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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

5 years

I made a philosophical argument for every human being's moral right to health. it provides philos basis for legal human right to health. Now seems like the time to get over my self-doubt. I will fight for this in post-pandemic world. #covid19 #covidethics #globalhealth

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

This is what racism looks like. h/t @gaby_arguedas

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@sridhartweet

3 years

It's not- ' first identified in South Africa ' It is- 'first identified by South Africans' 1st is pointing to a place, 2nd is pointing to the intellectual labor / discovery that was done. let's help people see the difference. .

Scientists sharing Omicron data were heroic. Let’s ensure they don’t regret it | Jeffrey Barrett

The teams in Africa who detected the new Covid genome moved quickly. Their actions should not result in economic loss• Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverage

www.theguardian.com

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

2 years

I'm slightly confused / alarmed at the make up of the faculty of Philosophy Dept at Ashoka Univ. - In India. Can someone explain please? .

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@sridhartweet

2 years

@GWR I think the headlines support his thesis. Looking forward to next level comms strategies. .

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@sridhartweet

1 year

health justice/equity rhetoric is everywhere. which is great/not great. Think of 'human rights' since 90s peak Got chance to write brief history of HE w my mentor @MichaelMarmot 🙏 As you know, writing history is superpower contact me if no access

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

Letter from Prince Harry to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Ms Winnie Byanyima on World AIDS Day ‘It is striking to now see the world’s leading AIDS activists are also leading the call for COVID-19 vaccine equity.’ Cuz we know what govts n corps do .

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@sridhartweet

1 year

Everyone in global health should read this. Pass it on. It is clear, bold, and action guiding. Philosopher at work. Many thanks @HimaniBhakuni_ 🙏🏽

BMJ Global Health

@GlobalHealthBMJ

1 year

"Each person has a moral right not to be treated as inferior. This moral right has found different forms of protection under dignity-based mechanisms. But these mechanisms do not extend.. to epistemic wrongs, harms and injustices." 📣 New Commentary ➡️

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH IN AFRICA DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMME – 2022-2027 25 PhD Fellowships for UK students 25 PhD Fellowships for Africans based in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ethiopia, The Gambia and Uganda Deadline 31st January 2022 please share. more info.

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@sridhartweet

5 months

You know that Shafik ran LSE before she went to Columbia. It's a little extra here because of that.

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@ayca_cu

5 months

BREAKİNG LSE students OCCUPY Marshall Building in solidarity with Palestine and set up an encampment

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@sridhartweet

4 years

Probably one of press conferences I’ve learned the most. No rhetoric. Clear information. These are three of the most important scientists in the world right now. But ya, go ahead, keep paying attention to Fauci.

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@sridhartweet

2 years

@nessmines @GWR

Guinness World Records

@GWR

2 years

Congratulations to Prince Harry whose memoir 'Spare' has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

Learned word today that clarifies so many things: careerism While doing HIV work in 90s I saw many people who cared 1st about themselves, then their employer, then people they are ‘helping’ They were careerists. This applies to much global health today, especially academia 🤔

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

5 months

global health folks - Miami Inst for Soc Sci has curated essays on decolonizing global health with lead article by David McCoy webinar soon. read our essays An Anti-Colonial Agenda for the Decolonisation of Global Health @miami_institute

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@sridhartweet

5 years

Non Whites are 14% of UK population but 34% of critically ill #covid19 patients. No, it is not because of a biological risk factor. #covid19 #covidethics

Coronavirus: Ethnic minorities 'are a third' of patients

There is "emerging evidence" ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by coronavirus.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

4 years

Don't know who created this. but it's super. and there are other circles as well. if you know the creator let me know. #covidethics #covid19

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@sridhartweet

5 years

I 💙 @BDUTT independent media is more important now than ever before ...in world history. Yes I’ll put that out there. #covid19 #coviderhics

barkha dutt

@BDUTT

5 years

You could sit in the studio & give gyan. Or you could go out & give voice to people. You could spread toxic hate. Or you could make sure #Corona deaths are not faceless. At #Mojo we choose to be the opposite of TV news. Watch & please share widely.

