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Omar B.

@forge-risk.bsky.social

Learning to improve health & equity for women & children globally. NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow O&G at Imperial

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Gaza: UK Assessment - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Gaza: UK Assessment' on Wednesday 14 May 2025.

Forcible displacement is a war crime, it is already happening and it is about to accelerate. I asked the Minister if he would say, as both the head of UNRWA and a former Israeli Defence Minister have said, that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza.

hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

16.05.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The new criteria based on β€˜contribution’ will discriminate against women, people of colour and those with disabilities, who are more likely to have lower-incomes.

12.05.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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COPE statement on external influence on editorial decisions Undue influence by any political, corporate or social entity is against the core ethical principles of editorial independence and academic freedom

β€œCOPE wishes to express its solidarity with authors, editors, and publishers and stress its unwavering belief that undue influence by any political, corporate or social entity is against the core ethical principles of editorial independence & academic freedom”

publicationethics.org/news-opinion...

02.05.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

25.04.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 60382    πŸ” 20691    πŸ’¬ 599    πŸ“Œ 832

why we* must

15.04.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

quite an astounding symbol of why must continue to confront the enduring bloodstained legacy of empire - the cringeworthiness of her strategic reframing belies how problematic it is

15.04.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The healthcare community has a responsibility to highlight the ongoing destruction in Gaza A month before Mahmoud Abu Nujaila, a doctor who worked with Médecins Sans Frontières at Gaza's Al-Awda hospital, was killed by an Israeli airstrike along with his colleagues, he wrote on a hospital w...

Our @bmj.com article on the responsibility of the healthcare community towards Gaza.

β€œHonouring over a thousand Gazan healthcare workers who have been killed 16 requires more than remembranceβ€”it demands meaningful action.” #gaza #health #palestine

www.bmj.com/content/389/...

12.04.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

from children’s TV to robotics the guy is a polymath

20.11.2024 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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lots to reflect on after the @nihr.bsky.social academy members’ conference on #research #impact - useful summary below of what it actually is

20.11.2024 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr Raphael Olaiya on the #philosophy of #science (the big Why of what we do),and will to power

@nihr.bsky.social

20.11.2024 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!

You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...

The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...

18.11.2024 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 20

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