Ananya Tina Banerjee

Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.

Good news for global health - Fiji has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.

A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.

Why global health research must stop treating communities as data sources and start honoring them as knowers - GHO Professor Seye Abimbola joins us for the Expert's Voice where he discusses epistemic injustice, the stubborn legacies of colonialism in academic global health, and why meaningful change requires us to...

“The field you’re entering... was designed, deliberately, for you to have as little impact as possible on equity & justice... It’s designed to keep you busy doing nonsense. Your job is to see through that & do your very best to resist.”

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lol this guy doesn’t know anything about college professors if he thinks we’re out here calling for people to kill anyone, conservative or otherwise. That’s so outside the scope of our roles.

John Oliver on Trump’s attack on higher education: ‘No capitulation will be enough’ Last Week Tonight host looks into the administration’s attacks on universities’ public funding in the name of ‘fighting antisemitism’

The latest episode of John Oliver’s show is on higher ed and scientific research, so well worth watching if you’re in either space. My favorite moment was when he showed Trump saying he would “make Harvard great…again…probably”

If every university president watched, we would be better off

Massive walkout underway at CDC.

RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.

As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

Photo of armed customs and border patrol agents and cars on the plaza in front of the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.

Planting seeds in uncertain times: Holding the line on health equity in HIV Oni J. Blackstock, MD, MHS, outlines key practices and strategies to continue the work of health equity in HIV in the next installment of the new Health Equity Series.

🌱 "During uncertain times, like the current moment, we can either retreat or move forward and plant seeds of change. This moment calls on us to plant seeds."

🌱 Honored to share my blog post in @idsainfo.bsky.social's #HealthEquity Series where I outline key practices and strategies...

Trump administration ends 988 Lifeline's special service for LGBTQ+ young people Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.

Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.

Malaria ‘back with a vengeance’ in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets putting thousands at risk across the country

Malaria cases surge in Zimbabwe largely due to abrupt cut in USAID that affected mosquito net provision and surveillance measures. The Zimbabwean government trying to step up but can’t make up for the damage the sudden cessation. Climate change further increases mosquito burden too

Uncovering Changes to Federal Data: 07/05/2025 – 07/11/2025 ICR Roundup by Melanie Klein Since January 20, 2025, new Presidential Actions, such as Executive Orders and Proclamations, have required federal agencies to subtly...

Changes at the CDC: "“Health equity” was replaced with “health for all and especially for those at greatest risk,” and references to “social determinants of health” and “racial inequities” were removed.

Additionally, “undocumented status” was eliminated as a response option for programs..."

Decolonisation of global health must include civil society Power and resource imbalances experienced by African non-government organisations must be remedied to ensure that people with lived experience in the global south can participate meaningfully in creat...

“lived experience must be considered a form of expertise”

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Happy Disability Pride Month!

Disability pride is for everyone who is:

Disabled/neurodivergent/chronically ill

For people who don't want to call themselves disabled or want a cure

People who don't think they're disabled enough for pride (you are)

For our co-conspirators

Grateful Swiss TPH global health community for including us, as they push towards equity. Students lead the way! Hats off to @nandijoubert.bsky.social Carmen Sant Fruchtman and Lucienne Zinsstag for their tireless efforts!

@ananyatb.bsky.social @isabelmunoz.bsky.social

@mcgillghp.bsky.social

Day 4 of our Reimagining Gloibal Health course was powerfully emotive and impactful!
🙏 to @anantbhan.bsky.social @luchuobain.bsky.social Lioba Hirsch, @ananyatb.bsky.social and Grace Umutesi for their meaningful talks!

And here is the Day 4 snapshot.
@madhupai.bsky.social
@mcgillghp.bsky.social

So pleased to see @ananyatb.bsky.social, @shashikalb.bsky.social, @isabelmunoz.bsky.social & Vivian Qiang support this effort!

Ananda Lewis chose 'natural' cancer care over conventional treatment. Many others do too -- and it's risky While less than 1% of cancer patients refuse conventional therapy, some choose alternative care, which can have dire consequences.

I remember watching Ananda on MTV. She died at 52 from a preventable & treatable form of cancer bc she worried mammogram radiation would give her cancer. She then declined treatment when diagnosed, which she regretted when it was too late. The “wellness” industry is literally scaring people to death

A massive outbreak has made Ontario the measles epicentre of the western hemisphere Three-quarters of cases are in unvaccinated children, and this week saw the first fatality: a premature baby

A massive outbreak has made Ontario the #measles epicentre of the western hemisphere. Three-quarters of cases are in unvaccinated children, and this week saw the first fatality: a premature baby, by Olivia Bowden www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... via @theguardian.com

Quote card for a World Report published in The Lancet, entitled Janabi elected as new WHO Regional Director for Africa. Quote reads: "Africa must put its money where its mouth is—and take its rightful place as a global leader in science and health.”

Promising a vision of universal health coverage and resilient health systems, Mohamed Yakub Janabi is set to become the next director of @afro.who.int.

@pauladepoju.bsky.social reports: tinyurl.com/3xw4ymdf

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

There’s a magnified impact on women in public life,” she agrees. “And also on those of different ethnic backgrounds & also our LGBTQ+ communities. And I say public life, because I don’t think it’s just politicians; it’s journalists, academics.”

I feel validated.

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

#Measles is not being spread in Canada by visitors or temporary workers. It’s being spread by unvaccinated people infected with measles.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers Chia-Hsuan Hsu waited 18 months before chasing an editor for a decision on a paper. The answer surprised him.

Great piece on how publication delays negatively impact careers and the pace of science.

We just had a reviewer ask us why it's taken us so long to publish our data. It was because 2 other journals dragged review out for months and months only to reject it.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Innu man who froze to death in Montreal ‘not solely responsible for his fate,’ coroner says https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article932482.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

🚨 In our Invited Perspective, @shashikalb.bsky.social & I raise a red flag on how policies + politics fuel othering—labeling some groups as “different” from the majority.

We call for action:
💛 Center kindness
👂 Listen + unlearn
✊ Stand up against othering

mjgh.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

US researchers must stand up to protect freedoms, not just funding Curtailment of freedoms and disregard for the rule of law in the United States is destroying the ability of science to serve the nation’s, and the world’s, interests. Researchers can take action.

The US administration is eroding the freedoms on which the nation’s success has been based

https://go.nature.com/4jRfcfs

A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped

Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

Happy Mother's Day. It's a moral outrage that we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.