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[Anant Bhan @AnantBhan]

Pls use Rakesh's services in Bangalore

[Radhika Arora @Radhika_Arora]

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[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

An extraordinary story from @HanakoMontgome1: a surge in crime amongst Japan's elderly population, as many older women seek refuge from loneliness in prison. “I don’t care if I live or not. I can’t tell you how difficult it is to be alone.”

[daktre/ಡಾಕ್ಟ್ರೇ @prashanthns]

With cohorts of the “Emerging Voices for Global Health”, a small movement that began in earnest in 2010 in association with the health systems symposia which is today a vibrant community of researchers within @H_S_Global that engages critically with the global health discourse

[Radhika Arora @Radhika_Arora]

Join us now at 1140hours at #HSR2024 on ethics of X/Twitter and social media as comms platforms in global health

[Radhika Arora @Radhika_Arora]

Join us on the 21st of November at 1140hours. If you’re at #HSR2024 @veena_sriram @prashanthns @KristofDecoste1 @RRavinetto @GorikOoms

[Lale Say @laleesay]

If you are attending #HSR2024 in #Nagasaki, please join us for an interactive discussion on #UHC and #SRHR👇👇👇

[Kristof Decoster @KristofDecoste1]

Africa’s Pursuit of Cost-Effective Community Health Worker Services https://t.co/kFqMKDHfgB @Radhika_Arora @Rvandepas

[Radhika Arora @Radhika_Arora]

@KristofDecoste1 @willemvandeput @RRavinetto Nope.

[Ambarish Satwik @AmbarishSatwik]

A tirade.

Against @Indian_Accent, Delhi’s much-lauded temple of gastronomy, where the well-heeled and the well-fed go to stroke their palates with innovation. A couple of days back, they were found peddling a culinary sleight of hand.

The offending dish, an offering on the tasting menu, promised morel, water chestnut, and asparagus, hidden beneath a ‘paper roast dosai’ (Exhibit A). One is always excited at the prospect of encountering a well-sourced morel, the truffle of the East—that decadent jewel from from the forests of J & K that costs more than an Indian family’s grocery bill for half a month. What arrived under the dosa cone, was not the morel, but a drab cluster of the most ordinary button mushrooms, the kind one might expect in a roadside stir-fry, the fungal equivalent of a counterfeit handbag. If you’re going to list morels on the menu, then there better be morels on the plate, not the fungal detritus scraped from the bottom of a vegetable box (Exhibit B).

This wasn’t an error. It was a deliberate act of chicanery. A calculated decision. Someone in the kitchen, or perhaps in the higher echelons of the restaurant, took it upon themselves to substitute the expensive morel with a far cheaper imposter, fully believing that these particular patrons, who probably didn’t look like the sort to have tasted morel before, wouldn’t know the difference.

When summoned, the chef performed the customary song-and-dance of apology, claiming he would ‘fix it in under two minutes.’ And he did. Miraculously. Brought in a new plate, flush with morels. Which begs the question—how is a fine dining restaurant able to replace a dish in less time than it takes me to open a bottle of cheap plonk? Pre-prepared, perhaps? If this kitchen is churning out dishes with all the haste of an airport lounge buffet, then what exactly are the patrons paying for? The pomp? The pretense?

At this price point, we are not paying for mere food, but for integrity, for the understanding that what is stated on the menu is what will arrive on the plate. When a fine dining restaurant offers morel and serves common mushrooms, they are engaging in outright theft.

Ordinarily, I’d let such an infraction slide. If it were some second-rate restaurant peddling Instagram-friendly fusion fare, I’d roll my eyes and quietly consign it to the bin of forgettable meals. But this is the restaurant that Condé Nast Traveller, in a flight of wild, hyperventilating praise, swears is the very best in all of India. It’s nestled comfortably on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, ranked #26—an achievement it brandishes like a Michelin star. Time Magazine calls it one of the 'World's 100 Greatest Places'

The question that naturally arises from this regrettable sleight of hand is: who, precisely, stands to benefit from this deception? Who profits from swapping out the Rolls-Royce of fungi for the rusted banger of button mushrooms? Certainly not the kitchen staff, who, I imagine, are too busy executing their preordained choreography to engage in such duplicity. Nor, I suspect, the serving staff, who would have to nervously deliver these imposters to tables, hoping against hope that no discerning palate calls foul. The chefs? Perhaps, but not in any way that bolsters their culinary pride. They’re not stashing a wad of cash in their aprons or taking home the saved morels. My sense is that their hands are tied by those behind the curtain.

To call this ‘cheap and petty’ would be charitable.

[Raffaella Ravinetto @RRavinetto]

#FIP2024: proud of my @ITMantwerp colleague @SalehAljadeeah, presenting outcomes of our @K_B_Foundation funded-project. He highlights the exceptional role of #pharmacists in providing comprehensive #NCDs care for very #vulnerable #communities in #war zones.
#NoOneLeftBehind

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Otter morning workout.. 😂 https://t.co/L51OOX1aN1

[International Health Policies network & blog. @IHPblog]

Check out this week's IHP news 786: Transformation is now…at least that’s how Generation Z in Kenya sees it! https://t.co/jBmy3YYrds with intro by @sophievusha pdf: https://t.co/7kdAwD8UTF To subscribe to the weekly KM tool: https://t.co/2KB4U1zXS6 @ITMantwerp

[daktre/ಡಾಕ್ಟ್ರೇ @prashanthns]

“There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

"Jonas Salk’s reaction during a 1955 interview about the ownership of the patent for the newly invented polio vaccine.…in 2024, this response continues to surprise new generations & inspire change” 👇🏽

🔗: https://t.co/bHqc0DNxuw

[Raffaella Ravinetto @RRavinetto]

Are you a post-doc with expertise & experience in #pharmacovigilance & #pharmacoepidemiology incl. experience in low/middle-income contexts? See this @ITMantwerp vacancy: Research Fellow to support pharmacovigilance-focused programs in sub-Saharan #Africa
https://t.co/zVlkvZQQ5S

[Kristof Decoster @KristofDecoste1]

Buckle up, make a safety statement: UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety https://t.co/jslpT9Z4kK @Radhika_Arora

[daktre/ಡಾಕ್ಟ್ರೇ @prashanthns]

Hey public health & HPSR folks, please help spread the word for the 4th edition of the EPHP conference co-organised by IPH with IIM Bangalore, The George Institute, ICMR-NIIR, HSG, ITM Antwerp, & partners 👇🏾

Cc: @HPSRIndia

[Kristof Decoster @KristofDecoste1]

Offline: Why have we forgotten about poverty? - The Lancet https://t.co/ueLXw6gmo4

[International Health Policies network & blog. @IHPblog]

Lost in Translation: The Silent Struggle of Diabetes Self-management in Ethiopia https://t.co/0HL6Svrt8Y Feat article by Dereje Wondim.

[Radhika Arora @Radhika_Arora]

@KristofDecoste1 Yaaai!!!

[Kristof Decoster @KristofDecoste1]

The Global Cost of Quick-Fix International Nurse Recruitment https://t.co/mMyUxz1rc3 @Radhika_Arora @Rvandepas