Increased access to HIV testing among youth through peer-led distribtion of HIV-self test kits in tertiary educational institutions- led by @gracemchugh6 supported through the @EDCTP Career Development Fellowship https://t.co/OAfFkxFn1z @ThruZim@ISEG_LSHTM
There is a curious phenomenon that results from the relatively brief window of time a single human lifetime provides: we perceive the current state of the natural world as “normal”.
This is known as the Shifting Baseline Syndrome. 🧵
“Andrea, Laura and Yadu have pushed us to reflect on what more we can do to dismantle structural barriers in our work,” says Mary Story, @DukeGHI associate dir for academic programs. https://t.co/I1qYq1pKC8 @YadurshiniR@laura_mkumba@andreakoris
Inspired+grateful for this panel of nurse-midwife leaders, sharing their perspectives on the way forward in decolonizing global+public healthcare, and how the supremacy of whiteness persists in thru global architecture of disenfranchisement+ racism, within and between countries.
Our recent commentary, https://t.co/sFxvhCbHgp, attempts to capture why and how the current global health machinery has not lived up to its promise of global health #equity.
As emerging GH practitioners part of the #DecolonizeGlobalHealth mvmt, we have some ideas.
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When talking about #DecolonizingGlobalHealth, we often talk about institutional reform and dismantling of systems but we forget to recognize the smaller but powerful actions that are just as important. A thread : 1/7
"As we emerge from this pandemic, what will it take for the global development sector to be more inclusive and more sensitive to the realities of the world around us?"
Working in partnership and collaboration w/@laura_mkumba and @YadurshiniR on this working grp, which grew beyond what we ever imagined, has been the utmost privilege of the last few years. Excited to pass along leadership to our colleagues @CordeliaKenney and @alimuradbuyum
We at the DGH Working Group are excited to finally share the videos from our conference in January this year.
Part 1 : Duke Decolonizing Global Health | Theories, Methods, Language (Seminar 140) : https://t.co/PQR8PafaVU
To prevent cases from becoming clusters and clusters from becoming outbreaks, states and localities must scale up high-quality contact tracing programs. Our new playbook provides tools that can help. https://t.co/mZU36XcAXk
"The silver bullet, the biggest bang for your buck is simple: invest in nurses and midwives." In her #YearoftheNurseandMidwife reflection, @Sheila_DavisDNP says investing in nurses & midwives is the key to providing #UHC globally. #NursesLead#MidwivesLead
https://t.co/wpTpZ4FMgZ
Wow don’t miss this new opinion piece from up-and-coming writer Coron A. Virus who is absolutely 100% not a coronavirus in some sunglasses and a trenchcoat.