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“In addition to demanding this ban’s reversal, we invite Secretary of State Rubio or any senior cabinet official to be our guests in Haiti or Sierra Leone—to meet the inspiring people they are excluding and witness the life-saving work they are jeopardizing.”

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Emergency and critical care services in Somalia: a cross-sectional nationwide hospital assessment using the WHO Hospital Emergency Unit assessment tool - BMC Emergency Medicine Background Data on emergency and critical care services in Somalia and other countries with fragile and conflict-affected (FCA) situations are limited, although the burden of emergency health conditio...

🚨🇸🇴🏥 this is the very first assessment of emergency and critical care services in Somalia—we identified significant gaps and established a foundation for urgently needed interventions

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Hot take: Amanda Bynes’ voice work in She’s the Man is comedic genius

@pih.org @unitaid.bsky.social www.pih.org/press/new-in...

To fellow researchers,”This is not the time for researchers to retreat. If we disengage from academic forums out of fear, we’re participating in a weakening of science’s role in public discourse.” Find and use ur voice!

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Design, implementation and outcomes of a national oxygen distribution network in Lesotho Background Despite its essential and life-saving role in the treatment of many medical conditions, access to medical oxygen remains limited in many countries. In 2021, Partners In Health established a...

🚨🚨New article on our oxygen work in Lesotho‼️ @partnersinhealth.bsky.social

🙏🏼 support from @unitaid.bsky.social

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🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world.

Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇

Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security “Oxygen delayed is life denied.”—Person who survived COVID-19, Kenya

"5 billion people—ie, 60% of the world's population—do not have access to affordable, high-quality medical oxygen services"

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endTB Trial Paves Way for Shorter, Cheaper, and Safer Rifampin-Resistant TB Treatments Carole Mitnick, ScD discusses the impact of the endTB trial's findings on future TB treatment options, including shorter treatment durations, lower costs, and expanded accessibility.

Part 2 w/ Dr. @cdmitpih.bsky.social from @harvardmed.bsky.social discusses the #endTB trial & how it’s changing RR-TB treatment with 9-month, all-oral regimens that are more affordable and accessible, along with future directions for the field. #IDsky #MEDsky

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The New England Journal of Medicine Oral Regimens for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Visual representation of a patient with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis. Read the full Plain Language Summary at NEJM.org.

In the endTB trial, researchers assessed the efficacy and safety of five 9-month, all-oral treatment regimens, as compared with the evolving standard of care, in participants with rifampin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-susceptible tuberculosis. nej.md/3WFFJTv

#MedSky #IDSky

🧵 PIH Statement on the Targeting of USAID

Follow the thread to read our statement 👇

If you're not already subscribed to WIRED, you should be. They are doing fantastic, essential work - that many other, larger media outlets are not.

And great journalism isn't free.

Within a week of patients losing access to Antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs, H.I.V. levels will skyrocket from undetectable levels to more than 100,000 copies per millilitre of blood. (Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...)

Nobody should be placed in such a position.

This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

🚫 Tuberculosis (TB) is not just a disease of the past.
🚫 TB is not rare.
🚫 TB is not untreatable.

TB still kills more people than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. It’s time to bring attention back to this global crisis.

Learn the facts and how we can stop TB together ➡ www.pih.org/article/what...

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.

Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”

We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

For 40 years, PIH & @who.int have partnered to fight disease & improve health at our sites, like responding to Rwanda’s Marburg outbreak.

We oppose the Trump admin’s move to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO. Staying engaged is essential for global health.

Learn more: www.pih.org/article/us-w...

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Opinion | Trump’s withdrawal from the WHO is a mistake — but also an opportunity He could turn his rash action into a negotiation that might strengthen global health.

The 🇺🇸 withdrawal from @who.int is a calamitous error. Full stop. But the @washingtonpost.com editorial board responds with whataboutism and deference to MAGA talking points. 👎🏼 @postopinions.bsky.social

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Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

I know a lot of people are exhausted. And many have vowed to check out, tune out, etc.

But that's what they want--a public too exhausted to be outraged and utterly anesthetized to what is happening.

Even if you are taking a break from media, please watch this.
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In case you ever doubted the power of a comma…

As much as I want this to be true, @theguardian.com should maybe double check this.

Yes! TB Hunter is app made by Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye and the Partners In Health Lesotho team to find TB and MDRTB for Search, Treat , Prevent strategy. @partnersinhealth.bsky.social