IMS@MSF, advocate 4 humanitarianism, global/planetary health, Gaia and the protection of each. Interested in all things universal. Opinions/views my own.
Healthy people need a healthy planet 🌏
Climate change is not just an environmental issue. It is affecting people's health, and the response needs to match the scale of the problem: https://t.co/xf4MMqgeKf
Trust is the most important asset in the current world. Trust is the ground on which we all stand. But we are losing trust in each other and in human institutions, and instead increasingly trust only algorithms and AI.
Watch the whole conversation with @DanielStach for @hpcivilizace on @Vedact24 here: https://t.co/Z5W4SbrUUj
Very good meeting with @MSF_IP's Javid Abdelmoneim on the ongoing #Ebola response in the #DRC and ways to scale up our joint activities faster to support the DRC government's leadership of the response. We share deep grief over the killing of an Ebola health worker last weekend and call for the safety and protection of all health workers, in the DRC and everywhere. Health care must never be a target. We also discussed ongoing negotiations on the Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex, and @WHO's financial reforms.
What happens when the sea no longer sustains the people who depend on it?
In Drowning on Dry Land, MSF Without Borders Media Fellow Cheena Kapoor reports from Andhra Pradesh, where declining fish stocks, rising debt, and increasingly dangerous seas are pushing coastal communities into deep distress — with serious consequences for mental health, family wellbeing, and livelihoods.
This powerful story highlights how climate pressure is not only reshaping ecosystems, but also lives, futures, and hope.
Read Cheena’s story, published by Asia Democracy Chronicles: https://t.co/XSQHoc7vc4
Reporting supported by the MSF Without Borders Media Fellowship, which encourages independent, impartial, and neutral reporting on health and humanitarian crises.
#MSFWithoutBorders #MediaFellowship
Social media is designed to maximize one thing: engagement. The thing that drives engagement best is anger and fear – we simply cannot look away. What happens when the very technology that allows us to have large-scale public conversations and allows democracy to flourish turns us against each other?
The popular quote "Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling" Bruce Lee :
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
—Frank Herbert, DUNE
On International Day of Play Dr. Louisa Baxter, MSF Medical Director, discusses the importance of preserving play in humanitarian interventions with
Watch it here: https://t.co/bqV9iLdC7m
On May 15, Uganda and the DRC officially declared an Ebola disease outbreak.
Why is this outbreak harder to contain than previous ones? Our Vaccination and Epidemic Response Advisor explains the challenges behind the Bundibugyo virus outbreak: https://t.co/QdFh5rt8QH
🩺 La doctora, María Guevara ( @guevamp ), de Médicos Sin Fronteras, habló con EL TIEMPO sobre cómo es salvar vidas en medio de conflictos armados y crisis humanitarias en distintas regiones del mundo como Ucrania, Palestina o África.
Fotos: John Pérez / El Tiempo
We don’t know which way AI will ultimately develop, but we can futureproof ourselves by focusing on adaptability.
From @nytimes piece “Where Is AI Taking Us?” – read the whole thing: https://t.co/INYiMT4OwA
On #ConsiderThis@Melisa_Idris speaks with Dr Maria Guevara @guevamp International Medical of @MSF about climate stress increasing medical needs and stretching humanitarian response on the ground. #AWANInews https://t.co/wNHV3EuPBK
Whether pessimists or optimists, we can all agree that AI will fundamentally change how we live: whether it's how we study and work, our leisure and hobbies, how we form friendships and relationships – or ultimately just how we communicate with each other.
📢 Join us for the MSF–Lancet Countdown Climate & Health Joint Brief Webinar 2025!
🗓️ 4 Nov | 🕛 12pm UK / 1pm CET
🌍Hear key insights on climate & health in humanitarian settings — from extreme heat to plastic use & water resilience.
🔗 Register: https://t.co/t71FBSp70I
🗓️Oct 15-19: The final round of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) for 2025 started in Twic, Warrap State.
Following a successful first round which reached 10,760 children with malaria preventive drugs, @MSF is working to ensure every child is protected against malaria.
When you visit @artblocks_io, take a moment to explore my project:
"Field Impact" transforms real humanitarian data into art, with 60% of NFT proceeds funding Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s life-saving missions worldwide.
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Health is more than treatment, it’s about ensuring every patient has access to the medicines they need, when they need them. At Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), pharmacists are at the heart of that mission. They don’t just dispense medicines. They guide patients, counsel them, educate communities, and monitor treatments carefully to make sure every dose counts.
As Lamya Abdi, one of our pharmacists, puts it: “We not only need the right medications, but a constant supply of them to help keep our patients alive…”
MSF pharmacists work in some of the most challenging conditions. In certain projects, medication has to be ordered internationally and can take up to seven months to arrive via our MSF planes. Yet, our pharmacists make it work. Their main role is clear: to ensure people being treated in MSF projects get quality medicines and vaccines, no matter what country they live in.
As Jessica Burry, another MSF pharmacist, says: “Our work might mean supporting our supply centres to source quality-assured medicines, or negotiating with companies to make their medicines available and affordable in low-income countries.”
Whether in a bustling hospital ward, a mobile clinic in a remote village, or a small community health post, MSF pharmacists bring vigilance, expertise, and compassion to every patient interaction.
As Lamya reminds us: “I’m an MSF pharmacist and together, we save lives!”
So, this World Pharmacists Day, we celebrate their dedication. Because, when you think health, you think pharmacists.