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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Mar 24

🧵 1/14 The WHO "Best Buys" have been effective but underutilised. Our paper @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social introduces "Quick Buys"—cost-effective interventions that show measurable public health impact within 5 years. w/ David Stuckler, @gauden.bsky.social and other colleagues at WHO EURO

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Jan 15

Lancet Commission that I have contributed to over the past 2y reported today, proposing a definition of a new entity: clinical obesity, the fraction of obesity that is a disease in its own right, not just an intermediate condition or a risk factor for other diseases www.thelancet.com/commissions/...

Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity

www.thelancet.com

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Dec 17

It’s taken a while but so glad @obshealth.bsky.social has moved here. I would say it but if you are at all interested in health systems and policy you really do need to follow

eurohealthobservatory.who.int

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership that aims to identify what evidence Europe’s decision makers need.

eurohealthobservatory.who.int

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 30

Dawn at Amerikaplads, Copenhagen from Adina Apartments

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Nov 28

1/8 All countries in Europe face nursing shortages. The issue isn't so much training more, it's keeping those we have. Our new European Observatory policy brief asks what can be done (supported by Horizon Europe MAGNET4EUROPE project)
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...

Strengthening Europe’s Nursing Workforce: Strategies for Retention

Policy Brief 66 by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The numbers of nurses (and the ratios of nurses to patients and to doctors) vary widely across Europe but there are shortage...

eurohealthobservatory.who.int

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 26

Our new review is published: “Alcohol consumption increases female breast cancer risk, even for women who consume one drink per day.”

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Alcoholic beverage consumption and female breast cancer risk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of prospective cohort studies

Based on all available evidence from prospective studies of breast cancer incidence published up to November 15, 2023, this review confirms that alcohol is a risk factor for female breast cancer, inc...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 24

Spread the good news! Thanks @ourworldindata.org

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Nov 21

We've just made it much easier to reuse the data on Our World in Data!

Check out our two new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API — both accessible for every one of our charts via the data download button in the lower right corner.

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 24

So many applications to public health here. Thanks @allendowney.bsky.social for pointing out the release of the @ourworldindata.org API. Rushing to try this out…

Allen Downey @allendowney.bsky.social · Nov 24

Our World in Data now provides APIs to access their datasets programmatically. Here's a quick example that shows how to use them:
www.allendowney.com/blog/2024/11...
Thanks, @ourworldindata.org

Download the World in Data

Our World in Data recently announced that they are providing APIs to access their data. Coincidentally, I am using one of their datasets in my workshop on time series analysis at PyData Global 2024…

www.allendowney.com

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Allen Downey @allendowney.bsky.social · Nov 24

Our World in Data now provides APIs to access their datasets programmatically. Here's a quick example that shows how to use them:
www.allendowney.com/blog/2024/11...
Thanks, @ourworldindata.org

Download the World in Data

Our World in Data recently announced that they are providing APIs to access their data. Coincidentally, I am using one of their datasets in my workshop on time series analysis at PyData Global 2024…

www.allendowney.com

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 23

@elstorreele.bsky.social has a new essay on the intersection between innovation and equity. www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

Powerful practical recommendations on reclaiming innovation for population health, highly relevant to our work developing a European innovation strategy in 2025.

Reclaiming medicines and health innovation for our health - Friends of Europe

www.friendsofeurope.org

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 21

I have written, with Lea Castro, on the tactics of corporate actors — fear, funds, fronts among them. Here is a great summary of fear and intimidation used as a tactic by industry.

Dr Mélissa Mialon @melissamialon.bsky.social · Nov 21

This is the 1st article in what is my most difficult project: started during the covid19 pandemic, then I raised a baby (and his older brother), changed cities twice, and jobs, etc.

The article, of utmost importance, discusses the intimidations we face in our field

academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Intimidation against advocates and researchers in the tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food spaces: a review

Abstract. Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) engage in corporate political activity, using diverse practices, including intimidatory tactics, to thwart,

academic.oup.com

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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · Nov 21

We are excited to release our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social

You can read the Editorial here! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

And access all papers in the special issue here - with more to be added soon! academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Nov 21

We've just made it much easier to reuse the data on Our World in Data!

Check out our two new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API — both accessible for every one of our charts via the data download button in the lower right corner.

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Dr Simone McCarthy @simonemccarthy.bsky.social · Nov 21

The CDOH special issue at @healthpromint.bsky.social has just been launched!

The Editorial launching the series states that we must be led by the evidence on the risk to public health goals that engagement with harmful commercial actors poses!

academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

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Dr Mélissa Mialon @melissamialon.bsky.social · Nov 21

This is the 1st article in what is my most difficult project: started during the covid19 pandemic, then I raised a baby (and his older brother), changed cities twice, and jobs, etc.

The article, of utmost importance, discusses the intimidations we face in our field

academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Intimidation against advocates and researchers in the tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food spaces: a review

Abstract. Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) engage in corporate political activity, using diverse practices, including intimidatory tactics, to thwart,

academic.oup.com

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thanks @stefanbuttigieg.com and big laugh on meme-worthiness. Not sure it’s a compliment, but I’ll take it! :)

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 18

Happy to see @who-global.bsky.social here

WHO @who.int · Nov 18

Hello @bsky.app family!

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WHO @who.int · Nov 18

Hello @bsky.app family!

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

Among the many innovative features listed in this article, I find the use of a custom domain both easy and useful. By connecting an account to a personal domain and website, it acts as a means of verification that is more meaningful than any check mark, paid or unpaid!

Congrats @bsky.app

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Nov 17

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky

It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

www.theverge.com

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thanks! That would be great!

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

And three similarly great lists in global health.

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Nov 17

We now have 3 starter packs for Global Health Nerds!

go.bsky.app/DgwRPwD

go.bsky.app/RScFWyt

go.bsky.app/ADqkPeH

Will keep updating!

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

Great starter pack in Europe’s health. Just hit “Follow All”.

Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · Aug 26

European health policy starter pack

My favourite European health policy and law connections on Bluesky so far

go.bsky.app/K2JB6CN

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Nov 17

We now have 3 starter packs for Global Health Nerds!

go.bsky.app/DgwRPwD

go.bsky.app/RScFWyt

go.bsky.app/ADqkPeH

Will keep updating!

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

Not sure why @bsky.app is not showing the thumbnail for the video… here it is

Narrator of the video in pensive pose with fireworks in the background

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thanks for the callout @monikakosinska.bsky.social :)

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

I had fun making a mock-serious video opening speech for a health innovation session at the 17th European Public Health Conference on 14 Nov 2024. (Only watch this in a place where you can laugh without raising eyebrows). 😁

youtu.be/diKNkTFv7Ow

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 17

The profile banner is a detail of Tao Hong's painting "Eye in the Sky" (2018, oil on canvas, 200cm by 300cm) at the National Art Museum in Beijing, on 13 Sep 2019. A mosaic of 100s of corporate icons, the piece serves as fitting metaphor for surveillance capitalism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveil...

People viewing painting of "Eye in the Sky" by Tao Hong exhibited at the National Art Museum in Beijing, China in 2019.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Nov 17

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky

It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

www.theverge.com

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Gauden Galea @gauden.bsky.social · Nov 16

Please add me! This is a great idea!

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