@pauljbelcher.bsky.social
European Public Health 🔹Fellow, Royal College of Physicians🔹EU Advisor, EurohealthNet🔹Member, UK Faculty of Public Health - European Public Health Association🔹Advisory Committee, European Health Forum LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pauljbelcher
💊 Relying on weight-loss drugs to tackle #Obesity would be a “societal and medical failure” says England’s Chief Medical Officer
"Is our answer to say ‘give up on #PublicHealth’ and then just rely on drugs to get us out of this hole?”
#Diabetes #Cancer #HeartDisease
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
♀️ From cancer tests to COVID vaccines: the #women reshaping Europe’s health in a male-dominated field
Despite a surge in female scientists across the continent, women account for just 13 percent of European inventors.
#InternationalWomensDay
www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
Figure: 'Inclusive FemTech: what makes it work'. Copyright: Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
Despite comprising half the global population, women's health remaining a significant blind spot in modern medicine.
A new Viewpoint outlines FemTech, technology-enabled solutions to address the barriers & inequalities in care: spkl.io/63329AatGL
#IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay
💊 Relying on weight-loss drugs to tackle #Obesity would be a “societal and medical failure” says England’s Chief Medical Officer
"Is our answer to say ‘give up on #PublicHealth’ and then just rely on drugs to get us out of this hole?”
#Diabetes #Cancer #HeartDisease
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#IranWar: Europe’s voice of moral sense speaks Spanish
“Let’s remember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime … and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law,”
euobserver.com/205336/europ...
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🇺🇸 #AmericaFirst #GlobalHealth strategy: Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries
New aid deals come under scrutiny with US demands including countries being forced to share biological resources and data.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
🚨 Call for Proposals: European Health Forum #EHFG2026
Theme: "now is the time for stakeholders to champion health, solidarity and equity not as costs but as investments for a resilient future." www.ehfg.org/fileadmin/do...
#HopeOverHate: Moving acceptance speech from #GreenParty 's Hannah Spencer after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election and crushing #ReformUK into second place
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
🇺🇸 #AmericaFirst #GlobalHealth strategy: Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries
New aid deals come under scrutiny with US demands including countries being forced to share biological resources and data.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Two things are being overlooked in the #EpsteinFiles
The complicity of doctors
The extent of violence
My new piece @bmj.com #IWD #Epstein #Healthwashing #VAW
🚨Latest Health Highlights newsletter from EurohealthNet
EU Anti-Poverty Strategy: @eurohealthnet.bsky.social warns that eradicating #Poverty by 2050 will remain out of reach unless #HealthInequalities are addressed
eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...
🔬 Inside the Growing #Scientist Migration to Europe
"Since #Trump took office in January 2025, nearly 8,000 #research grants have been canceled or frozen, and around 25,000 federal scientists and employees of research agencies have lost their jobs"
time.com/7379376/scie...
Breaking: Aiming to reverse recent changes to federal vaccine recommendations, 15 states led by Democrats announced on Tuesday that they were suing the Trump administration.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/h...
🔬 Inside the Growing #Scientist Migration to Europe
"Since #Trump took office in January 2025, nearly 8,000 #research grants have been canceled or frozen, and around 25,000 federal scientists and employees of research agencies have lost their jobs"
time.com/7379376/scie...
🇺🇦 Attacks on #Ukraine’s health care increased by 20% in 2025
“After 4 years of war, health needs are increasing, but many people are unable to get the care they need, in part because hospitals and clinics are routinely attacked,”
WHO Director-General @drtedros.who.int
www.who.int/europe/news/...
The EU’s new Wine Package protects industry interests 🍷
While Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan promised stronger labelling, wine is given exceptional treatment.
In our latest blog, Wim van Dalen explains why health groups are being sidelined.
www.ias.org.uk/2026/02/24/e...
🇺🇦 Attacks on #Ukraine’s health care increased by 20% in 2025
“After 4 years of war, health needs are increasing, but many people are unable to get the care they need, in part because hospitals and clinics are routinely attacked,”
WHO Director-General @drtedros.who.int
www.who.int/europe/news/...
Join us as we gauge the state of the UK-EU Reset with an expert panel from Sussex and beyond.
Free webinar, Thursday 5 March, 12:00uk/13:00cet.
Register here: universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
England's obesity levels are highest in deprived areas, yet affluent areas have far higher private prescribing rates of GLP-1s. Private‑sector uptake patterns reveal the scale of inequalities in who is currently benefiting from these medications.
Read our new analysis ⬇️
🇪🇺 EU slammed as study reveals climate-harming beef and lamb get 580 times more subsidies than legumes.
The EU is being urged to introduce a Plant-Based Action Plan to promote sustainable diets and help farmers transition away from meat and dairy.
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
The tuberculosis epidemic continues to thrive because of the neglect and reluctance to invest in social protection. What we need is not more evidence, but more resolve at the political level to invest in social protection
Our piece in @thelancetph.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🦠 New report underscores death toll of health care-related infections: Infections acquired in health care settings kill three times more people than car accidents each year.
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy @cidrap.bsky.social
www.cidrap.umn.edu/healthcare-a...
The problem with billionaire power goes far beyond the Epstein files.
Stinking Rich by @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social
and The Haves and Have-Yachts by @eosnos.bsky.social @newyorker.com reveal how billionaires undermine democracy.
@lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Carl Gough, who was awarded runner-up in the 'Dark Skyscapes' category of our 2025/26 Astrophotography Competition.
The image “Eclipsed” stunningly depicts a partial lunar eclipse next to Arundel Castle.
Fantastic work, Carl👏
🦠 New report underscores death toll of health care-related infections: Infections acquired in health care settings kill three times more people than car accidents each year.
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy @cidrap.bsky.social
www.cidrap.umn.edu/healthcare-a...
🇪🇺 Europe’s #FarRight is turning #Health policy into a fight against #Science
As Brussels moves to tackle drug shortages, far-right MEPs are using the debate to amplify #AntiVaccine narratives, challenge #Abortion rights and cast #PublicHealth as a threat to freedom
www.euractiv.com/news/the-bod...