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@sridhartweet

2 years

WHO - Launch of the Health Inequality Data Repository 20 April 2023 13:00 – 14:15 CET The Health Inequality Data Repository is largest global collection of disaggregated data about health and determinants of health – with nearly 11 million data points .

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@sridhartweet

5 months

meanwhile some minor good news worth me going out for a donut n coffee. "I am pleased to tell you that your manuscript entitled, "Epidemiology for health justice" (AJE-00192-2024) has been accepted for publication in the American Journal of Epidemiology." 🙏✊

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@sridhartweet

10 months

GLOBAL HEALTH TIMELINE 2024

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

5 years

amusing to see senior academics giving advice on #isolation . create work space, exercise, food deliveries...I ask you to think about millions who will starve or endure abuse...if you don't understand this now, you will never understand global justice.

India's poorest 'fear hunger may kill us before coronavirus'

Millions of Indians who rely on daily wages from jobs like cleaning risk running out of money.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

4 years

Mark your calendars. 23 Sept 9AM UK time. I will be 'in conversation' with amazing @seyeabimbola to about how the knowledge infrastructure of global health has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. (aka power inequality knowledge) @GHS_Network @GlobalHealthBMJ @KingsGHI

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@sridhartweet

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LONDON PROTEST ADVICE - SHARE!! The London COVID-19 Scientific and Technical Advisory Cell (STAC) has provide health protection advice for people participating in protests @globalhlthtwit @GrahamScambler @martinmckee @MichaelMarmot @Sir_David_King

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

2 years

sometimes when I feel a bit unfocused, I go back to the classics. like this one. Should the epidemiologist be a social scientist or a molecular biologist? Mervyn Susser 1999 .

Should the epidemiologist be a social scientist or a molecular biologist?

M Susser; Should the epidemiologist be a social scientist or a molecular biologist?, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 28, Issue 5, 1 October 1

academic.oup.com

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

1 year

at some point, all of you in global health should watch this session on racism in global health. how racism affected response to AIDS, Ebola, NCDs, etc. Use it for teaching thank you. 🙏 @khosla_rajat @rasanathan @HHS_ASGA @udnore @AwaMCollSeck

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@sridhartweet

3 years

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Daughter Courage much respect @BDUTT 🙏🙏 .

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

5 years

As UK finally goes on #lockdown for 3 wks here is what I see out my window. A big #NHS love sign. This is what binds UK together. It is the ultimate social safety net when you are near death. I bow to all HCWs everywhere. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

4 years

Important and difficult topic. healthcare workers not showing up to work when they are needed the most.

barkha dutt

@BDUTT

4 years

In Mumbai's Private Hospitals there are 20000 beds, in Govt Hospitals 5000. For 25000 Active cases, roughly 5000 beds needed. So why Is Mumbai running short? One reason is Staff not showing up. My ground report: The Story of Sonu & Narmada. Two Women Outside a Covid Hospital

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@sridhartweet

2 years

I'm proud of this one. I've concluded most global health people don't talk about justice cuz they actually don't know what it means or how to apply it to their work. Pandemic treaty is imp opp for justice. @khosla_rajat n I wrote to make some noise. .

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

My strong advocacy for addressing socio-structural determinants of disease in no way limits my enthusiasm for medical interventions. most women dying of painful cervical cancer are in LMICs. this 90% effective vaccine is not available there. .

HPV vaccine cutting cervical cancer by nearly 90%

Researchers say regular cervical screening may not be necessary because of the success of the vaccine.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health manuscript submitted! out later this year🤞 incredible n generous co-editor @AlexBroadbent spectacular sherpa Alison Lockhart and 26 chapters by luminous scholars from diverse fields. I have no shame in pushing this out ✊

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@sridhartweet

2 years

ICYMI - i'm not a usual Nature journal reader. This was sent to me recently, and he and the article is pretty amazing. from Oct 22. Thank you @seis_matters 🙏✊ .

The geoscientist fighting for universities to confront systemic racism

Nature - Christopher Jackson felt obligated to speak out against racism in UK institutions, but a lack of support left him disillusioned with academia.

www.nature.com

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@sridhartweet

3 years

The Lancet Global Health invited readers, particularly those who are not regular contributors to share their expertise and experiences on the theme: What is wrong with global health? 18 articles so far. and a vid. link below . @LancetGH

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@sridhartweet

2 years

I'm struggling w how to say this presenting HIV as gay men's disease cost millions of lives outside rich countries. it created rift among HIV advocates. let's take a GLOBAL and HISTORICAL view of epidemiology of monkeypox from start. "we" is the world .

Kai Kupferschmidt

@kakape

2 years

We are two months into an outbreak of monkeypox across the world and I find it incredibly frustrating that we seem to be stuck on debating whether this virus is really overwhelmingly affecting MSM (and whether it is homophobic to point that out) or whether to call this an STD.

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@sridhartweet

3 years

At this point in world history, I just cannot fathom public health or global health training not including equity/justice as core component. And yet I’m hearing great resistance to changing curriculum. Have you seen any model integration?

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@sridhartweet

4 years

After months exiled from univ. office, allowed 1 hour entry today. got laptop updates and this delivery. So proud of this project and also so worried. things have gone quiet. we need people to engage. not just watch or go local. pdf version is free.

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@sridhartweet

1 year

The Political Determinants of Health Collective Decolonizing Global Health: Human Rights The first event of the new series was held on April 24, 2023 and focused on human rights .

Decolonizing Global Health: Human Rights

What must be overturned to decolonize human rights? This was the topic of a conversation between Collective members in April.

www.sum.uio.no

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@sridhartweet

5 years

Please stop saying #socialDistancing say #physicalDistancing we need to increase social connections while reducing physical exposures. we get through epidemics through social collective action. #covid19 #covidethics #globalhealth

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@sridhartweet

5 months

legalising cannabis in New York was meant to also do reparative justice for all the black folk who suffered under the criminal system. guess what’s happening to the new biz area which was supposed to prioritise black entrants?

Olayemi Olurin

@msolurin

5 months

🚨Please stop what you’re doing and listen to the Director of the Drug Policy Alliance explain what’s going on with the cannabis industry in New York State! The people who were most affected by the criminalization of cannabis are being shut out of the industry!

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@sridhartweet

4 years

The @WHO Health Ethics Unit / PHEPREN have put out novel call for bids / proposals for ethics work. up to $25k 3-4 months work on any of the ethics dimensions of COVID-19 or public health emergencies chance for LMIC researchers to raise their issues .

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@sridhartweet

1 year

wonderful news this morning that book will be out in Oct '23. Really happy to see this academic conversation move beyond "what should we rich people do for those poor people over there" Amaze effort by editors @HimaniBhakuni_ @Miottoluc ✊

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@sridhartweet

6 years

This is so awesome. @wellcometrust shows up at #WHA71 for the first time. Announces it will fund 150 intern positions at @WHO . And the support is for interns from #LMICs . Double goodness. A bit of optimism today. #globalhealth #whointerns

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. @wellcometrust makes first intervention as a #NSA with official relations with the @WHO at #WHA71 committing to fund 150 intern positions from #LMICs | @dcorreiamartins

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@sridhartweet

3 years

Why Omicron and Delta Could Be a ‘Twin Epidemic’ interview w @PeterHotez . via @intelligencer

Why Omicron and Delta Could Be a ‘Twin Epidemic’

Dr. Peter Hotez sorts through the uncertainty about the new variant and how it may affect people differently than its cousin.

nymag.com

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@sridhartweet

5 years

👇👇the man who drove me to become health justice philosopher. it's a high bar. read what he says about famines democracy and pandemics. upshot-justice isn't going to happen if those in power do no listen to people #COVIDETHICS #covid19 @sanjaygreddy

Amartya Sen writes: Overcoming a pandemic may look like fighting a war, but the real need is far...

Amartya Sen writes: Tackling a social calamity is not like fighting a war which works best when a leader can use top-down power to order everyone to do what the leader wants — with no need for...

indianexpress.com

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@sridhartweet

1 year

15+ years ago, two people had foresight to start new academic journal called Public Health Ethics. They also helped birth a new field and careers. this piece on journal's future agenda is 🔥🔥 🙏 @MarcelFVerweij @PublicEthics Lynette Reid ✊ .

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@sridhartweet

3 years

A new variant likely …

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

@PeterHotez

3 years

Many thanks ⁦ @AlexWitt ⁩ for hosting me. Regarding omicron-specific booster it’s not clear that will ever find use. While it’s good to have as backup and we’re doing the same for our recombinant Covid vaccine, a more likely scenario is a new VOC emerging later spring summer

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@sridhartweet

3 years

Do you know what epistemic justice means? You should. Who has a voice, who gets heard, who is believed, how much weight is given to their views, etc. Read on. 👇🏽👇🏽 .

Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá

@seyeabimbola

3 years

Please read our (written with @HimaniBhakuni_ ) new article in @LancetGH "Epistemic injustice in academic global health" /when @LancetGH asked "What is wrong with academic global health?", we answered: credibility deficit + interpretive marginalisation/ .

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@sridhartweet

6 months

cry out for the men too. Don’t keep saying women n children. .

WearThePeace

@WearThePeaceCo

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Journalist, Ismail Dahdouh, was walking and by chance found a man with two kids and felt the need to ask him if he was okay, at that moment is when the man broke. We need a ceasefire now.

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@sridhartweet

4 years

You knew this was coming right? White Supremacy in Global Health well done @ThinkGlobalHlth for making the space. Hope it will be continuing discussion @paimadhu @womeninGH @GHS @seyeabimbola @IHPblog @GlobalHlth5050 @KingsGHI .

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@sridhartweet

5 years

Dear @WHO . I think you are doing great job. but we have problem. you are giving guidance addressed to national elites and middle classes. who is going tailor guidance to world's most disadvantaged on how to deal with this threat and lockdown policies? #covidethics

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4 years

worth reading. nice job @Hardeep_Matharu @BylineTimes “Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid… Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: what is the cost of lies?”

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@sridhartweet

3 years

There is currently a WHO seminar on ethics. It's surprisingly good so far 🧵 1/n -ethics was not really a part -ethics should be a part -WHO makes generic global advice -both policy makers n ethicists needs to do better -Fauci - ethicists at top level need to speak w power

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@sridhartweet

6 months

i can’t tell you how happy it makes me that South Asian students have been showing support. i’m sure i wouldve cried if i was there while there were teaching the crowd to chant “Azadi” go team! ✊🏾🙏🏽

Shayoni Mitra

@ShayoniMitra

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Today's time line cleanse - raas from the encampment. Dandiyas for solidarity!

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Nonsense in global health | The BMJ This is so clever. Comedy is an excellent way to resist. @felixundstein ⁦ @KStoreng ⁩ ⁦ @AdeBengyP ⁩ 🙏🏽✊🏾

Global health nonsense

Global health discourse that either underinforms or misinforms its audience is “global health nonsense.” Such nonsense is widespread, and jeopardises improvement in global health governance, argue...

www.bmj.com

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@sridhartweet

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Post cards from interviews day at @wellcometrust Once again, I implore all you crazy thinkers and risk takers and advocates of health equity and justice…..apply for funding. Millions of pounds looking to be used to make the health of people better. .

