Sara Riese, PhD

Global public health nerd. Sr researcher @DHSprogram / Assoc Faculty @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Burkina Faso RPCV. Childhood cancer survivor. Views my own.

[IPUMS International @ipumsi]

Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the @UNStats’ DHS impact survey (https://t.co/OCvqQcGXz5) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate. @PopAssocAmerica @ipums

[Household Survey Bot @hhpopsurvey]

Prevalence and determinants of mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact: an assessment from the 2017-18 BDHS data: CONCLUSION: Given that only approximately one-sixth of the surveyed women are engaged in SSC practice, informal instructional… https://t.co/nrgVbtF8Bo @dhsprogram

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. https://t.co/yV23bLTPmK

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

using a meme from an African funeral to celebrate cuts that will kill countless African kids is just profound sickness of the soul

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: https://t.co/tbgKk7ESqj

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

The thing that upsets me more than anything about the attacks on science is the elimination of an entire generation of scientists. It’s not just destroying our present, it’s destroying our future.

[Sara Riese, PhD @drsarariese]

Thank you @Sen_Alsobrooks !!

[Senator Angela Alsobrooks @Sen_Alsobrooks]

I will be voting ‘No’ on cloture and on the Republican continuing resolution.

A continuing resolution will allow President Trump to continue doing what he’s doing.

Looting our government to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

Conducting a witch hunt against our patriotic civil servants — people who work on behalf of our veterans, people who work on behalf of our students, people who work on behalf of our domestic violence survivors.

Threatening to cut Social Security benefits, to cut Medicaid.

Causing the markets to crash by starting a trade war with our allies that will raise prices on goods and impact the pocketbooks of everyday Americans.

To allow the President to continue what he’s doing would be in direct contradiction with my mandate — to fight for Marylanders.

We have a unique opportunity at this moment to course correct and pass a clean, bipartisan funding bill that would address some of these concerns and mistakes. That is what Marylanders need and deserve in this moment of chaos.

Republicans control the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives. Whatever happens next is squarely on them.

[Sara Riese, PhD @drsarariese]

Thank you Senator @ChrisVanHollen !!

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

I'm a no on cloture, I'm a no on the CR, and I'm a no on giving Elon Musk and Donald Trump a slush fund to rig the government for billionaires like themselves at the expense of everyone else.

[Tina Smith @SenTinaSmith]

YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE AIRLIFTED TO OTHER STATES TO OBTAIN HEALTH CARE THAT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE!

[NAACP @NAACP]

Using a child as a prop to disguise that you’ve cancelled research funding for children’s cancer is not only hypocritical it’s disgusting.
#jointsession

[Brett Murphy @BrettMmurphy]

One of the smallest federal agencies in government, the African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building. Here's the letter ADF sent to DOGE

[Sam Stein @samstein]

NEW: More than 700 current US foreign policy officers and officials have signed a dissent cable to Marco Rubio urging him to stop the dismantling of USAID. An extraordinary step.

https://t.co/5fUiUFbDpI

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

Just infuriating. Make any "not our problem" argument you want, but these are potentially millions of real parents, children, and siblings who will needlessly die.

And before you say "we can't afford it," its around 0.1% of spending and its already been paid for. We and our European allies can afford it if we wish, these impoverished nations cannot.

So say whatever you want - "not our problem," "we can't afford it," "Bill Gates should pay," "who cares about black kids in Africa" - but understand that these are real people with real families who will die to save the American taxpayer no money now and maybe a couple bucks down the road. Put down the tribalist snark and try to find an ounce of humanity.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

Answer to Vance: Zelenskyy has thanked our country over and over again both privately and publicly.
And our country thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who have stood up to a dictator, buried their own & stopped Putin from marching right into the rest of Europe. Shame on you.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” (via @nytimes)

[Adam Gaffney @awgaffney]

The people responsible will never have to see, with their own eyes, the suffering and deaths this will inflict.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

5800 of 6200 USAID contracts terminated — including for emergency food for malnourished children and lifesaving aid for millions with HIV, malaria, TB. Affected plaintiffs must respond by noon Friday.

[Jen Kates @jenkatesdc]

Statement from @EGPAF on the cancellation of their PEPFAR agreements (which had waivers) that had provided HIV treatment to 10,000 Children and 10,000 Pregnant Women)
https://t.co/9DUbzg9xH8

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Why is the Trump administration importing sex traffickers?