@khosla.bsky.social
Executive Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. World Health Organisation. https://pmnch.who.int/
Decisive Meeting at WHO Silent on U.S. Withdrawal, Debates Governance Reforms, Buys Uneasy Peace on Cultural Wars
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👉 @pmnch.bsky.social Statement on expanded #GlobalGagRule
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Your voice matters. 🗣️
WHO and HRP are updating its guidelines on responding to intimate partner and sexual violence—and seeks input from women with lived experience.
Anonymous. 5 minutes. Survivor-centered.
More info: bit.ly/4pETNII
#SRHR #healthforall
🚨#SRHR misinformation online isn’t just misleading, it’s a human rights issue.
It distorts choices, fuels stigma & erodes access to care
Our latest review maps the evidence and calls for rights-based solutions
Read the insights: bit.ly/4sFmwj5
#SRHR #healthforall
Illustration showing a child silhouette in the centre, surrounded by purple circles labelled physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, corporal punishment, bullying, and online violence. Text reads: “Violence against children takes multiple forms,” with the WHO logo in the top right.
Each year, a billion children globally are estimated to suffer some form of violence, such as
✋ physical or emotional abuse
✋ child maltreatment (inc. corporal punishment)
✋ bullying
✋ sexual violence
✋ online violence
Childhood violence is preventable and must stop NOW.
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Rajat Khosla, Executive Director of Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)!
Read his commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ra...
Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty
#Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought
@khosla.bsky.social and Patrick Ndzana Olomo @thinkglobalhealth.org ✍️
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Recently, African Union delegates met in Johannesburg, South Africa, and converged on a shared vision: to elevate health financing as a core element of fiscal and economic policy. https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/africas-push-for-health-sovereignty/?utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=tw_tgh
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Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Dr Patrick Olomo and I reflect on "Africa's Push For Health Sovereignty" in @thinkglobalhealth.org
Africa's leaders are explicitly reframing health financing as an economic and fiscal priority, not a social afterthought. We reflect on its imp for #WCAH
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/afri...
Check out this week's IHP news 858: The coin is increasingly melting www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with AI summary, and translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese). #UHCday
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
A demonstration of condoms in a school
Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is inherently social and political.
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Sexual and reproductive health and rights is at the edge—restoring it will require courage. Some reflections with @pascaleallotey.bsky.social and Prof Sofia Gruskin
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
🚨PHD Opportunity 🚨
Funded PhD place available from next autumn to work with me on a project improving services for children with complex health needs!
Calling interested graduates with degrees in a numerate subject.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🧵 1/ Public health is under siege. Populism, disinformation & weakened global institutions threaten trust in science. Here’s how we fight back using the tools of diplomacy. Our new paper, with @charlottemar.bsky.social and colleagues from Europe & US, is just out in Public Health Reviews
05.12.2025 08:59 — 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0Happy International Day of People with Disabilities!
03.12.2025 06:29 — 👍 74 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0501 people have signed up to join today's webinar, which starts at 10am ET. I'll be moderating, and we have 5 fabulous speakers/panelists: John-Arne Røttingen, Ebere Okereke, Sam McPherson, Nina Schwalbe, and Osondu Ogbuoji
It's not too late to register.....link below!
![[Episode 5] PMNCH Touchpoint - Violence Against Women: Counting the Cost, Calling for Change](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lvsalu4wqwsg22ok6wkuo3ih/bafkreieoys552lkj36sk4wwxtadgwh2w4xvgjwo2yg6jc2clw6enyuunca@jpeg)
Today and everyday let’s commit to end violence against women. In @pmnch.bsky.social Touchpoint Avni Amin, Ana Flavia D’Olivera and Kadi Toure discuss the global burden of #VAW and urgent actions needed.
#16DaysofActivism @hrpresearch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ-j...
High blood sugar during pregnancy affects nearly 1 in 6 pregnancies worldwide.
The new WHO & HRP guideline helps countries detect and manage diabetes in pregnancy early, improving health for mothers and babies alike.
🔗 bit.ly/3JXoHgq
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men. n.pr/48ne93H
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Extreme heat is a growing public health crisis in India, especially for women in the informal sector. HGHI Steering Committee member Dr. Satchit Balsari studies real-world impacts using sensors, household monitoring & community partnerships.
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health"
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🚨 Data show that #VAWG remains a global public health crisis
📈The new Violence Against Women Estimates provides the most comprehensive picture yet of intimate partner violence & non-partner sexual violence
bit.ly/4pdDNxn
Pleased to join @helenclarknz.bsky.social and others for this piece in @naturemedicine.bsky.social highlighting need for "Harnessing evidence-based solutions for climate resilience and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health"
@pmnch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
89% of @pmnch.bsky.social partners working to protect and promote the health and rights of women, children & adolescents faced reduced or uncertain funding in the past year, acc to a new survey. "This is not just a financial crisis—it’s a human one", @khosla.bsky.social
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A colourful graphic with a textured pink, orange and green background. At the top right is the World Health Organization logo. In the centre, white text reads: “Healthy people mean a healthy planet.” Below it, a black box with green text says: “Watch the Health Day event live from COP 30.”
Today is Health Day at #COP30!
When health leads, #ClimateAction follows. WHO is working with countries to:
🌿 Detect and prevent climate-related diseases
🏥 Strengthen health systems
👥 Put people's health at the centre of climate action
Watch the event LIVE: bit.ly/3JxJzdZ
When women, children & adolescents thrive, nations flourish. The time to act is now. Let’s not allow their health and rights to remain the blind spot of development.
Pleasure to join Prof Janabi WHO AFRO for this opinion piece @pmnch.bsky.social
www.jeuneafrique.com/1735883/poli...
When women, children & adolescents thrive, nations flourish. The time to act is now. Let’s not allow their health and rights to remain the blind spot of development.
Pleasure to join Prof Janabi WHO AFRO for this opinion piece @pmnch.bsky.social
www.jeuneafrique.com/1735883/poli...
Global survey by @pmnch.bsky.social reveals alarming funding disruptions facing organizations working to protect the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents. Sudden halting of programs has had deep consequences for communities @helenclarknz.bsky.social
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