Koen Van Rompay

Netanyahu and an Israel Without Restraint

"“What Netanyahu is doing now in Gaza is outrageously brutal,” [former Prime Minister] Mr. Olmert said. “How can ministers at the highest level say all Gazans are Hamas and then herd them into camps? We are in a fight for the soul of Israel.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/w...

Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy

It is heartbreaking. I'm closely involved with programs Uganda, and receive so many stories, that internally make me cry but outward make me show a fist of anger in determination to step up our efforts. Each life is worth fighting for.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

CA is rallying for science! Join scientists, researchers, faculty, community members, and Sen. Scott Wiener on 5/16 at the SF Civic Center to support SB 829.

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Israel’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...

This is chilling.

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Thank you!!

At the Standup for Science, Sacramento, March 7, 2025

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

The fight for science! Video made by UC-Davis will be released this Friday. Stay tuned

‘I feel low’: Ugandan living with HIV reacts to Trump’s gutting of life-saving project | CNN CNN’s Larry Madowo reports from the Ugandan capital about the impact of the Trump administration’s freeze on almost all foreign assistance and the gutting of USAID.

As someone who 20 years ago used to visit AIDS clinics in developing countries and saw how horrible it was to see so many people dying, with their children often sitting at their bedside or on their bed, I am so distressed by everything happening now.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/w...

"Keeping up HOPE". In these very stressful times, it is important we keep up HOPE. I plan to post uplifting stories from our Sahaya International partners, including these pics sent to me by my Ugandan sons Mohammed , who thanks to a donor, got school supplies for the children in his orphanage.

In times of severe stress and depression, self-care become very important. It isn't always easy to know how. A big hug to you! <3

Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...

What Elon Musk is all trying to do is exactly what dictators try to do. We all need to resist to the max extent
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...

Will check it out 👍

JUNIOR SPECIALIST for Dr. Van Rompay Lab University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

My lab (studying infectious diseases) is hiring! It is a starting position, ideal for someone who recently completed a bachelor degree is a biology/science related field.
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06893

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.

This is beyond inhumane. "One study estimated that if PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in South Africa alone."

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...