Robert Marten

Health system and policy response to climate change in the West Bank, Palestine: Current situation and priority actions Climate change is a critical global risk to humans and ecosystems, influencing water and food security, air quality, and shelter, causing substantial direct and indirect health consequences. This incl...

I am so inspired and impressed by this work that we @alliancehpsr.bsky.social were able to support in #Palestine on the health system and policy response to climate change just published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Launch of the Economics for Health Cigarette Tax Scorecard (4th edition). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar... Join Economics for Health for the launch of the 4th edition of the Cigarette Tax Scorecard. The presenters will share the latest findings on cigarette tax policies in 171 countries and discuss trends ...

📢 Coming on December 15... the 4️⃣th edition of @EconforHealth #CigaretteTaxScorecard!

The 🆕 Scorecard uses latest data from @WHO to assess #cigarette tax policies in 171 countries 🌐

Join for the launch #webinar at 9am ET
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Check out our new call below to capture community-led, disruptive, and innovative strategies addressing social determinants of health in #Brazil, #India, #Kenya, #Nepal, #Pakistan, #Senegal, #SriLanka or #SouthAfrica.

Check out our new call below to capture community-led, disruptive, and innovative strategies addressing social determinants of health in #Brazil, #India, #Kenya, #Nepal, #Pakistan, #Senegal, #SriLanka or #SouthAfrica.

Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of ...

The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Recommend it!

Sounds great!

Japan’s Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash.

Wow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Offline: The death of globalism (part 1) Tempting as it is to write off the Trump phenomenon and its effects on medicine and global health as a temporary derangement of mass politics, one would be severely mistaken for doing so. The imitatio...

Always interesting to read @thelancet.com @richardhorton1.bsky.social offline musing---> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I'm looking forward to reading.

Recommended reading

Health Taxes and the IMF: What 15 Years of Policy Advice Reveal Excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages can both raise revenue and improve health, but they have not been a central focus of IMF policy advice. There's an opportunity for stron...

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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target

And with climate change denialism peaking, I fear the worst

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in Nepal: Insights from a policy document review and qualitative interviews with key stakeholders This study aimed to investigate the health sector's progress on building a climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health system in Nepal. T…

Proud to have contributed to this piece on building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in #Nepal
@alliancehpsr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How to Blow Up a Planet | Trevor Jackson What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches ad campaign after lift used in Louvre heist After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicity

Germany 1-0 France www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

'Fela Kuti: Fear No Man' podcast explores the icon's music and activism Peabody Award-winning journalist Jad Abumrad is back with a new podcast series Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, investigating the icon's creation of Afrobeats and his fight against oppression.

Started listening to this excellent new podcast on Fela Kuti. Recommend it: www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

Building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in Nepal: Insights from a policy document review and qualitative interviews with key stakeholders This study aimed to investigate the health sector's progress on building a climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health system in Nepal. T…

Proud to have contributed to this piece on building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in #Nepal
@alliancehpsr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In a new UNU-IIGH policy brief developed in collaboration with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the authors identify three key pathways through which climate mitigation strategies can deliver health co-benefits.

📄 Read the publication and learn more here: go.unu.edu/m7Pir

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

Immigrant scientists make a massive contribution wherever they go

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated

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

Congratulations Madhu! This is so, so exciting.

The world is hot — and only getting hotter. Here's what places around the globe are doing to keep cool, from repainting surfaces and installing outdoor showers to planting trees and going underground. nyti.ms/46CXyqn

A bright green poster with bold white and pink text at the top: “TRAINS ARE TOO OFTEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN FLIGHTS.” Below it reads: “Sustainable travel shouldn’t be a luxury.” A color-coded map of Europe shows the proportion of cross-border train routes that are more expensive than flights for the same journey. Colors: green (0–20%), yellow (20–40%), orange (40–60%), red (60–80%), purple (80–100%). For example, Spain, Portugal, and the UK are shaded purple (80–100%), while countries like Poland and Czechia are shaded green (0–20%). At the bottom, source text reads: “Greenpeace, Ticket Prices Of Planes Vs Trains, 2025. Only countries for which at least 4 cross-border routes met the methodological criteria are included in the Scorecard.”

Green background with bold text: “WHY ARE TRAINS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PLANES?” Below is a comparison table with icons of a plane and a train at the top. Two rows: VAT on international travel: Plane = “NO” (pink), Train = “YES” (yellow). Kerosene/energy tax: Plane = “NO” (pink), Train = “YES” (yellow). The chart highlights that flights avoid taxes trains must pay. Source: Greenpeace, Ticket Prices Of Planes Vs Trains, 2025.

😢 How are flights so much cheaper than trains?
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?

Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.

Nigeria is reimagining the future of health financing 🇳🇬

At a national dialogue in Abuja, leaders committed to strengthening UHC through evidence-informed reform.

@robertmarten.bsky.social represented the Alliance at the meeting, sharing global experiences.

🔗 ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/new...

Benchmarking progress in non-communicable diseases: a global analysis of cause-specific mortality from 2001 to 2019 From 2010 to 2019, NCD mortality declined in four of every five countries in the world. These improvements were not as large as the preceding decade for most countries, driven by smaller declines in m...

Important new @thelancet.com paper on Benchmarking progress in non-communicable diseases: a global analysis of cause-specific mortality from 2001 to 2019 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Of course they do! www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Air pollution can affect how well we sleep, scientists discover Global metastudy finds long-term exposure to pollutants is linked to shorter or lower-quality rest

There’s no upside to air pollution.

Clean air should not be a luxury. It’s a right.

Where you live shouldn't determine your health. But it does.

On #WorldCleanAirDay, @who.int calls on leaders to take action & tackle this unfairness.

Reducing air pollution helps prevent heart disease, asthma & lung cancer — saving millions of lives

Drugs, diet and AI: the ‘gamechanger’ new findings on tackling heart conditions Five areas of focus at world’s largest heart conference said to mark ‘turning point’ in cardiology and patient care

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...