Each year, nearly 45 million deaths go unrecorded, leaving governments without essential data that can save lives. Collecting death data helps build more resilient health systems through actionable insights. It’s time to talk about death data. Learn more: dataforhealth.bloomberg.org #DataForHealth

By 2030, 90% of deaths in LMICs will be among adults, but many go uncounted. The UNESCAP-led Measuring Adult Mortality Community, part of Bloomberg Philanthropies #Data4Health, is working with governments to close this gap.

More via @who.int: vitalstrat.org/4kQfanV

This work contributes to building more inclusive, responsive, and evidence-driven health systems—today and for the long term. #CRVS #SampleRegistration #GlobalHealth #PublicHealthData /4

Vital Strategies is proud to partner with the @swisstph.ch, through funding from the Gates Foundation, to support the planning of SRS in Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, and Tanzania—helping pave the way for stronger, more inclusive data systems. /3

Births, deaths, and causes of death captured through Sample Registration Systems (SRS) can significantly enhance the relevance and use of CRVS data while offering valuable lessons on how best to count everyone. /2

Long-term improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems sometimes requires intermediate solutions to deliver timely, representative, and accurate data. 🧵 /1

We hosted a data-centered leadership masterclass for senior CRVS managers in Asia-Pacific, focused on turning high-quality data into action for stronger CRVS systems and public health.

Data use for CRVS systems strengthening is as vital as data quality.

#GetEveryoneInThePicture

Charting the Fallout of Aid Cuts: Which Countries Will be Hit Hardest, as Multiple Donors Cut Budgets? We use projections of bilateral ODA flows to visualise how donors are shifting their approach and which countries will be most affected.

Sobering
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Patriot: A Memoir Amazon.com: Patriot: A Memoir (Edición audio Audible): Alexei Navalny, Matthew Goode, Random House Audio: Libros

A cautionary tale on the anniversary of his death.
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USAID staffers describe colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs Newly filed affidavits of U.S. Agency for International Development workers describe a lieutenant of Trump ally Elon Musk and other outsiders directing the immediate termination of hundreds of U.S. ai...

"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..."

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Gov. Hochul rejects extradition request by Louisiana for doctor in abortion pill case The development occurred after a grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish indicted Dr. Margaret Carpenter and her company over accusations she prescribed abortion pills online to a pregnant minor.

Good.

It's no secret that anti-abortion extremists are hell bent on expanding their hateful agenda and eliminating access to abortion care for people across the country. Today, the Governor made clear, as our shield laws do, that we will not tolerate it here in New York.

Reckoning with Jewish Supremacy and White Supremacy: A Conversation with Peter Beinart and Ta-Nehisi Coates What do we do when the stories we’ve told ourselves turn out to be lies? When we realize that they’ve contributed to domination and blinded us to suffering?…

I really enjoyed this inspiring discussion and Q&A from 3 days ago with Ta-Nehisi Coates & Peter Beinart, 2 brilliant thinkers journalists writers and educators of our time. Found this really grounding and valuable in this current moment. vimeo.com/1052108335/8...

Devastating

So shocked and saddened about USAID - the canary in the coal mine. All that good being done has been halted and gone with the snap of a digital finger. No words.

Scientist calls the disappearance of federal health data a 'digital book burning' NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at Harvard University, about her efforts to preserve federal health data that recently disappeared from government websites.

Crucial effort. www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...

Bird flu is taking a massive toll on wild animals, researchers find Researchers are reporting mass die offs of wild birds and sea mammals due to bird flu. They're tracking the deaths to better understand the virus and how it might create a greater threat to humans.

Scary
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Chilling

Arrogant and shameful

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning Peter Beinart · Audiobook

Very much worth a listen, even if, like me, you are not Jewish, Israeli, Palestinian, or Muslim.

Thank you, @peterbeinart.bsky.social.

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