Catherine Davison

Journalist writing on global health, development policy and finance, inequality. Mostly @devex; also @bloomberg, @guardian, @bbc etc

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

I am not deleting this account, but going forward will be considerably more active on Bluesky. Find me there @cathedavison.bsky.social

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

Ahead of tomorrow’s Gavi summit, which seeks $9 billion in funding, re‑sharing this @devex piece on the pioneering Zero‑Dose Immunization Program. It's just one of many critical initiatives at stake, with global health financing facing unprecedented strain
https://t.co/HYuHNOXIWW

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

At the World Health Assembly last week, WHO member states adopted a long-awaited strategy to integrate traditional medicine into modern healthcare systems — but not without controversy:
https://t.co/kytuEToiHZ

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

Groundbreaking new drugs, vaccines and technologies promised to help end major global epidemics such as malaria and HIV – but U.S. funding cuts threaten their rollout.

Experts fear a “ripple effect” when it comes to global health research:
https://t.co/i094i3snFj

[Devex @devex]

Dwindling foreign aid budgets and the impact of the global gag rule have resulted in the shutdown of family planning services & clinics across Nepal. Experts fear that a Trump comeback could further hamper access to safe abortion and other services.

https://t.co/mfS2AQQBVC

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

A reminder of what is at stake today, and not just for the US.
Nepal’s maternal deaths have decreased by 72% since 1996, in large part due to the legalisation of abortion. Foreign aid cuts threaten to undo or even reverse those gains, warn experts:
https://t.co/XKcrLaNYE2

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

Migration offered women in Nepal new freedoms. The state held them back.

For @BW, a look at how protectionist anti-trafficking policies which ban women from working abroad curtail opportunity for economic and social empowerment:

https://t.co/7SO331SQe5

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

‘Development in a pressure cooker’: In Bangladesh, a lesson on the dangers of development without civil rights. And, with several formerly persecuted NGO leaders now at the helm of an interim government, what happens next @devex

https://t.co/ydqCfmB3sC

[Teena Thacker @Teensthack]

Cough syrup samples collected from more than 100 pharma units in the country have failed quality tests, according to a govt report, which highlights that some had the same toxins that were found in the #cough #syrups linked to deaths of children in Gambia, Uzbekistan & Cameroon.

[Nayanika Mathur @NayanikaM]

Hugely important paper. 1.19 million excess deaths in 2020 in India - before the horrific 2nd wave of 2021. Greater risks faced by women, Muslims, and SC/STs. Chilling to see inequalities of gender, religion & caste laid out in these tables on mortality rates and life expectancy.

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

With fantastic insights from experts @KBMcLeodFLA, Ekhosuehi Iyahen at @InsDevForum, and @ABhiyant_Tiwari on India's Heat Action Plans

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

As deadly heatwaves sweep the globe, India experiments with disaster insurance as a form of climate adaptation. A deep dive for @devex on how missing data presents a barrier for insuring against extreme heat, and why insurance alone is not the answer

https://t.co/mk4kAVRCh3

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

"At least five OCI foreign correspondents have been banned from working as journalists in less than two years." A devastating outcome for @sebfarcis, his wife, and all those who believe that press freedom is a pillar of democracy

[Sébastien Farcis @sebfarcis]

After 13 years working as a correspondent in India, the authorities have denied me a permit to work as a journalist. I have thus been forced to leave the country.
Here is my statement.

[Anmol Somanchi @anmol_smnch]

The ever so sharp Jean Drèze on what is at stake with a delayed census and why the BJP might be resisting it. Do read!

[Elissa Miolene @elissamio]

Really fascinating pulse check of India by @cathedavison 'People had had enough': Why Modi's victory in India looks like a loss

https://t.co/5dF4NXt02w via @Devex

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

Cannot think of anyone who deserves this more than @FightAnand, who �� despite great personal cost – doggedly pursued this investigation into one of India's most powerful business leaders. A timely reminder of the importance of independent media in holding the powerful to account

[International Center for Journalists @ICFJ]

We are thrilled to recognize Anand Mangnale of India as the inaugural winner of the Hans Staiger Award. The award was created in honor of our dear friend, Hans, to advance investigative reporting within the @OCCRP global network of journalists.

Read more: https://t.co/CBfoEbA3zr

[Jahnavi Sen @jahnavi_sen]

'Breathless', new series from @thewire_in: Three years after the second wave, eight journalists reported from varied states in the country – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra Bihar, Karnataka and Kerala – to document its after-life. | @nikita1712 https://t.co/xoKYoYTXoz

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

@ptr_yeung @soljourno @MelaPerezArias On a roll recently! Congrats!

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

@parth_0013 Messaged you!

[Catherine Davison @cathedavison]

Modi's re-election bid has touted impressive figures on economic growth and poverty reduction. But the data underpinning these claims is missing or increasingly being suppressed, economists warn – threatening the very development gains Modi lays claim to
https://t.co/ZJVbza5tAi