Brie O'Sullivan

PhD(c) @westernU; policy analyst @PHAC; medical drone research consultant; my work focus on #dronesforhealth and global health equity

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

One of the highlights of this past week at the @pahowho annual meeting was being a part of a 90% female Canadian delegation. 🇨🇦
#canada #globalhealth #genderequality #who #publichealth

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

I’ve been receiving a lot of messages about how to best support & help the people in Gaza, such as through supporting the efforts of the medical delegations providing humanitarian medical relief that are entering or planning to enter Gaza including with in-kind & cash donations.

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

So grateful to receive this funding from the @IDRC_CRDI to support my doctoral research in Africa! #globalhealth

[Universities Canada | Universités Canada @univcan]

Congrats to the 2023 @IDRC_CRDI International Doctoral Research Awards recipients!

Explore groundbreaking research that aims to enhance research skills and capacity in Canada and the Global South. https://t.co/WbLUngBOkE

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

https://t.co/pm6pMlBan0

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

‼️New publication‼️Very excited to share our recent publication in @PLOSGPH. This opinion paper discusses the continuous cycles of disaster in #Afghanistan, spurred by natural disasters, severe gender inequality, high rates of food insecurity, a fragile #healthcare system.

[Tayyab Abbasi @tayyababbasi__]

@DrLoupis Don't stop talking about Palestine

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

@LexieMonik20396 @yipengGe @WHO @JustinTrudeau Absolutely!

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

@LexieMonik20396 @yipengGe @WHO @JustinTrudeau This was 2022…

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

@LexieMonik20396 @yipengGe @WHO @JustinTrudeau This is a letter focused on the human right to healthcare, not politics. Also I have a paper on the health crisis in Afghanistan being published this week :)

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

@yipengGe Thank you for always using your platform to advocate against colonialism, racism, and violence ❤️❤️

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

(2) right to healthcare; to hear our voices as Canada’s future leaders; and to respond with urgency, conviction, and moral consistency.”

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

“As emerging Canadian health leaders, hand-selected by the Government of Canada to represent the voices of our age demographic, we urge our political leaders in Canada to act on this pressing global health issue with an emphasis on equity, justice, and protection of the human (1)

[Canadian Youth Delegate @WHAcanadianyou1]

Canadian Youth Delegate Joint Statement on Health and Human Rights in Palestine

***This joint statement represents the views and opinions of the current and all past Canadian Youth Delegates (2016-2024)***

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

Joint statement by myself and the 8 others who have held the Canadian Youth Delegate to the @WHO on the worsening health and #humanitarian crises in the Occupied #Palestinian Territories.
#palestine #globalhealth #publichealth

[Canadian Youth Delegate @WHAcanadianyou1]

Canadian Youth Delegate Joint Statement on Health and Human Rights in Palestine

***This joint statement represents the views and opinions of the current and all past Canadian Youth Delegates (2016-2024)***

[Tessa Dooms @Tessa_Dooms]

People are not poor because they are "less fortuante". Poverty is structural. It's not fortune or luck that determines who is poor. It's active exclusion, oppression, marginalization, underdevelopment that intentionally fosters inequality & reinforces poverty.

Words mean things.

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

(2) capitalist exploitation carried out by western countries and corporations.

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

#bookreview This book is an exposé of the brutal mining practices in the #Congo, including child labour, told through a first hand account by journalist @siddharthkara. It shares the grim reality of the minerals that power our lives in the global north and the disturbing (1)

[Brie O'Sullivan @brie_osullivan]

Period.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

Babies are #NotATarget.

Schools are #NotATarget.

Children are #NotATarget.

Civilians are #NotATarget.

Hospitals are #NotATarget.

Humanitarians are #NotATarget.

Healthcare workers are #NotATarget.

They must be protected.

At all times. Everywhere.

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

At least 300 healthcare workers have been reported killed in Gaza, since early October this year. ❤️‍🩹💔

This is completely unacceptable. And against international humanitarian law that provides rules to protect access to healthcare in times of armed conflict.