Akarsh Venkatasubramanian

Science diplomat + yoga teacher
Former @ilo @trans4m_health @IDAIR_Geneva @GHC_IHEID @UNAIDS @GlobalFund @WHO @MIT
Trekker, int'l chess player. I like 🐕 & ⚽️

[Neema Lugangira @neemalugangira]

As always its great to catch up with my #digitalhealth family and together we are pushing for #healthforall through digital technologies and #healthdata governance.
#WHS2022🇩🇪

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Pleased to sign this Memorandum of Understanding with @RBaptistaLeite to strengthen @WHO’s partnership with @UNITE_MPNetwork to harness the power of parliaments for health, esp. to ensure adequate budget allocation for #HealthForAll, pandemic preparedness & a #PandemicAccord.

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

🔴 ¡El evento “#SaludDigital e innovación en #Argentina: Un plan de acción #parlamentaria” organizado por UNITE, Hon @MarioFiad, @obsaludFderUBA y @ieerioficial en el @SenadoArgentina ha empezado!

👉Aquí puede seguir el evento
https://t.co/tXT692cnfK

#UNITEdigitalhealth

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

📌The Steering Committee that will guide the UNITE's Digital Health Hub gathered for its 1st meeting

🏛️Parliamentarians shared perspectives from their countries regarding the use of #DigitalTechnology in #Health

🎯The Hub will ensure a clear direction at the #policymaking level

[Mathilde Forslund @mathildeforslun]

Pleased to be part of @UNITE_MPNetwork’s new Steering Committee to guide the work of their Digital Health Hub in an effort to ensure wider parliamentary engagement in #digitalhealth.

[STOPAIDS @STOPAIDS]

BREAKING: Activists led by @CoalitionPLUS have plastered the @iasociety stand at #AIDS2022 with the names and countries of those denied visas and denied access to the conference.

#ACCESSDENIED

[Amandeep Gill @gioasempre]

Honoured to be appointed @UNTechEnvoy by UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres Shall work with humility, creativity and urgency, and with all stakeholders, for an open, free, equitable & secure digital future for all.
#digitalcooperation #GlobalDigitalCompact #OurCommonAgenda

[UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health @UNITE_MPNetwork]

For the next two days, UNITE is hosting the first in-person Global Board meeting.

UNITE is honoured to welcome the Global Board Chapter Chairs, other organizations and some of our partners.

#UNITEGlobalBoard

👇Follow this thread to know more about the event

[Akarsh Venkatasubramanian @Akarshtweets]

@saralmdavis Wow nice!! Congrats Meg, looking forward👌🏾

[Women In Global Health @womeninGH]

📣 #WHA74 starts TODAY!

Roopa Dhatt - WGH Executive Director, and Dora Maradiaga - WGH Global Advocacy & Campaigns Manager, will be joining as #GlobalHealthCouncil delegates! #WomeninGH #GenderEqualHCW #SupportHealthWorkers

[Benjamin Mason Meier @BenjaminMMeier]

With rising student interest in #GlobalHealth, @LawrenceGostin & I have edited textbooks 📚 to support #HumanRights in the #PublicHealth curriculum:
📘 Foundations of Global Health & Human Rights https://t.co/SYQGEWg5Jd
📔 Human Rights in Global Health https://t.co/6xP259P7WL

[World Economic Forum @wef]

These five women are leading the fight against the pandemic.

📕 Read more: https://t.co/RwogjUQ88D

[Transform Health @Trans4m_Health]

Hear @yassndiaye's powerful speech about the necessity of including young people at the table, and how to ensure equitable access in order to make that happen. #YouthAtAHAIC

Join @Trans4m_Health & @FondationBotnar at #AHAIC2021 on 'Youth Leadership In Global Health' on Mar 10th!

[Asia eHealth Information Network @WeAreAeHIN]

PATH is also partnering with new collaboratives like Transform Health to advance critical conversations about equity and the future of health in the digital age.

Visit their virtual booth at the #AeHINMarketplace to learn more about them! @Trans4m_Health #AeHIN7GM

[Meg Davis @saralmdavis]

Tech & #AI could transform #health systems BUT #HumanRights experts see real threats to privacy, equality. We're launching the Digital Health & Rights Project to tackle these issues. @GHC_IHEID @FondationBotnar @gnpplus @STOPAIDS @KELINKenya @CentreShe https://t.co/xoa0n6FiHh

[Transform Health @Trans4m_Health]

In 2021, we must ground our advocacy firmly within an anti-racist and anti-oppressive framework. At Transform Health, we are committed to advance digital health in an inclusive and equitable manner.

Hear our President @NiNanjira's vision for this new year. #TransformHealth

[Transform Health @Trans4m_Health]

We are stoked to step into 2021, because it means we are that much closer to the launch of our global #TransformHealth campaign this year!

Our Executive Director, @mathildeforslun, shares her vision for the work we intend to do this year. Join us?

https://t.co/MpQiFhoBc8

[Akarsh Venkatasubramanian @Akarshtweets]

Glad and grateful for all the lessons I’ve learnt from working with @FondationBotnar this difficult year. Looking forward to an important and exciting 2021 @Trans4m_Health @IDAIR_Geneva

[Stefan Germann @GermannStefan]

That's a wrap! Take a look at some of @FondationBotnar's best moments over the past year ⬇️

With thanks to all of our fantastic partners and stakeholders who have helped us in our mission despite the disruptions this year! See you in 2021!

[Fumi Kurihara @KuriharaFumi]

I'm excited to share with you the trailer of a side project I've been working on:

[Els Torreele @ElsTorreele]

This map is a disgrace for global solidarity, human rights, and justice. Let's hope that effective vaccines from China, Russia, India, Cuba etc. can break this deadly monopoly power gridlock, and redraw pharmaceutical geopolitics in the interest of people everywhere