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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 1h

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

US declines to sign World Bank directors' joint statement on climate agenda

Nineteen of the World Bank's 25 executive directors issued a joint statement this week affirming their support for the bank's continued work on climate change, defying the U.S., the bank's largest shareholder, and several other countries.

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Daniel D. Reidpath @dreidpath.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds

Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050

www.theguardian.com

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James Hickson @jmchickson.bsky.social · 5d

Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social

Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 1h

Not quite sure we needed the Chatham house rules in the first panel discussion :) #whs2025 #healthfinancingattippingpoint

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... No kidding.

UK to host international summit on Gaza recovery plan

Representatives from Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany and Italy among those to attend conference

www.theguardian.com

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2h

In SSA things seem to be changing for the better, to some extent at least. But at the global level, i'm only going to believe it if Axel Pries & Peter Sands start talking like Winnie Byanyima on the way forward :) #quodnonsofar

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 5h

Never expected anything from Merz in the first place.

Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 12h

#WHS2025 take-aways from the discussions that count (over ☕️ & in the corridors):
1) Where’s the Chancellor and top leadership? Has Germany (despite a 1bn GF pledge) dropped #globalhealth?
2) Is all this architecture discussion new or old-old-never-changes? Something’s shifting, there’s reform hope

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 14h

Very good session, i thought.

World Health Summit @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social · 14h

📊 Today’s second keynote session marked the official launch of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
👉 Re-watch the full session: https://f.mtr.cool/tcpxegwrlz

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 14h

Commercial determinants of active travel: a crucial but overlooked barrier to health and sustainability - The Lancet Planetary Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... by C Jochem et al.

Commercial determinants of active travel: a crucial but overlooked barrier to health and sustainability

Active travel (walking, cycling, and other non-motorised transport) is an important component of active lifestyles and plays a crucial role in improving physical and mental health, reducing greenhouse...

www.thelancet.com

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Lucia Ruggiero @lruggiero.bsky.social · 18h

Global Burden of Disease 2023
Findings from the GBD 2023 Study
www.healthdata.org/sites/defaul...

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 17h

Horton with a whiff of Jon Bon Jovi: keep the faith :)

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 18h

Listening to that Aussie guy on the mental health crisis among youngsters. Listing all the possible risk factors one by one, you begin to wonder why not every youngster has a mental health disorder yet.. #WHS2025 #GBD2023 What world have we created for the next generations. ..?

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 20h

Been listening to the progressive minister from Spain. Increasingly think that we're from Venus, and the centre and everything to the right, as Mars, on the international dimension of shared solidarity. #WHS2025 Where's the common ground? At most a little bit of GHS... If it's "efficient", moreover.

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 20h

The Roche representative had an "interesting" interpretation of global solidarity :). #WHS2025 #ONEsessionontransformingGHarchitecture

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... Worth a read as #WHS2025 is about to start. Ominous stuff: "Essential question: how to deal with loss?"

France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall

The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

www.theguardian.com

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/football/202... We're so screwed. @rvandepas.bsky.social

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

www.theguardian.com

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out the Force of the Deutsche Bahn is not with us today. Damn.

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670... Tss tss.

Infantino calls on football to support Gaza peace plan

www.nytimes.com

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2d

Important.

Priti Patnaik @pritipatnaik.bsky.social · 2d

From The Editor's Desk @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social

genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/from-the-d...

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2d

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m... Yep.

France’s Far-Right Reckoning Is Delayed, Not Denied

Ian Bremmer concludes that President Emmanuel Macron is out of options and is now simply trying to buy more time.

www.project-syndicate.org

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2d

‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge

www.nytimes.com

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

DRC says EU’s minerals deal with Rwanda is ‘obvious double standard’

Brussels urged to impose stronger sanctions against Rwanda, as it has in response to Russia for its war in Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive-Bill Gates, PAHO consider ways to bring weight-loss drugs to lower-income countries

LONDON (Reuters) -The Gates Foundation and the Pan American Health Organization are both working on ways to make weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro more accessible i...

www.yahoo.com

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International Health Policies (IHP) network @ihpnetwork.bsky.social · 3d

Check out this week's IHP news 849: Run-up to the World Health Summit in Berlin
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese, as well as an AI summary). #WHS2025

Newsletter

www.internationalhealthpolicies.org

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 3d

extranet.who.int/prequal/news...

First lenacapavirs prequalified | WHO - Prequalification of Medical Products (IVDs, Medicines, Vaccines and Immunization Devices, Vector Control)

Gilead’s Lenacapavir Tablet and Injection Products Prequalified by WHO

extranet.who.int

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