devex.com/news/revolutio #CROI2023
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BREAKING: Excessive pricing of insulin is still excessive (still a ~500% markup)
A move in the right direction for Lilly but there's a long way to go in making decades of wrongs right - eg fair prices for *all* insulins and honestly at this point reparations shd be on the table.
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Breaking News: Eli Lilly said it would cut the price of insulin, capping the monthly out-of-pocket cost of the lifesaving drug at $35.
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A "revolutionary" new #HIV prevention tool could be critical in reducing the rate of new infections, but only if people gain access to it: devex.com/news/revolutio #CROI2023
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