Tolu Ojo

PhD student @ihpmeuoft, @UofT_dlsph. Global health, equity and performance based systems. Access to medicines saves lives. Duh!

[UNAIDS Global @UNAIDS]

By 2030, our projections show that 60% of people living with HIV in western & central Africa will be over 40, and 65% will be girls & women.

Leaders must strengthen HIV services for older adults, prioritize care for women and girls, and tackle the barriers driving these trends.

[Fredros Okumu @Fredros_Inc]

Money, Population, and Insecticide Resistance: Why malaria cases haven’t declined since 2015 — EA Forum https://t.co/LK3F81omW3

[Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzh]

first world: conflict of interest
third world: corruption

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

The SDG indicator measuring access to medicines is at risk of being deprioritized. This paper outlines 3 reasons:
-Measurement fatigue
-Complex measurement methods
-Lack of political prioritization of #A2M policies
The authors call for sustained commitment to measuring #A2M

[Kristina Jenei @kjmeetswrld]

📣 New article in the @WHOBulletin w/ @VeroWirtz

Access to medicines indicator in the #SDGs is at risk of being dropped @UNStats. There is no #UHC without dealing with catastrophic 💸 caused by meds.

We examine the reasons and ways to strengthen the #A2M indicators in #SDGs

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

LIVE: No company should get away with charging Americans up to 15x more than other countries for a lifesaving drug. The HELP Committee is holding a hearing NOW on the need to end Novo Nordisk’s corporate greed. https://t.co/vDgzgQBybg

[Matthew Herper @matthewherper]

A lot of discussion about drug prices is abstract, but this is striking. This is a forecast sent out by Michael Yee at Jefferies for the GLP-1 drugs, forecasting sales of more than $120 billion.

You'll notice 80% of the sales (that black line) are in the U.S. That's likely as much because of differences in price as usage.

There's a good chance that GLP-1 drugs will save the U.S. money even at these high prices. And if the U.S. just cut what it pays all the way to what is paid by other nations, there would be a lot less money being put into developing these medicines.

But the U.S. is paying 5x the whole rest of the world.

The Jefferies report has a ton of interesting information on the companies developing these meds.

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

@MacklinJill @QueensuFamMed Congrats! 💕

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

@innodim I am so sorry. The honesty, transparency and the vulnerability you share is touching & inspiring.
Thanks for reminding me I can choose to be grateful & thrive as I navigate the "reproductive spectrum"

I am grateful for you today. Massive 💕 and a happy belated birthday to you.

[Pat Utomi @UtomiPat]

In public life the ultimate deadly sin is not to act recognizing that public resources belong to all and must be used with the utmost sense of accountability and modesty. The morality that encourages the tragedy of the commons is a deadly social sin

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

@DamilolaIduye @Scholarshipscaf Congrats @DamilolaIduye! 💕

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

@KaylaBenjamin_ @SSHRC_CRSH Congrats @KaylaBenjamin_ ! This is excellent news. 💕

[Hugh Kearns @ithinkwellHugh]

#MentalHealth tip:
Life > paper
Life > PhD
Life > h index
It's easy to think of these as measures of your worth. But you are more than your cv.

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

@ed4socialchange Congratulations @ed4socialchange. This is well deserved! 👏🏽👏🏽 . You are an amazing educator, mentor, health professional and all around human!!

[Reach Alliance @ReachAllianceTO]

We are so excited to have @ReachAllianceTO heading to #Monterrey and #Guadalajara, #Mexico to visit our partners at @TecdeMonterrey and @ITESO 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 @marin_macleod @GustavoMerinoJ @izasiller @_MoniKim @TA_Ojo @andrea_caceres0 @munkschool

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

@CatharineTC @HealthyDebate @DPAwards @nicolenaimer @maddidellplain @SeemaMarwahaMD 👏🏽👏🏽Well deserved . The visualizations and individual stories captured the pandemic and the impact of COVID on Canadian lives.

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

My takeaways: 💡
▶️Trust saves lives in healthcare.
▶️Educators and researchers have a responsibility to deconstruct Supremacists "North-South” paradigms
▶️Leverage innovation and implementation science to reach ALL.

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

Such an honor to be part of the Johns R Evans #globalhealth lecture series with @ed4socialchange the always inspiring @JosephWongUT, and change maker extraordinaire @agnesbinagwaho. I learned a lot and am challenged to do better for #healthequity

[Reach Alliance @ReachAllianceTO]

An impactful lecture hosted by @UofT_dlsph with keynote speaker @agnesbinagwaho and @ReachAllianceTO's @JosephWongUT & @TA_Ojo discussing #globalhealth research challenges including accessibility, lack of trust, equitable partnerships & the role of universities 💡@ed4socialchange

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

How do governments measure progress in access to quality healthcare?

If health is a human right, are citizens empowered to demand quality health care?

What should access to quality healthcare look like

This video by @TheLancet offers some ideas

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

Brilliant video with insights from global experts on providing access to quality health care for ALL not SOME
Watch here: 
https://t.co/SsKX6dlOcs via @YouTube #HealthForAll

[Tolu Ojo @TA_Ojo]

Globally, it is the poor and marginalized that are excluded from quality healthcare."

"Would the health minister agree to deliver her baby at a randomly chosen district hospital?"@mkruk brilliant response to envisioning a single indicator for quality health systems.