Monica Malta, PhD, MPH

The Maze Women Face - Rutgers International

The law alone is not protection.
In West & Central Africa, survivors of rape still face stigma, proof requirements & confusion among providers when seeking legal abortion.
Every 9 seconds, an unsafe abortion puts a woman’s life at risk.
#ReproductiveJustice

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Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next. Neither country has been able to stop continuous spread of the highly contagious virus within the past year.

North American kids deserve better

Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Thanks for the shoutout @yuglobalhealth.bsky.social

Meet Paul Maddox Paul Maddox is a world-renowned cancer researcher, two-time entrepreneur, and native son of Western North Carolina–and now, a candidate for U.S. Congress. ....

🧪hey all, a friend and colleague, @maddoxfornc.bsky.social, is running for Congress in North Carolina. He is a scientist, professor, and parent, perspectives that are especially important right now. I hope you will support his run for Congress. Find out more here: www.maddoxforcongress.com/about/

That’s so funny!!!

@madhupai.bsky.social always an important voice for all of us in the global health field and beyond

Food insecurity is a self-inflicted, manufactured problem in the richest nation in the world

That’s me!

America’s largest anti-hunger program provides supplemental food benefits for +40 million people - or 1 in 8—Americans per month. By freeing up money that they would need to spend on food, SNAP benefits boost households’ nonfood spending - rent, bills, medication… @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

South Africa gives twice-yearly HIV prevention jab the green light | Africanews It is believed the lenacapavir shot could end HIV/Aids in the country within 14 to 18 years if enough people were to take it.

South Africa has become the first African country to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN), that could bring an end to Aids if enough people take it. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

#HIV #AIDS #SouthAfrica #globalhealth @africanews.bsky.social

www.africanews.com/2025/10/28/s...

Free medical cover has revolutionised healthcare in India. So why is it ailing? Modi’s Ayushman Bharat scheme put hospital treatment within reach of tens of millions of Indians for the first time. But the government’s unpaid bills may derail the reforms

India’s 7-year-old nationwide health insurance plan has brought medical care within reach of 800+ million people—but the government’s failure to pay $11.2 billion to providers is endangering the plan’s future. @theguardian.com @madhupai.bsky.social
#globalhealth

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Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year, warns new Lancet Countdown report WHO and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognized as the most powerful driver of climate action, as a new global report released today warns that continued ove...

Regardless of what politicians, plutocrats and the fossil fuel lobby will tell us

Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year

www.who.int/news/item/29...

Cutting aid has a human cost.

The US Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through SNAP starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.