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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
@madhupai.bsky.social
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Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University. Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 4d
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better

My book review @thelancet.com

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From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change, political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the altar of populism and authoritar...
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The future of the End TB response will not be decided in Washington or Geneva, but in New Delhi, Abuja, Pretoria, and Jakarta

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The future of the End TB response will not be decided in Washington or Geneva, but in New Delhi, Abuja, Pretoria, and Jakarta, where political will, domestic investments, and innovation can make sure that a TB-free world will be realized, not because of the benevolence from the Global North but more because of strategic self-determination and leadership from the Global South.
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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🎧Check out my new podcast / blog on leadership in global health — with @katribertram.bsky.social 👇🏻

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Leadership in global health — with Katri Bertram
Leadership traits of the next WHO Director-General and for the future of global health
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
madhupai.bsky.social
Online Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H), the longest-standing course of its type in Africa

www.wits.ac.za/course-finde...
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
Just as TB services were recovering after COVID-19, funding cuts by G7 nations are putting progress at risk

These trends, while perilous, also reveal a turning point toward a more equitable, resilient, and self-reliant TB response, led by high-burden countries

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
madhupai.bsky.social
The future of the End TB response will not be decided in Washington or Geneva, but in New Delhi, Abuja, Pretoria, and Jakarta

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine... via @plosmedicine.bsky.social
The future of the End TB response will not be decided in Washington or Geneva, but in New Delhi, Abuja, Pretoria, and Jakarta, where political will, domestic investments, and innovation can make sure that a TB-free world will be realized, not because of the benevolence from the Global North but more because of strategic self-determination and leadership from the Global South.
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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leslieenane.bsky.social
“It is in literature that I find everything that is missing in our policies – inspiration, intuition, and courage to imagine a new world.” – @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
#TBSky
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB

@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"

speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
In this disorienting situation, stories and narratives are essential. We need to tell the story about our collective human fight against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one that centers the survivors, nur...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
madhupai.bsky.social
Just as TB services were recovering after COVID-19, funding cuts by G7 nations are putting progress at risk

These trends, while perilous, also reveal a turning point toward a more equitable, resilient, and self-reliant TB response, led by high-burden countries

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
madhupai.bsky.social
Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business

#WorldAIDSDay piece @plosmedicine.bsky.social by Anthony Fauci & @gregfolkers.bsky.social

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Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business
In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers and Anthony Fauci reflects on the progress made in antiretroviral treatments and prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promisi...
journals.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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plosglobalpublichealth.org
NEW: The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB

by @leslieenane.bsky.social

@madhupai.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan

speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t...
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
In this disorienting situation, stories and narratives are essential. We need to tell the story about our collective human fight against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one that centers the survivors, nur...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
madhupai.bsky.social
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB

@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"

speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
In this disorienting situation, stories and narratives are essential. We need to tell the story about our collective human fight against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one that centers the survivors, nur...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
josephestiglitz.bsky.social
Thank you, @madhupai.bsky.social for your post about The Conversation. Readers can find the report here: ipdcolumbia.org/event/landma...
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
#WorldAIDSDay this year is a grim one

Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end…

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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On #WorldAIDSDay, please listen to the inspiring @zackieachmat.bsky.social a globally known AIDS activist

He delivered the Inaugural Paul Farmer Lecture @mcgill.ca

www.youtube.com/live/a6JOnJ0...
17th Annual McGill Global Health Night & Inaugural Paul Farmer Lecture for Global Health Equity
YouTube video by McGill University
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December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
On #WorldAIDSDay we remember the incredible activism that turned the tide on this deadly epidemic in the past

I’m sad that funding cuts by G7 nations are making such activism necessary yet again

www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
AIDS Activism, A Playbook For Global Health Advocacy
AIDS activism was exceptionally successful. Other areas of global health can and must use the AIDS activism playbook.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
madhupai.bsky.social
#WorldAIDSDay this year is a grim one

Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end…

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Reposted by Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
gavinyamey.bsky.social
🆕 Our new piece in @nejm.org, written with colleagues in 2 PEPFAR countries—Zambia & South Africa—& at Duke examines the new US approach to global health

“A retreat from multilateralism, a geopolitical emphasis, and rushed transitions could threaten progress,” we say

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The New U.S. Global Health Strategy — A Reset of America’s Health Cooperation | NEJM
The U.S. administration recently unveiled its new approach to global health. A retreat from multilateralism, a geopolitical emphasis, and rushed transitions could threaten progress.
www.nejm.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
madhupai.bsky.social
On #WorldAIDSDay we remember the incredible activism that turned the tide on this deadly epidemic in the past

I’m sad that funding cuts by G7 nations are making such activism necessary yet again

www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
AIDS Activism, A Playbook For Global Health Advocacy
AIDS activism was exceptionally successful. Other areas of global health can and must use the AIDS activism playbook.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Reposted by Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
madhupai.bsky.social
Amazing! 👏🏽👏🏽

In Australia, “no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination”

report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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madhupai.bsky.social
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission

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Health care in the USA: money has become the mission
Despite extraordinary scientific and medical resources, the US health-care system underperforms. In this Review we consider the damage wrought by decades of market-based policies that have stimulated ...
www.thelancet.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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This nonsense is going to make things a lot harder for all of us but especially our ID colleagues.

In solidarity I’m going to make my next #HCWvsHunger donation to #mealiodosis in honor of colleagues like @jabarocas.bsky.social @drjudystone.bsky.social @iddocadi.bsky.social
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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madhupai.bsky.social
Why is science under assault and what forces are behind it?

My review @thelancet.com of “Science under Siege” by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

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November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
Children rely on adults for safety, but when adults and governments are intentionally spreading anti-vax misinformation, or actively reducing access to essential vaccines, who is to protect kids and safeguard their right to health?

www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
madhupai.bsky.social
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission
Despite extraordinary scientific and medical resources, the US health-care system underperforms. In this Review we consider the damage wrought by decades of market-based policies that have stimulated ...
www.thelancet.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
madhupai.bsky.social
When professional associations fail public health

@amyhagopian.bsky.social

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When professional associations fail public health
The destruction of Gaza's health system represents one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time and demands a response from professional health organisations. European public health associations h...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM