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
There's a huge "principles vs practices" disconnect in #child #health protection. At the conference "Building bridges for medicines justice", we advocated for #access to #medicines for #Children. The current status quo is unjust & morally unacceptable @katperehudoff.bsky.social @uvalaw.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
There's a huge "principles vs practices" disconnect in #child #health protection. At the conference "Building bridges for medicines justice", we advocated for #access to #medicines for #Children. The current status quo is unjust & morally unacceptable @katperehudoff.bsky.social @uvalaw.bsky.social
I was privileged to chair a session on #Sanction #Aid & #Access in Crisis Settings at the conference "Building bridges for medicines justice". @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social, K Enright,J Petrick,M Alshoufi analysed the contradictions of systems that deny access to #medicines while claiming to protect:
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I was privileged to chair a session on #Sanction #Aid & #Access in Crisis Settings at the conference "Building bridges for medicines justice". @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social, K Enright,J Petrick,M Alshoufi analysed the contradictions of systems that deny access to #medicines while claiming to protect:
" #SihamHassanHasaballah was the youngest parliamentarian in #Sudan history. The #RapidSupportForces assassinated her in a targeted attack in her town #ElFasher. The power struggle between regular army & militias keeps on claiming innocent victims".
From #AntonellaNapoli
www.focusonafrica.info/en/
From #AntonellaNapoli
www.focusonafrica.info/en/
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
" #SihamHassanHasaballah was the youngest parliamentarian in #Sudan history. The #RapidSupportForces assassinated her in a targeted attack in her town #ElFasher. The power struggle between regular army & militias keeps on claiming innocent victims".
From #AntonellaNapoli
www.focusonafrica.info/en/
From #AntonellaNapoli
www.focusonafrica.info/en/
💊 New #HealthSystemsGlobal Working Group: Pharmaceutical Policies in Health Systems (#PharmPol), with @gautamsatheesh.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
S Ozawa, C Goodman, Z Babar, F Suleman, K Ouoba.
Learn & join: healthsystemsglobal.org/thematic-gro...
#AccessToMedicines #HealthSystems
S Ozawa, C Goodman, Z Babar, F Suleman, K Ouoba.
Learn & join: healthsystemsglobal.org/thematic-gro...
#AccessToMedicines #HealthSystems
October 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
💊 New #HealthSystemsGlobal Working Group: Pharmaceutical Policies in Health Systems (#PharmPol), with @gautamsatheesh.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
S Ozawa, C Goodman, Z Babar, F Suleman, K Ouoba.
Learn & join: healthsystemsglobal.org/thematic-gro...
#AccessToMedicines #HealthSystems
S Ozawa, C Goodman, Z Babar, F Suleman, K Ouoba.
Learn & join: healthsystemsglobal.org/thematic-gro...
#AccessToMedicines #HealthSystems
Today at #ECTMIH2025 we discussed the neglected problem of #access to #medicines for #parasitic #tropical diseases in #Europe: we lack, and we need, secured supply of quality-assured & affordable medicines!
#NTDs #EU #FESTMIH
@itmantwerp.bsky.social @isglobal.bsky.social
#NTDs #EU #FESTMIH
@itmantwerp.bsky.social @isglobal.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today at #ECTMIH2025 we discussed the neglected problem of #access to #medicines for #parasitic #tropical diseases in #Europe: we lack, and we need, secured supply of quality-assured & affordable medicines!
#NTDs #EU #FESTMIH
@itmantwerp.bsky.social @isglobal.bsky.social
#NTDs #EU #FESTMIH
@itmantwerp.bsky.social @isglobal.bsky.social
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
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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
Medics on the move : on our way to place de Luxembourg with the colleagues of the @itmantwerp.bsky.social
#Healthcare is not a favor. Protect the #right to #life!
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org/index.php/pr...
#Healthcare is not a favor. Protect the #right to #life!
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org/index.php/pr...
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Medics on the move : on our way to place de Luxembourg with the colleagues of the @itmantwerp.bsky.social
#Healthcare is not a favor. Protect the #right to #life!
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org/index.php/pr...
#Healthcare is not a favor. Protect the #right to #life!
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org/index.php/pr...
First Workshop in Qualitative and Mixed Methods in #International #Research: thanks to all lectures and trainees for the rich exchanges and mutual learning!
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #IPKCuba instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #IPKCuba instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
September 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
First Workshop in Qualitative and Mixed Methods in #International #Research: thanks to all lectures and trainees for the rich exchanges and mutual learning!
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #IPKCuba instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
@itmantwerp.bsky.social #IPKCuba instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
Rich exchange with the #Ethics Committe of Inst Pedro Kouri in #Cuba, on how to frame #research and #education in ethics and #integrity
instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
@itmantwerp.bsky.social ;
#CubaPorLaVida ##nuestragenteipk
V Kouri; G Alvarez; Ministerio de Salud Pública; J Fraga; L Vazquez Bello
instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
@itmantwerp.bsky.social ;
#CubaPorLaVida ##nuestragenteipk
V Kouri; G Alvarez; Ministerio de Salud Pública; J Fraga; L Vazquez Bello
September 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rich exchange with the #Ethics Committe of Inst Pedro Kouri in #Cuba, on how to frame #research and #education in ethics and #integrity
instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
@itmantwerp.bsky.social ;
#CubaPorLaVida ##nuestragenteipk
V Kouri; G Alvarez; Ministerio de Salud Pública; J Fraga; L Vazquez Bello
instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/
@itmantwerp.bsky.social ;
#CubaPorLaVida ##nuestragenteipk
V Kouri; G Alvarez; Ministerio de Salud Pública; J Fraga; L Vazquez Bello
Grateful for the opportunity to lecture again at the #Pandemic Preparedness Summer School of @uantwerpen.be, with my @itmantwerp.bsky.social colleagues @gorikooms.bsky.social and Nicola Deghaye, from an #ethics and #policy angle.
Thanks Erika Vlieghe & Annelies Mondelaers
Thanks Erika Vlieghe & Annelies Mondelaers
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to lecture again at the #Pandemic Preparedness Summer School of @uantwerpen.be, with my @itmantwerp.bsky.social colleagues @gorikooms.bsky.social and Nicola Deghaye, from an #ethics and #policy angle.
Thanks Erika Vlieghe & Annelies Mondelaers
Thanks Erika Vlieghe & Annelies Mondelaers
First day of @itmantwerp.bsky.social short course on #Pharmaceutical #Policies in #HealthSystems: @verowirtz.bsky.social introduces the Essential Medicines concept & explores trade-offs between #equity and #efficiency
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
First day of @itmantwerp.bsky.social short course on #Pharmaceutical #Policies in #HealthSystems: @verowirtz.bsky.social introduces the Essential Medicines concept & explores trade-offs between #equity and #efficiency
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
In difficult times where #malaria control is threatened, it was so encouraging to meet old friends, always committed to #research for the benefit of the #populations: Umberto D'Alessandro, Halidou Tinto, Hypolite Mavoko, Vivi Maketa
March 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In difficult times where #malaria control is threatened, it was so encouraging to meet old friends, always committed to #research for the benefit of the #populations: Umberto D'Alessandro, Halidou Tinto, Hypolite Mavoko, Vivi Maketa
I try to hope that this is a temporary technical problem (??)
March 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I try to hope that this is a temporary technical problem (??)
@prepared-eu.bsky.social is now on this side! Follow them if you want #crisis #research to be #ethical
February 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@prepared-eu.bsky.social is now on this side! Follow them if you want #crisis #research to be #ethical
Del 15 al 17 de enero de 2025, tuve el privilegio de partecipar en el #RETAMA Meeting: Encuentro para el fortalecimiento de la #Ética en #Investigación en #Perú. Ver la nota de la Universidad Cayetano Heredia:
imtavh.cayetano.edu.pe/noticias/ret...
imtavh.cayetano.edu.pe/noticias/ret...
January 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Del 15 al 17 de enero de 2025, tuve el privilegio de partecipar en el #RETAMA Meeting: Encuentro para el fortalecimiento de la #Ética en #Investigación en #Perú. Ver la nota de la Universidad Cayetano Heredia:
imtavh.cayetano.edu.pe/noticias/ret...
imtavh.cayetano.edu.pe/noticias/ret...
UNICEF’s statement on the first few days of the new year in #Gaza: uniceflink.org/3DNX2LJ
January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
UNICEF’s statement on the first few days of the new year in #Gaza: uniceflink.org/3DNX2LJ
Thank you, Stefano Pasta (@PastaStefano on X), for documenting the reality of the "centri di trattenimento" for #migrants built by the Italian government in #Gjader and #Shengjin, in #Albania. Let’s work for a world without indifference toward people who migrate, dreaming a different future
December 30, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Merry Christmas [image: "José y Maria," by Everett Patterson everettpatterson.com]
December 24, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Merry Christmas [image: "José y Maria," by Everett Patterson everettpatterson.com]
The #ITM Antwerp short course on #Pharmaceutical #Policies in #Health #Systems provides tools to understand, analyse & propose strategies for strengthening pharmaceutical systems toward #UHC.
Apply by 15 Jan 2025!
www.itg.be/en/study/cou...
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @elstorreele.bsky.social
Apply by 15 Jan 2025!
www.itg.be/en/study/cou...
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @elstorreele.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The #ITM Antwerp short course on #Pharmaceutical #Policies in #Health #Systems provides tools to understand, analyse & propose strategies for strengthening pharmaceutical systems toward #UHC.
Apply by 15 Jan 2025!
www.itg.be/en/study/cou...
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @elstorreele.bsky.social
Apply by 15 Jan 2025!
www.itg.be/en/study/cou...
@belentarrafeta.bsky.social @elstorreele.bsky.social
A screenshot from The Revd. Munther Isaac, evangelical Lutheran pastor in Bethlehem:
December 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
A screenshot from The Revd. Munther Isaac, evangelical Lutheran pastor in Bethlehem:
"Unpacking the Global Health side effects of the EU's pharmaceutical legislation reform": the 3rd #EGHRIN Seminar will take place online on December 5th, 14:00-15:00 CET, with three outstanding speakers.
Register at aighd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#GlobalHealth #EUPolicy #PharmaReform #EGHRIN
Register at aighd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#GlobalHealth #EUPolicy #PharmaReform #EGHRIN
November 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM
"Unpacking the Global Health side effects of the EU's pharmaceutical legislation reform": the 3rd #EGHRIN Seminar will take place online on December 5th, 14:00-15:00 CET, with three outstanding speakers.
Register at aighd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#GlobalHealth #EUPolicy #PharmaReform #EGHRIN
Register at aighd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#GlobalHealth #EUPolicy #PharmaReform #EGHRIN
University of the Western Cape & Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp join forces to improve #medicine and #vaccine #safety in Southern #Africa. Advancing #PublicHealth #innovation through #EU #SouthAfrica #partnership, to the benefit of #communities and #HealthSystems. Read the press release:
November 28, 2024 at 8:35 AM
University of the Western Cape & Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp join forces to improve #medicine and #vaccine #safety in Southern #Africa. Advancing #PublicHealth #innovation through #EU #SouthAfrica #partnership, to the benefit of #communities and #HealthSystems. Read the press release: