Ryan Cronk

Assistant Professor @UNC in Environmental Sciences and Engineering and @UNC_Water_Inst. UVA alum. Tweets: #water #health #development #durham #humanflourishing

[WASH FOR HEALTH @WASH_FOR_HEALTH]

Pharmaceutical #waste from hospitals, clinics, and labs is a major environmental driver of #AMR. Join WHO on 12 June (13:00–14:30 CEST) to explore new guidance and country efforts to improve waste management in health care settings.

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[WASH FOR HEALTH @WASH_FOR_HEALTH]

Join @UNC @WaterInstitute @WHO& @UNICEFwater for a 3/25 webinar, 2pm GVA time, on Safe Management of #PharmaWaste in healthcare. Expert insights from WHO’s new report. Register: https://t.co/IZCDwvjjFa

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Time to resurface this tweet by @marcorubio, now @SecRubio. He was right. Humanitarian aid is life-saving, but it's also an investment in national security. It reflects our values AND our interests.

[Marco Rubio @marcorubio]

Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.

[Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT]

PEPFAR seems like the opposite case: Neglible cost to primary obligations, huge positive effect on outer-circle population. That's what you're looking for from foreign aid programs.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

USAID is filled with idealistic people who work long hours, often in dangerous places, to save lives. Debate policy or spending levels all you want, but calling them evil or claiming that they hate America is truly disgraceful.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

PEPFAR has saved an estimated 25 million lives — an incredible American achievement.

This funding pause needs to be lifted ASAP

[Leah Libresco Sargeant @LeahLibresco]

Because we’re the greatest country on earth

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

PEPFAR is the epitome of soft power. It is a Republican initiative, it is pro-life, pro-America and the most popular U.S. program in Africa. There’s even a waiver acknowledging this, yet I’m told that drugs are still being withheld at clinics in Africa. This must be reversed immediately!!

[Matt Darling 🌐🏗️ @besttrousers]

"We were on the verge of ending HIV, TB, and malaria. That has all ended with this pause. It is a gift to our enemies and competitors."

[Matthew Loftus @matthew_loftus]

"if U.S. aid were to completely stop the biggest problem for many African countries would not come from the loss of funds but from the disruption or collapse of systems of health surveillance and logistics."
https://t.co/8ilWxdu6Vy

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

USAID absolutely has dumb waste that serves no humanitarian purpose and should be eliminated (legally, through Congress).

But forgive me for not wanting to also cause the death of 20 million HIV patients who get their life-saving medication thru PEPFAR, or cancel malaria nets.

[Eric Levitz @EricLevitz]

I think condemning countless HIV patients to death for no reason — while potentially incubating a new, drug-resistant strain of HIV — is a more consequential act of misgovernance than spending $25,000 on a queer opera in Peru. But I know many on this site beg to differ

[Chris Blattman @cblatts]

Many NGOs and organizations were reportedly threatened not to go to court. This is hearsay, but I’ve heard it said from multiple corners.

Conceivably, this was all part of the attempt to run out the clock and scare organizations away from their most effective tool.

[Chris Blattman @cblatts]

Most sensible and important thing you will read on foreign aid and USAID.

[Melissa Wear @MelissaMWear]

Pizza Hut was an education nonprofit, change my mind

[Melissa Wear @MelissaMWear]

Kids aren’t reading entire books because they are not being offered personal pan pizzas upon completion.

Bam, policy solution

[Durham Public Schools @DurhamPublicSch]

The Board of County Commissioners has taken historic action and funded over 98 percent of the DPS operating budget for the 2024-2025 school year. DPS is grateful to the County Commissioners for its support, advocacy, and collaboration. See more here: https://t.co/EAjMFZHpnV

[Ryan Cronk @rdcronk]

@drantbradley It often has more to do with insurance. Men can serve in the nursery but aren’t allowed to change diapers. In my context, it’s only female, paid childcare staff