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Gabriela Leite Soares
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Public health professional | health system strengthening | digital health | GBV researcher | GEDSI.
MSc Public Health for Development from LSHTM.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”. Desmond Tutu
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I don't know how I missed this incredible investigative reporting by @clairelwilmot.bsky.social and Ashenafi Endale, illicit mining in Tigray-->funding for another looming war, pollution, and, surprise surprise, foreign investment from Canada + China🧵

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
When Tigray became a ‘Wild West’ of illegal gold mining, Canadian firms staked a claim
A postwar gold rush in Ethiopia razed the landscape and sowed seeds for conflict. The Globe looks into Canadian-licensed sites at the heart of it, and their ties to Beijing
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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This little concert of short funny poems is being viewed about 1000 times a day.
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Michael Rosen Funny Poems | Kids Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen
YouTube video by Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
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February 14, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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madhupai.bsky.social
Still Here: How Colonialism Keeps TB Around

www.perspectivesmcgill.com/allposts/202...
Still Here: How Colonialism Keeps TB Around — Perspectives on Global Health
By Hillary Wright Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient, globally endemic disease with a long and complex history. Once known as " consumption " or the " White Plague ," TB is caused by the airborne b...
www.perspectivesmcgill.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Wonderful Info-graphic about Neglected Tropical Diseases from WHO Time to Save Lives: Learn about NGDI UBC at:
ngdiubc.med.ubc.ca
@who.int @isntd.org @healthcare-global.bsky.social @globalhealthnow.bsky.social @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @msf.ca @medicinespatentpool.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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palestinenews.smitsky.nl
There is nowhere left to go – we are trapped
#palestine #ei
There is nowhere left to go – we are trapped
Israeli ground forces are closing in, and we face an impossible evacuation from northern Gaza.
electronicintifada.net
September 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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📰 New publication!

Tilly Alcayna et al. present a framework for developing triggers for anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious disease outbreaks in #humanitarian settings

🤝 Informed by practices from ‪Red Cross Red Crescent, UN agencies & ‪MSF

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Integrating anticipatory action in disease outbreak preparedness and response in the humanitarian sector
In the humanitarian sector, anticipatory action entails acting ahead of predicted hazardous events to prevent or mitigate potential impacts and needs. It leverages early warnings to bridge preparednes...
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July 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Peter Hain says anti-apartheid activists & suffragettes would have been terrorists under logic used to ban Palestine Action

‘treating Palestine Action as equivalent to Islamic State is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled & morally wrong’ 1/2

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Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says – UK politics live
Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban group
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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New peer-reviewed research letter analyses undisclosed changes made to public health datasets published by US federal agencies. The most common change was renaming the category "gender" to "sex". tinyurl.com/2hdbu295 @bulaw.bsky.social
Data manipulation within the US Federal Government
A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...
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July 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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‘No other explanation’: children of slain Gaza doctor say he was deliberately targeted
#palestine #theguardian
‘No other explanation’: children of slain Gaza doctor say he was deliberately targeted
Family of Dr Marwan al-Sultan says the Israeli airstrike ‘precisely’ hit the apartment block the cardiologist and his relatives occupied
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Rights groups warn Gaza Humanitarian Foundation it may be liable for international law violations

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Rights groups warn Gaza Humanitarian Foundation it may be liable for international law violations
Fifteen organizations call on GHF and other groups running aid delivery to cease operations or face legal consequences
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.

New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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'I've run out of words to describe what we Israelis are doing to Gaza'
#palestine #haaretz
'I've run out of words to describe what we Israelis are doing to Gaza'
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www.haaretz.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The Nakba never ended.

#nakba77 #london
May 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Some inspiring films I use in my global health courses

This list has many more suggestions 👇🏾

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May 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Timeline cleanser:
May 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure.

It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife
A poster shows a cyclist riding in a bike lane separated from car traffic. The text reads: “The world would be better with more cycling lanes that PROTECT CYCLISTS. Yet very few roads have them!”
May 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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palestinenews.smitsky.nl
Israeli Officials Admit to Starvation Policy as Gaza Edges Towards Mass Famine
#palestine #safa
Israeli Officials Admit to Starvation Policy as Gaza Edges Towards Mass Famine
Senior Israeli military officials have privately acknowledged that Gaza is on the brink of famine, according to revelations published by The New York Times. These internal concerns stand in stark cont
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May 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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who.int
Maternal conditions and breast cancer, as well as higher rates of health problems like back & neck pain, gynaecological diseases, migraines, depression, and anxiety, reduced women's lead in healthy life expectancy compared to men.

Learn more: bit.ly/437wz4w
Illustration of a woman taking medicine. Text reads 'Women's healthy life expectancy is shortened by maternal conditions, breast cancer and higher rates of other health issues.' Highlighted tab at the bottom reads '2025 World Health Statistics Report'
May 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Australian vaccination rates plummeting among young children
Vaccination rates among children and teens have dropped to "critical" levels, according to experts, who are warning deaths are inevitable if Australia doesn't do more to turn the trend around.
www.abc.net.au
May 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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who.int
Global consumption of alcohol has reduced by 0.7 litres per capita between 2010 and 2022.

This is a significant step towards achieving the target of reducing alcohol consumption by 20% by 2030.

Read more such insightful health statistics here: bit.ly/437wz4w
Illustration of a crushed up can. Text reads 'People are drinking less alcohol.' Highlighted tab at the bottom reads '2025 World Health Statistics Report'
May 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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madhupai.bsky.social
3 wonderful new global health books, all FREE to download!

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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
May 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Climate change increasing risk of pregnancy problems: study

In The Hindu, Ana Bonell discusses evidence of growing risks of exposure to extreme #heat during #pregnancy as new @climatecentral.org study examines link to climate change.

www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea...
Climate change increasing risk of pregnancy problems: study
Global warming-fueled heatwaves pose increased risks for pregnant women worldwide, with climate change doubling heat exposure since 2020.
www.thehindu.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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palestinenews.smitsky.nl
On Boycott, Divesment and Sanctions and the Decolonization of the Palestinian Mind
#palestine #palestinechronicle
On Boycott, Divesment and Sanctions and the Decolonization of the Palestinian Mind
BDS is an ongoing act of Palestinian resistance that will continue for as long as military occupation and Israeli GENOCIDE persist.
www.palestinechronicle.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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My grandfather, Awad Shihadeh Mahli, was a truck driver for the Iraq Petroleum Company. He was able to load his wife and their two youngest—my father Anis and his sister Thèrese—into the truck to escape. The other three children fled with other extended family.

#TellYourNakbaStory
The bio page of my grandfather Awad Shihadeh Mahli’s Palestinian passport, with his wife Rafia (nee Asfour) also pictured.
May 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM