Krista Lauer

Loon Gangte on cuts to global health funding for advocacy: “Lack of money should not be our excuse. We need to adapt! Funding was never the reason we started our organizations or our own activist journeys. Focus on the goal!” #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social @omellouk.bsky.social

Wisdom from #AllanMaleche from #KELIN Kenya on “How We Win: Power, Vision, & Action”: Set a bold rights agenda; Organize across borders; Use all tools; Reconnect locally; Build alliances beyond health. #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social @solangebap.bsky.social @omellouk.bsky.social

Day 3 of #GSIPA2M2025 - confronting challenging circumstances and building community @itpc.bsky.social @solangebap.bsky.social

Kicking off Day 2 of the Global Summit on IP and Access to Medicines with a sobering panel on the upheaval in the global financial architecture for health. @nadrafif.bsky.social asks: time for transformation, rather than tinkering? #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social

Powerful remarks by @solangebap.bsky.social opening today's Global Summit on Intellectual Property & Access to Medicines in Marrakesh #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social @omellouk.bsky.social @nadrafif.bsky.social @charlene-omrawo.bsky.social

There are tea breaks, and then there are tea breaks in Marrakesh #GSIPA2M2025

Prof. Sudip Chaudhuri, Professor (Retd) Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta: “Many good things happen not because of TRIPS, but in spite of TRIPS.” #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social

“Systems never rewrite the rules in favor of the oppressed unless they are forced to.” @omellouk.bsky.social on this moment of transformation. “TRIPS is 30 but our struggle is ageless.” #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social

Prof. Mohammed El Said: “Reflecting on 30 years of TRIPS agreements seems to be a drop in the ocean when we are meeting in a 1,000-year-old city… which is actually a young city for the region!” #GSIPA2M2025 @omellouk.bsky.social @itpc.bsky.social

Loon Gangte on what got him started in the access to medicines and IP movement: “A burning candle doesn’t help the friends I’ve lost to drug use. I must DO something!” And a call to action: “Our goal is life! Human life. We need to stand up and fight back.” #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social

“We are not sure what’s next. Our organizations are closing down. Poverty and politics are interfering with our lives… I never thought that after 24 years of fighting, I would need to be fighting this hard again.” Sibongile Tshabalala, TAC, on cuts to HIV response #GSIPA2M2025

@solangebap.bsky.social not holding back in her opening remarks. “Polite asks and policy tweaks don’t cut it anymore.” “We cannot innovate our way out of injustice. We have to dismantle the systems that lead to injustice in the first place.” #GSIPA2M2025 @itpc.bsky.social @omellouk.bsky.social

Join me for updates from the Global Summit on Intellectual Property & Access to Medicines in Marrakesh, Morocco! Opening remarks by @omellouk.bsky.social @itpc.bsky.social #GSIPA2M2025

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

A question I keep getting: What do you mean HIV services have stopped? Isn't there a waiver? Answer: Only 5% of partners have been told they can resume services. Timely data and reporting from @alanasharp.dataetc.org and team

YouTube video by ITPC Global MAKING SENSE OF THE MADNESS | Understanding the Current Crisis & Opportunity in Global Public Health

Now online - @itpc.bsky.social's panel of global health experts discussing the current global health crisis, human rights, HIV science, development, finance and community intelligence. @solangebap.bsky.social Linda-Gail Bekker, Allan Maleche, Veriano Terto, and Harpinder Collacott.

@solangebap.bsky.social @omellouk.bsky.social @nadrafif.bsky.social @charlene-omrawo.bsky.social @itpc.bsky.social

South Africa's HIV response in crisis as illegal US funding freeze pushes health system to the brink - Health Justice Initiative (HJI) Download here.

A newly released compendium of frontline testimony by civil society exposes the deadly impact of the US funding freeze on health systems in South Africa, with clinics shutting down, life-saving treatments interrupted and vulnerable communities abandoned. Read the full statement.

Chaos is a tool. Resist by staying informed and focused. Join us Wednesday Feb 5th to discuss the current crisis in global health. Registration information below #StrongerTogether @solangebap.bsky.social @itpc.bsky.social @omellouk.bsky.social @charlene-omrawo.bsky.social

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Starting up on BlueSky (like many others!) and rebuilding my lists. Please send recommendations for accounts I should follow!

Want to better understand the growing anti-science and anti-public health movement? These books can help! 2025 promises to be a tough year for the fight against disinformation, anti-science, anti-vaccine and anti-public health. Thankfully, American physicians and scientists have published books that can h...

2025 will be a tough year for the fight against disinformation, anti-science, anti-vaccine and anti-public health

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