Ben Verboom

Lecturer, @QM_GlobalHealth

[People's Health Movement | @who-watch.bsky.social @PHMglobal]

PHM was proud to send a delegation to the International Conference Against War hosted by the Stop the War Coalition @STWuk

The world needs a renewed, reinvigorated and intersectional anti-war movement, with anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism and health justice at the centre

[People's Health Movement | @who-watch.bsky.social @PHMglobal]

PHM was on the ground in Geneva at last month's World Health Assembly #WHA79, advocating for #HealthJustice and renewed commitment to #HealthForAll.

Our WHO Watch volunteers delivered statements on governance reform, #UHC, antimicrobial resistance, health emergencies, and more.

[People's Health Movement | @who-watch.bsky.social @PHMglobal]

PHM gifted a copy of Global Health Watch 7 to @WHO Director General @DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

We thanked Dr Tedros for his strong advocacy for increasing flexible financing, and spoke of the ongoing need to resist the influence of private, unnacountable money at WHO.

[Baba Aye @BabaAye]

@PSIglobalunion welcomes Expert Advisory Group review of @WHO Code of Practice for international recruitment of health workers at #WHA79 today. & called for strict regulation of recruitment agencies & stringent application of rules to safeguard health workforce across the world.

[Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork]

In Geneva for #WHA79?

Don't miss this crucial side event with experts in global health representing civil society, Member States, and the WHO.

📅 19 May 2026
⏰ 18:00–19:30 CEST
📍 Salle C, WHO Headquarters
🥪 Sandwiches & drinks provided

💻 Online: https://t.co/wbIyq7GA3t

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"Next Wednesday it is expected that the [ICJ] will find against Israel for ending all cooperation with UN aid agencies" and "clarify that Israel as an occupying force had a legal duty to provide aid to the people of Gaza, and it . utterly failed to comply with that duty."

[Ted Rutland @TedRutland]

Genocide theatre: (1) Canada and the West publish sternly worded statements about some aspect of Israel's genocide; (2) Israel announces a change and continues killing; (3) Canada and the West praise Israel for the change and pat themselves on the back for bringing it about.

[Global Health Observ @GlobalPHObserv]

Call for Public Comment:
WHO Strategic and Operational Plan for Coronavirus Disease Threat Management (2025–2030)

Deadline for comments: 08 August 2025, 23:59 CEST

https://t.co/atRhQD91gX

[Janina Dill @JaninaDill]

BB Verify dug into Israel's widespread demolitions in #Gaza. Main legal points:

Destruction of property in occupied territory without imperative military necessity is a war crime.

https://t.co/NnP4BzBD6N

[Ben Verboom @verboom]

Global Impact of Attacks on Healthcare in Conflict Zones

Join Dr. Swee Chai Ang of @MedicalAidPal, Dr. James Smith, and Dr. @nevegordon for this crucial discussion.

July 9, 6-8pm, Milton Lecture Theatre in London. You can also join online.

Register: https://t.co/ghj23K1laQ

[Geneva Health Files @FilesGeneva]

Countries Vote in Support of Palestine at World Health Assembly, as Humanitarian and Health Crises Worsen in Gaza

Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #275 [The Files In-Depth]

https://t.co/OoevLvhLVi

[People's Health Movement | @who-watch.bsky.social @PHMglobal]

Antimicrobial resistance #AMR is an impending catastrophe.

Our call to @WHO and the international community at #WHA78:

- End industrial factory farming
– Shift to #agroecology
– Defund factory farms
– Invest in #PublicPharma

Our future depends on it

@PSIglobalunion @verboom

[People's Health Movement | @who-watch.bsky.social @PHMglobal]

A nuclear war would inevitably be a mass casualty event.

The People's Health Movement's position on the devastating health effects of #NuclearWeapons and #NuclearWar. A statement delivered to the World Health Assembly with our friends at @PSIglobalunion.

#WHA78 @WHO @verboom

[Ben Verboom @verboom]

The spectre of nuclear war haunts our increasingly divided world.

My statement on the health implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Delivered on behalf of @PHMglobal and @PSIglobalunion to the 78th World Health Assembly.

#WHA78

@WHO
@IPPNW

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

🚨A source close to the Palestinian negotiators tells me Hamas and the U.S. have reached an “understanding” on the terms of a Gaza ceasefire agreement. They emphasized Hamas is still awaiting Israel’s response and that Israel often sabotages these deals.

[Ben Verboom @verboom]

@BabaAye, @PSIglobalunion:

“Financialization of health in any form undermines the essence of universal health care. [...] UHC requires global solidarity. Richer countries and international financial institutions need to cancel the debts of developing countries”

💪💪💪

#WHA78

[Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) @G2H2_Geneva]

🌍 #GlobalHealth is in crisis.
Donor-driven aid is failing. Power imbalances persist. Privatization expands.

📣 Join us for a workshop to reclaim global *public* health.

🗓️ Mon 26 May
🕙 10:00–12:00 CEST
📌 Geneva & online

🔗 Register now https://t.co/fMOQlMPrzC

[Ben Verboom @verboom]

"We need to progressively delink the incentives to invest in biomedical R&D from the grant of temporary monopolies. Legal monopolies on medicines predictably lead to high prices and appalling inequities of access and outcomes."

–@ThiruGeneva

#WHA78

[Ben Verboom @verboom]

.@ThiruGeneva of @KEI_DC speaking truths at #WHA78:

"The only way to have anything remotely equal in terms of access to medicines is to fundamentally change the way we finance biomedical research and development."

@WHO @jamie_love