Major Announcement featuring NGDI UBC Member Dr. Khumbo Kalua: UBC School of Population and Public Health receives nearly $500,000 in federal funding to strengthen Indo-Pacific global health partnerships: spph.ubc.ca/ubc-school-o...
@healthcare-global.bsky.social @isntd.org @who.int @dndi.org
Major Announcement featuring NGDI UBC Member Dr. Khumbo Kalua: UBC School of Population and Public Health receives nearly $500,000 in federal funding to strengthen Indo-Pacific global health partnerships: spph.ubc.ca/ubc-school-o...
@healthcare-global.bsky.social @isntd.org @who.int @dndi.org
Honored to be recognized by the Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support for our support of their important work: www.pcssaskatoon.ca
05.03.2026 18:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Honored to be recognized by the Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support for our support of their important work: www.pcssaskatoon.ca
05.03.2026 18:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Honored to be recognized by the Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support for our support of their important work: www.pcssaskatoon.ca
31.12.2025 21:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Friday January 30th 2026 is #WorldNTDDay. NGDI UBC Celebrates this day with its latest publication in PLOS NTD
@globalvoices.org @healthcare-global.bsky.social @isntd.org @cagh-acsm.bsky.social @sciencepolicy.ca @msf.ca @who.int
In Celebration of #WorldNTDDay we wanted to share a positive update on our Oral AmB Technology to treat Cryptococcal meningitis. Our LOI to CIHR has been confirmed and partial funds have been committed for a P2 trial; If our CIHR Grant is successful we will move forward with this pivotal study
29.01.2026 17:07 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Registration Open: Registration Open: Tropical and Geographic Medicine Essentials, May 25, 2026
secure.touchnet.net/C20435_ustor...
@cagh-acsm.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @isntd.org @healthcare-global.bsky.social @mcgillghp.bsky.social
24.02.2026 15:59 —
👍 1
🔁 1
💬 0
📌 0
Photo of measuring bat. Text: Forecasting the Next Pandemic Led by scientists from Yale and the University of Oklahoma, the Verena research initiative is using AI and team science to predict viral threats Yale School of Public Health
The Viral Emergence Research Initiative (Verena), headquartered in our Public Health Modeling Unit, is one of the largest pandemic prevention research and training programs in the United States.
Read more: m.yale.edu/dgf8 @colincarlson.bsky.social
TODAY 3/5 4PM
Join experts on pollution, pathogens, food systems, weather & public health for a #BrownClimateWeek discussion!
@brown-ibes.bsky.social @brownbiostatistics.bsky.social @brown-epi.bsky.social
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/health-vulnerability-in-a-changing-climate-tickets-1982797079440
💉 More than 24,500 children and nearly 6,000 women in South Kordofan could now receive essential vaccinations after the first shipment of vaccines reached the besieged region since 2023.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@savechildrenintl.bsky.social @gavi.org
healthpolicy-watch.news/first-vaccin...
Panel 1 at the #HGHI2026Symposium will explore how to set health priorities when resources are scarce, while centering transparency & justice.
Featuring leaders from @who.int, @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @amrefusa.bsky.social & @pih.org
Register to join via livestream: bit.ly/2026-Global-...
@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @apccc.bsky.social @prostatepuncher.bsky.social @pcr-uk.bsky.social @canadahealthwatch.ca @cagh-acsm.bsky.social
14.02.2026 19:26 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
20.02.2026 13:44 —
👍 1
🔁 1
💬 0
📌 0
27.02.2026 02:09 —
👍 1
🔁 1
💬 0
📌 0
NGDI UBC is committed to Global Health Access and Equity. Developing Interventions for LMICs at or below costs to serve the poorest of the poor.
Learn More about NGDI UBC at: ngdiubc.med.ubc.ca
@uaemcy.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org @isntd.org @who.int @cughnews.bsky.social
Scattered multicolored capsules and pills on a light blue background with ample empty space in the center.
📄 Want to understand antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans, animals & food?
The EFSA–ECDC Plain Language Summary 2023–2024 explains key trends, high-resistance bacteria, and why careful antibiotic use matters — in simple terms 👇
link.europa.eu/Fmm6Bm
#AMR #EUFoodSafety | @ecdc.europa.eu
Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 Heart surgery with quick-setting magnetic fluid could prevent strokes
go.nature.com/3PeEcTs
Stand Up for Science will hold second rally against Trump administration Public health chaos and research funding cuts are inspiring nationwide pro-science protests against the Trump administration
05.03.2026 12:39 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Oxford joins new West Africa consortium to accelerate climate and health solutions
Jacob McKnight and @ox.ac.uk researchers have joined African experts to address the escalating public health crisis driven by climate change @cghr.ox.ac.uk
Read more 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...
Up to 56,000 people died from COVID-19 or RSV last year
Respiratory syncytial virus was associated with 190,000 to 350,000 hospitalizations from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, as well as 10,000 to 23,000 deaths, according to data published by the CDC.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Advances in cardiometabolic health bring hope for #obesity and type 2 diabetes, but access gaps remain 🌍
At MPP, we promote equitable #access through #voluntary #licensing. On #WorldObesityDay 🌱, we stand for healthier lives ❤️
👉 www.worldobesityday.org
#WOD2026 @worldobesity.bsky.social
For #WorldObesityDay, Nomathemba Chandiwana of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation calls for action on barriers to care.
#Obesity is rising worldwide 🌍, and the World Obesity Federation urges an end to stigma and equitable access to care ✨.
👉 medicinespatentpool.org/story-post/w...
Progress in #STI science is real, but systems & investment aren’t keeping up. Our new #STIWatch update covers #CROI2026, #HPV prevention gaps, new STI advocacy agendas in Kenya, South Africa & Zimbabwe & a new partnership model for HIV/syphilis test w/big potential, tinyurl.com/stiwatchq1
04.03.2026 14:45 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
infographic showing dates and titles of this semesters workshops
Tomorrow, join us & our colleagues at the Pardee Center for their next Global Health Politics Workshop, "A Political Economy of Inequality & Pandemics," featuring @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social from Georgetown University.
Join on campus or Zoom:
spr.ly/63329hsIL7
A smiling bearded man wearing glasses, a brown jumper and collared white shirt
Meet the team: PI A/Prof. Sean Wasserman. His research interests include: new and repurposed drugs for #TB, with a focus on pharmacokinetics &resistance
#CIDRITeam
A new study by Ahebwa and colleagues finds that low-cost repellent-treated fabrics (Calico and Jute) vary in their ability to repel and irritate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, with implications for affordable vector control.
04.03.2026 08:00 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🦟 Heard a lot of chatter lately about #mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit?
No need to worry - the season in mainland Europe is still a long way off.
Travelling to regions where mosquitoes are active now? Learn how to prepare & protect yourself: bit.ly/3MKu8ky
#Chikungunya #IDsky #EpiSky
