Raffaella Ravinetto
@rravinetto.bsky.social
Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar (A. Machado).
Head of Public Health Department at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.
Pharmaceutical Public Health & Research Ethics.Tweets in my own name
Head of Public Health Department at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.
Pharmaceutical Public Health & Research Ethics.Tweets in my own name
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Today we joined the call for the #right to receive and provide #healthcare, for the right to live. Everywhere. #Gaza #Yemen #Sudan #Afghanistan #Ukraine #DRC #Syria #Haïti etc.
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org @itmantwerp.bsky.social
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org @itmantwerp.bsky.social
It can be followed online!
The WMA invites you to its Open Expert Meeting on the Revision of the Declaration of Taipei — 4–6 Dec 2025, Taipei
Shape the future of #MedicalEthics & #HealthData governance.
REGISTER: https://bit.ly/4nRKOmy
#DeclarationOfTaipei
Shape the future of #MedicalEthics & #HealthData governance.
REGISTER: https://bit.ly/4nRKOmy
#DeclarationOfTaipei
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It can be followed online!
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Check out this week's IHP news 856: M/multilateralism in the year 2025 www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with translations & AI Summary).
Newsletter
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Check out this week's IHP news 856: M/multilateralism in the year 2025 www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with translations & AI Summary).
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Israeli group B’Tselem notes that, since a supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has:
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Israeli group B’Tselem notes that, since a supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has:
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
Our analysis of publications from commercial clinical #trials in breast lung & colon #cancer involving #LMICs, found significative #authorship imbalances, calling for #equity & #fairness in #oncology research
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #UPO @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #UPO @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Assessing patterns of authorship of low- and middle-income countries in global commercial clinical trials in oncology - Globalization and Health
Poor authorship practices in global health research may be a sign of unequal partnerships. Previous studies have shown that authors from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are frequently underre...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Our analysis of publications from commercial clinical #trials in breast lung & colon #cancer involving #LMICs, found significative #authorship imbalances, calling for #equity & #fairness in #oncology research
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #UPO @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #UPO @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our first #Pharmacovigilance immersive workshop is just concluded, with 21 participants from 18 African countries!
@itmantwerp.bsky.social
#UWC #AfricanCDC
Read more here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cepsa-...
@itmantwerp.bsky.social
#UWC #AfricanCDC
Read more here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cepsa-...
#pharmacovigilance #medsafety #publichealth #vaccines #teameurope #aueupartnership #globalgateway | CEPSA_Centre of Excellence for Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa
This week, we proudly launch our very first pharmacovigilance workshop, marking an exciting milestone for the Centre of Excellence for Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa (CEPSA). The event is co-hos...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Our first #Pharmacovigilance immersive workshop is just concluded, with 21 participants from 18 African countries!
@itmantwerp.bsky.social
#UWC #AfricanCDC
Read more here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cepsa-...
@itmantwerp.bsky.social
#UWC #AfricanCDC
Read more here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cepsa-...
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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Physical Accessibility of Medicines in Countries Hosting Trials for FDA Approvals url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
Physical Accessibility of Medicines in Countries Hosting Trials for FDA Approvals
This cross-sectional study aims to determine whether and when medicines receive market authorization in the countries where they are tested for US Food and Drug Administration approval, as well as tre...
jamanetwork.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Physical Accessibility of Medicines in Countries Hosting Trials for FDA Approvals url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
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Check out this week's IHP news 855: Important days for global health www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with French, Portuguese & Spanish translations, & AI summary).
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Check out this week's IHP news 855: Important days for global health www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with French, Portuguese & Spanish translations, & AI summary).
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An Israeli air attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded several.
Israeli air attack on refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people
An Israeli air attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded several.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
An Israeli air attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded several.
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WHO to shed over 2,000 jobs by mid-2026, document shows reut.rs/48ryWlJ
WHO to shed over 2,000 jobs by mid-2026, document shows
The World Health Organization said its workforce would shrink by nearly a quarter - or over 2,000 jobs - by the middle of next year as it seeks to implement reforms after its top donor, the United States, announced its departure.
reut.rs
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WHO to shed over 2,000 jobs by mid-2026, document shows reut.rs/48ryWlJ
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The most basic of ethical requirements for research …
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The most basic of ethical requirements for research …
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All this thread
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All this thread
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𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬
🗓️ 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 📍 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
UNU-IIGH & WHO-AFRO will host a high-level event to elevate health in UNFCCC negotiations at COP30 by showcasing Africa’s unified frameworks and advocating for health as a driver of ambition across mitigation, adaptation, loss & damage, finance.
