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Partners In Health @pih.org · 6d

Billions in lifesaving global health funding are being withheld, forcing cuts to HIV, TB, and malaria programs across more than 100 countries.

Congress approved it.

The world is waiting.

Urge them to act now: https://act.pih.org/pepfar-apportionment

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9d

Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity

Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity

Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity

Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.

It aids fascism.

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · 8d

My wife brought up the matter of Marble Hill being in Manhattan in our wedding vows as an example of a fun fact I taught her. I am glad we're still together nine years later :-)

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · 8d

Technically in Manhattan, but an amazing place regardless!

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · 16d

I share your views on US politics and Jewish identity but also on music it seems!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25d

My quote of the day

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28d

a fortunate quirk is that doing food and medical support for impoverished children, foreign and domestic, *also* is about the biggest bang it is possible to get for our buck.

so you can analyze aid on a moral basis or a realpolitik basis and you get the same answer: we should do it

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 28d

Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Sep 28

Famous for the heart-shaped postmark, apparently! www.wtvr.com/news/local-n....

Why hundreds travel to Valentines, Virginia for the holiday of love

Hundreds of people flock to a small town near the Virginia and North Carolina border every year for a special Valentine's Day tradition.

www.wtvr.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 26

This paper does a great job with a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario about NIH, supposing the consequences of the bottom 40% of the funding NIH grants never existed.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Sep 23

The state of health and finance in Ghana is strong, as evidenced by this excellent @devex.com conference. I was proud to share our Ghana partnership learnings with an amazing group of colleagues - especially around chronic disease. #ActOnNCDs

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Sep 23

The state of global affairs might not be great, but the @who.int just released an exciting new plan to control global hypertension and I was thrilled to represent the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at its release (and connect with Dr Yvonne Commodore-Mensah) #ActOnNCDs

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Sep 19

Everything is on fire but I am glad the UN is taking up noncommunicable diseases next week and that the @WHO is pushing the world to act faster

WHO @who.int · Sep 19

Many countries have reduced deaths from heart disease, cancer, lung disease & diabetes over the past decade. However, in 60% of countries, progress is slowing & in some, the number of deaths is actually rising.

The global 2030 target is at risk unless govts ACT NOW! 👉 bit.ly/4pBAcKL #BeatNCDs #UNGA

Large bold text reads: ‘Progress in preventing deaths due to noncommunicable diseases is slowing.’ Smaller text at the bottom says: ‘The global 2030 target is at risk unless governments ACT NOW!’

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 9

Look: I can’t stand's RFK Jr. But if you come into my replies suggesting the problem is his former heroin use, please leave. Stigmatizing drug users is not OK with me. He’s a terrible person. Opioids have nothing to do with that.

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Aug 1

I can never write an NIH “team leadership” section now without thinking of this image

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Aug 1

I wish I could say I am shocked

Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · Aug 1

See anything?

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Jul 30

Also they make the best YouTube disaster education videos ever, which have amassed a cult following!

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · Jul 11

I got a snake, man!

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 30

This

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · May 30

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 16

Glad @billgates.com is on Bluesky and excited to see what the global health community can achieve together in the next 25 years in the quest to eradicate child deaths!

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · May 15

The last 25 years have shown us what’s possible. The next 25 will depend on whether the world keeps showing up for the children who need it most: gatesnot.es/43gTIl5

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 16

The first of 3 global health poster walks kicks off at #SGIM25 shortly.

See you at 8! Meet me and Jeremy Schwartz at the poster room entrance.

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 15

Thrilled that #SGIM25 is underway. Quick update:

Global health interest group will meet in Diplomat Ballroom 3 as part of a larger community forum on responding to Trump's national and global war on health equity and justice.

See you there. Disregard other site in the program.

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 13

For more info on what we're thinking and doing with global health at SGIM and why, see two recent @JournalGIM
publications from our team:

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

See you all tomorrow in Florida!

Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action - Journal of General Internal Medicine

The credo of the generalist physician has always been the promotion of health for all, in every aspect: not just multiple vulnerable organ systems, but multiple social, cultural, and political factors...

link.springer.com

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 13

3) Global health poster walks during sessions 4, 5, and 6 on Friday and Saturday. Lastly

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 13

2) A table at the #SGIM25 Community Forum at 1 pm on Thursday, discussing how Trump's policy war on science, truth, empathy, and other SGIM values affects global health in particular. And

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David J Heller @djheller.bsky.social · May 13

1) A meet-and-greet at 5:45 pm this Thursday - meet at Poster #56 with Preston Reynolds, me, Jeremy Schwartz, Tracy Rabin and others.

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