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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc

@rahallclifford.bsky.social

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Global health, medical anthropology, co-design for health equity. @Emory U, working in Guatemala and beyond. Loves sightings of the absurd and compassion.

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · Jan 27

The Spanish edition of my book El Punto Débil launched with a wonderful discussion in Guatemala! (Free ebook links below)

🎶Playlist for reading🎶
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Philip Wilson (Ecofiltro), Rachel Hall-Clifford (Emory U), Parmi Suchdev (CDC Guate), Norma Bajan (community leader), Joaquim Barnoya (Guate Minister of Health), Emily Zielinski Gutierrez (CDC Guate), Waleska Lopez Canu (Wuqu' Kawoq)

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 12h

I don't want to be self promotional, but Arthur's afterward in my book Underbelly explores these themes for a global health context. You might enjoy (there's a free PDF version!)

Underbelly: Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health

An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemala

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god everything we learned in public health school, just exploded

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 1d

Yep 🙃

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 1d

Chitchatting with other moms at school and realized we have v different ideas of "travel nightmares." No Alicia, the *worst* wasn't Disney losing my luggage, it was needing to ride 2 hours in the back of a pickup to draw my own blood when I was delirious with dengue so #GlobalHealth #FittingIn

a woman is walking down a street with a crowd of people in suits .

Alt: a woman is walking down a street with a crowd of people in suits . one of these things is not like the others

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so tired of being right 🙃

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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 1d

The CDC's union estimates that a quarter of the agency been gutted under the Trump administration. Here's our story at @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 1d

People really don't know how relatively few staff were holding the whole thing together or why that matters, and it's killing me

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 1d

Aaaaay congratulations on this well deserved honor, Madhu! 🙌

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yep, that and ET for some reason

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 2d

Why is this guy yelling at us, right here on Al Gore's Internet 😭

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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 2d

WIRED reporter here. If you're a CDC worker and would like to share any information on the RIFs, feel free to message me at emullin.06 on Signal.

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 2d

Write to Congress: All CDC Employees must be reinstated

Write to Congress: CDC Employees must be Reinstated

**Please write now to your Senators and Representative demanding that ALL CDC employees be reinstated as part of any agreement to reopen the government.** Late on Friday, October 10, the Trump Admin...

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 3d

Can confirm

David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 3d

It really sucks how the key to writing is really to just be stressed out for days before you actually sit down to write, obsessively thinking about the topic to the detriment of your health and personal life.

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhhhh no.

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 3d

YES! Sending all the good vibes ❤️

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 3d

As the world steadily swings toward more nationalism, authoritarianism, and isolationism, global health can only be saved when we save democracy and start caring about human rights and our shared humanity

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Q&A with Madhukar Pai

Professor Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, FCAHS, FRSC, is the inaugural chair, Department of Global and Public Health at the McGill School of Population and Global Health in Montreal, Canada. He holds a Canada...

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 3d

RIF rescinded for my friends. Relieved but heartbroken they went through this. The ongoing uncertainty is unsustainable.

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 5d

Dear friends fired from CDC in the middle of the night at an overseas posting. Absolute devastation after decades of service to our country and global health.

A fucking travesty.

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 4d

Jesus

ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.

Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 4d

I have so many questions about where the dog came from?! 😂

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 4d

Our public health heroes don't deserve this rollercoaster of cruelty and incompetence

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

Update from @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error. Gift link: nyti.ms/48JjSSf

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 5d

I can't sleep, I keep hearing from friends all over with bad news

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 5d

Dear friends fired from CDC in the middle of the night at an overseas posting. Absolute devastation after decades of service to our country and global health.

A fucking travesty.

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 5d

yes.

Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 5d

That is gorgeous!