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@nessmines @GWR 👍🏾

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Social class is the biggest barrier to career progression. (Within KPMG) Worth reading. .

Social class is the biggest barrier to career progression, KPMG research finds

Pioneering study analysing 16,500 people’s careers reveals class background has the biggest effect on their rates of progression

kpmg.com

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@sridhartweet

1 year

We have not been talking enough about entire editorial board (45!) of Critical Public Health resigning...and then starting new journal. we should pay much more attention to what is happening with academic publishing. essay .

Critical Public Health Editorial Board resignation – FAQs

What will happen to my paper currently under review? The Editors will offer to continue to process all papers in the system while Taylor & Francis appoint a new editorial team. If you want your…

cphn.net

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We do not deserve to be called “global health” | by Daniel Krugman et al. May, 2024 .

We do not deserve to be called “global health”

Daniel W. Krugman, Marina Schor, Gabriela Cipriano, Beauty Dhlamini, Ghiwa Nasser Eddine, Zoha Salam, James Smith

medium.com

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@sridhartweet

5 years

pls read this article and find a single woman ethicist interviewed? or minority ethicist or specialist in aging ethics? Ill wait. journos writing re #covid19ethics right now need to do much much better @nytimes @afrakt

Who Should Be Saved First? Experts Offer Ethical Guidance (Published 2020)

Well before rationing caused by coronavirus, protocols were established about “who lives and who dies.”

www.nytimes.com

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4 years

Like I said, the @WHO is full of Americans. From bottom to top. And two layers around The reason why many Americans do not really know the WHO is because it has been thought of something for poor countries--till now It's all gonna change #covidethics

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It's in the factory production line!! coming out September! woohoo! 🤞🤞🤞 @AlexBroadbent

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@sridhartweet

4 years

bioethics is different from public health ethics which is different from global health ethics. this pandemic is forcing us to learn / teach the difference. science isn't the only needed solution here. come join if you can. UK 12pm 1 July 2020. . .

Global Health Security Network

@GHS_Network

4 years

Dont forget to register for the @GHS_Network next webinar with @sridhartweet on Global Health Ethics. 1 July 2020 9pm AEST / 12pm BST Register through our website or via link below: #research #globalhealthethics #pandemics #GHSN

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2 years

Sooo my trip to Delhi took a scary turn. Ended up in hospital expecting it might be my end time. I’m fine now and in a happy place. Apologies to all who felt I was ignoring your emails re overdue work It’s going to be ok. The world will keep turning. Breathe. 🙏🏽

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Happy Easter!

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4 years

India is one of the largest manufacturers of vaccines. Welcome to 2021. It’s gonna be like this only .

AP Interview: India bars virus vaccine maker from exporting

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, the head of Serum Institute of India, which has been contracted to make 1...

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this was dismissed when scholars from South would say it. Listen now. the global architecture / system/ order is unjust and is bad for most people on this planet. imagine better. it starts with ideas.

Thomas Piketty

@PikettyWIL

6 months

Bottom line: rich countries pretend to be in favour of fair & open markets, devlopment for all etc. but in practice the way financial markets are organized & regulated leads to an enormous income transfer from global South to global North, year after year & growing over time

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Pls read. It’s just a book review but took 1.4 years to get out. ⁦ @SojiAdeyi ⁩ has written a book that everyone in #globalhealth n development finance should read. Unlike others, he has no PR campaign 🙏🏽 @TheLancet for lifeline

A radical proposal for development assistance for health

Olusoji Adeyi starts his book on global health with an epigraph quoting Nestor, a character in Homer's Odyssey. In the ancient Greek epic poem, Nestor has returned home from fighting in the Trojan...