🗓️ 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 📍 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
UNU-IIGH & WHO-AFRO will host a high-level event to elevate health in UNFCCC negotiations at COP30 by showcasing Africa’s unified frameworks and advocating for health as a driver of ambition across mitigation, adaptation, loss & damage, finance.
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬
🗓️ 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 📍 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
UNU-IIGH & WHO-AFRO will host a high-level event to elevate health in UNFCCC negotiations at COP30 by showcasing Africa’s unified frameworks and advocating for health as a driver of ambition across mitigation, adaptation, loss & damage, finance.
🗓️ 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 📍 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
UNU-IIGH & WHO-AFRO will host a high-level event to elevate health in UNFCCC negotiations at COP30 by showcasing Africa’s unified frameworks and advocating for health as a driver of ambition across mitigation, adaptation, loss & damage, finance.
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We just published a short reflection on WHO’s pre-qualification of lenacapavir. When a product is already approved by EMA and FDA, what does PQ really add? And how do branding and regulatory segmentation shape access? @rravinetto.bsky.social
Prequalifying the Qualified: The Lenacapavir Paradox www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... Feat article by Belén Tarrafeta & @rravinetto.bsky.social
Prequalifying the Qualified: The Lenacapavir Paradox
On 6 October 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the prequalification of lenacapavir, a breakthrough long-acting injectable medicine for HIV prevention. The news was rapidly spread acr...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We just published a short reflection on WHO’s pre-qualification of lenacapavir. When a product is already approved by EMA and FDA, what does PQ really add? And how do branding and regulatory segmentation shape access? @rravinetto.bsky.social
The @itmantwerp.bsky.social #PharmaceuticalPublicHealth group aims at #access to #safe #medicines & #vaccines for all - now supported by new colleagues NicolasPraet, Yu-TanChen & Rahmaniah!
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social CarineDochez, LoesMeukens
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social CarineDochez, LoesMeukens
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
Pharmaceutical Public Health is growing at ITM
The right to health implies that everybody, everywhere, should have timely access to essential health products, including medicines and vaccines.
www.itg.be
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The @itmantwerp.bsky.social #PharmaceuticalPublicHealth group aims at #access to #safe #medicines & #vaccines for all - now supported by new colleagues NicolasPraet, Yu-TanChen & Rahmaniah!
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social CarineDochez, LoesMeukens
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social CarineDochez, LoesMeukens
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
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Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
President Isaac Herzog said the violence committed by a “handful” of perpetrators “crosses a red line."
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
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The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Join symposium ‘Innovation in countering substandard and falsified medicines’ on Nov 12, 12.45pm CET, @ASTMH Hall F/G (Level 800) with talks by Prof Paul Newton, Prof Marya Liberman, Dr Carla Perez Mon, Professor Heather Hamill, Sean Cavany, Stella Nanyonga
www.linkedin.com/pulse/come-m...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/come-m...
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Join symposium ‘Innovation in countering substandard and falsified medicines’ on Nov 12, 12.45pm CET, @ASTMH Hall F/G (Level 800) with talks by Prof Paul Newton, Prof Marya Liberman, Dr Carla Perez Mon, Professor Heather Hamill, Sean Cavany, Stella Nanyonga
www.linkedin.com/pulse/come-m...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/come-m...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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"The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure." — @stefanswartpet.bsky.social & @madhupai.bsky.social argue children have the right to be vaccinated. 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 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure." — @stefanswartpet.bsky.social & @madhupai.bsky.social argue children have the right to be vaccinated. www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Transactional U.S. Bilateral Contracts Seeking Biological Data Complicates Multilateral Negotiations on Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing; Unlocking PABS Puzzle Could Hinge on Conditional Access
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/transactio...
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/transactio...
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Transactional U.S. Bilateral Contracts Seeking Biological Data Complicates Multilateral Negotiations on Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing; Unlocking PABS Puzzle Could Hinge on Conditional Access
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/transactio...
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/transactio...
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Politico: Pandemic response, the Trump way - Is the U.S. about to torpedo the World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement from afar?
pro.politico.eu/news/pandemic-response-the-trump-way @who.int
pro.politico.eu/news/pandemic-response-the-trump-way @who.int
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pro.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Politico: Pandemic response, the Trump way - Is the U.S. about to torpedo the World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement from afar?
pro.politico.eu/news/pandemic-response-the-trump-way @who.int
pro.politico.eu/news/pandemic-response-the-trump-way @who.int
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#Breaking: Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#Breaking: Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
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Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...