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

this is for my Indian colleagues and friends. Please look at and apply these COVID drug and disease management guidelines. if there was a miracle drug we would be evaluating it. right now. focus on the evidence. talk to your peers. @doctorsoumya

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6 months

this woman is amazing. if you don’t know her, you should. the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Health since 2020 she has been out in front without fear. she gets Gaza is about health/global health n justice ✊🏾🙏🏽

Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng

@drtlaleng

6 months

With faith like a mustard seed….. LET IT CEASE. LET IT CEASE. LET IT CEASE. 🌹

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5 months

open access article. Some really clever and nice people. in an ideal world, what we say would inform the negotiations. do you know the principle of subsidiarity?

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@sridhartweet

1 year

call for papers - due by 31 Jan 24 UK - The First Black and Brown in Bioethics conference 2024 “Engaging Diversity in Bioethics Theory and Practice” please share widely. . @IMEPostgrad @Nuffbioethics @Ethox_Centre @IABioethics

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@sridhartweet

4 years

All the global health people have gone quiet. Has the anti-racism stuff shocked you ? are you on holiday? where are you? #covid19 is now spreading faster and greater in LMICs!

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

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2 years

all of you in working in global health, you must read this. this is a huge red flag, and an indication of what is to come. .

WHA Approves New Strategy After Sexual Health Debate - Health Policy Watch

On its final day of a session dominated by discussions of sexual health and the war in Ukraine, the World Health Assembly (WHA) voted 61-2 to adopt a new

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

5 months

there is now an encampment in front of my city hall bldg. this is not a university. they have demands re financial relations with Israel. these ‘kids’ are doing research and following the money. .

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

4 years

42 chapters, 650 pages, 70 academics, 5 editors WHY? because we all want governments and societies to focus on vulnerability and equity in response and recovery plans. Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 Open access #covidethics

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@sridhartweet

3 years

This is a monumental loss. In so many ways. This man led the way in showing the world’s poorest have a right to the best available healthcare in the world. He showed how causes of disease can be traced across borders and time. He took on smug economists n racists. 🙏🏽✊🏾

Partners In Health

@PIH

3 years

Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children. 1/🧵

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rare and big deal job - Canada ( Vancouver) Assoc Professor, w tenure in Global Health Ethics. normative philosophy The successful candidate will hold the Mary and Maurice Young Professorship in Applied Ethics apply by 31 Oct. Please circulate. .

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6 months

i’m slowly regaining some respect for the American professoriate. the tenure process brutalises people, n mostly the careerist survive. but this is something to behold. 🙏🏽✊🏾

PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸

@OnlinePalEng

6 months

Professors from GWU, AU, and Georgetown have joined the Gaza encampment at DC and formed a protective barrier for the students protesting in solidarity.

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@sridhartweet

5 years

Every #globalhealth person should read this. We are reaching tipping point. Thanks @paimadhu . As someone often plagiarised or erased, and seeing gh empire building, I am getting hopeful about the #newglobalhealth . #activistscholarship

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@sridhartweet

2 years

the choices you make depends on the choices you have. compare the choice sets, not the choices.

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

2 years

"To feed your children junk food is cheaper" Sir Michael Marmot says the poor are stuck in a cycle of feeding bad food to their children #Newsnight

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5 years

this is what #physicaldistancing looks like. Not #socialdistancing . words matter. #covid19 . (bad concepts are spreading as fast as the virus with bad consequences.) The @WHO has changed its language. Change yours.

Nick Doody

@NickDoody

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Our street now has a WhatsApp group & this morning one neighbour was struggling with loneliness, so earlier we all had a socially distanced cuppa and chat together. This stuff makes a difference. #lookaftereachother

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@sridhartweet

3 years

“ In sum, what I am trying to point out here is that the possible failure of African philosophers to engage with the discourse on global justice does not absolve theorists of global justice from their failure to engage with the resources in African philosophy. “ Page turner!🔥

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@sridhartweet

4 years

Amartya Sen: ‘World is facing pandemic of authoritarianism’ . via @scroll_in

Amartya Sen: ‘World is facing pandemic of authoritarianism’

In his speech accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on October 18, Sen emphasised the importance of dissent and debate.

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

3 years

Happy Sunday. A day of rest for many of us. use it well. rest, laugh, and spends some time in nature. here's something from the glorious Toni Morrison to reflect on for a few minutes today! intentions are everything. 🙏🙏

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

1 year

I don’t know folks. It just does not feel right that a special envoy for the @WHO is justifying the use of cluster bombs The WHO is not ready to go into just war theory n politics @gabbystern @DrTedros @yodifiji

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@sridhartweet

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is this true @seyeabimbola ? Do you want to share any more information or links? i hope you are doing alright friend. let us know how to help. .

Prof. Hanna Kienzler 🧡 🇵🇸

@HannaKienzler

1 year

The BMJ Global Health has been attacked for publishing an editorial abt the health consequences of the humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza . Intimidation has no place in #globalhealth ! ➡️Add your signature to the open letter ➡️Below my own letter in support.

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5 years

Please distribute widely. I am selfishly interested in PhD students interested in #globalhealth ethics/ justice! @KingsGHI @KingsCollegeLon @ALC_KC

Health Systems Global

@H_S_Global

5 years

Do you have research interests that relate to Africa? Could you take an interdisciplinary approach to your research? Applications are invited from international students from #Africa for three PhD scholarships at King’s College London.

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@sridhartweet

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the lies the public health researchers told these men, and the efforts they went to watch these men suffer n die without helping —-knowing it was avoidable was diabolical. science without ethics is evil. do your science correctly.

AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY

@AfricanArchives

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On this day in 1972, Reporters exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment — a secret study to examine the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men. American medicine has been built upon the abuse of black people with no oversight. A THREAD!

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Bringing together academics in global health, bioethics and political philosophy with policymakers, we aim to create space for a broad conversation around new directions in global health justice. 2 days of applied ethics / global health ethics Register

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@sridhartweet

1 year

Do not ever say you did not know.

United Nations Geneva

@UNGeneva

1 year

Independent human rights experts: “We remain convinced that the Palestinian people are at grave risk of genocide. The time for action is now. Israel’s allies also bear responsibility and must act now to prevent its disastrous course of action.”

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The @WHO has just published state of the art guidance on treating COVID-19. this is the gold standard. there is huge gap b/w what is best evidence and what doctors worldwide are actually doing. right now, this is the best knowledge. I swear.🖐️🖐️ .

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COVID in India: how the Modi government prioritised politics over public health . via @ConversationUK

COVID in India: how the Modi government prioritised politics over public health

The catastrophic surge in infections is a result of government mismanagement, cronyism and hubris.

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@sridhartweet

5 years

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Anyone who says don’t do politics during a pandemic must have been unconscious or not alive for first 30 years of HIV/ AIDS. Epidemic times are also when politics impact life and death on massive scale. Wake up!! Engage!!

Graham Scambler

@GrahamScambler

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Don’t let anyone tell you to stop doing politics during the pandemic. This is PRECISELY the time to plan a better future. ✌️

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

8 months

I did a pretty cool thing today. I examined a PhD. A proper philosophy dissertation that took 6 years. It was a lovely day with lovely people discussing cool ideas. Reminded me why I entered academia. Bought a donut and a book for train home Happy Friday to all of you. ✌🏽

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

2 years

Here we go. 1st intl work trip since Feb 2020. I used to travel outside UK almost once a month before 2020 -spreading msg of health justice. I know I will not do that again soon, if ever. Let’s see if we can spread the message without as many airplane trips! #Raisina2022 🤞🏾

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Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA

@sridhartweet

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“ I speak the truth I speak from the evidence I engage in conversation with people re social justice “ tonight’s reception celebrating @MichaelMarmot appointment to Order of the Companions of Honour for * major achievement in public health * Some days we just celebrate

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