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SHARE Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Gender equality and human rights are indivisible, foundational and unconditional
Please consider the below article based on insights from several survivors of gender inequality and violence and rights-violations and other experts including UN Rapporteur on Right to Health who rightly says, that rights are indivisible, foundational and unconditional.
SHARE Monday, June 23, 2025 Finding strength in struggle for gender equality and human rights
Please consider the below article as this year marks 30 years of promises that governments committed to by adopting Beijing Platform For Action in 1995. There is some progress but still a long walk to delivering on them all.
Delivering on these promises is fundamental to universal health coverage as well as SDGs,
SHARE Friday, June 20, 2025 Design health services around people, not the disease
Please consider the below article based on insights from several experts who call for designing health services around people, and not the disease. They call for person-centred approaches to serve people's healthcare needs and take services closer to the unreached people with equity and rights,
SHARE Thursday, June 19, 2025 Legalising key population led health services in Thailand is a gamechanger
Please consider the below article based on insights from Dr Praphan Phanuphak who had diagnosed first 3 HIV cases in Thailand (1985) and since then has played a defining role in shaping science-based HIV responses in Thailand, Asia Pacific as well as globally.
SHARE Sunday, June 15, 2025 Include males too in addressing human papilloma virus and related cancers
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Please consider the below article based on insights from 3 experts who share that not just women but men too are at risk of developing HPV (Human Papilloma Virus - a sexually transmitted infection) related cancers.
So, HPV vaccine has been around for 2 decades, and HPV and HPV cancer screening tools must be deployed for all those who are eligible regardless of genders.
SHARE Friday, June 13, 2025 Will we rise to #endAIDS challenge or stumble withering away the gains in HIV response?
Please consider the below article based on insights from top 2 global health leaders: Dr Adeeba was elected as President of International AIDS Society (first one in history from the Asia pacific region) and Eamonn leads UNAIDS.
They opine that HIV response is at a crossroads: Will we stumble (and wither away the gains made in fight against AIDS) or would we take a RIGHTS-based turn?
SHARE Thursday, June 12, 2025 Unite Health systems with Community-led health services to deliver on UHC
Please consider the below article based on insights from global health leader Dr Nittaya. She has successfully demonstrated how community-led health service delivery model can play a critical role in strengthening public health systems for a range of health conditions, but these are yet to be fully integrated together. We must do so, to deliver on UHC (Universal Health Coverage) as promised by governments by 2030
SHARE Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Despite being preventable and curable cervical cancer remains 4th biggest cancer in women
Please consider the below article on cervical cancer - which among all the cancers, is the ONLY cancer that is entirely preventable and curable IF detected early and managed effectively. But despite this, it is 4th MOST COMMON CANCERS among women. Vaccine is there but not given to all eligible. HPV (virus that causes cervical cancer) screening tools are there but yet to see the level of screening to turn the tide to end it
SHARE Friday, May 30, 2025 Commitment to end tobacco must translate to bold actions on the ground
Please consider the below article ahead of World No Tobacco Day 2025 based on insights from global health expert on a country with highest male smoking rates worldwide - and most urgent action the country must take for stronger bolder actions on tobacco control and SDGs for its own people.
SHARE Thursday, May 22, 2025 Point-of-care health technologies make a difference when deployed at point-of-need
Please consider the below article based on insights from health scientists and other global health leaders. Unless most-in-need people can access best of health technologies and services, we would not get desired public health outcomes. There are positive examples now of the impact of deploying point-of-care tools at the point-of-need. This needs to be scaled up with equity,
SHARE Friday, May 16, 2025 A for Accountability and Audit for TB deaths is missing in #EndTB response
Please consider the below article based on insights from former Chief Scientist of WHO HQ Dr Soumya and others on why TB death audit is necessary so that we can find out the reasons why a person died of a curable disease - and avert such tragedies in future. TB is a preventable and curable disease and no one needs to die of it. Despite being preventable and curable, TB continues to be the deadliest infectious disease globally.
SHARE Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Health equity and inclusion remain fundamental to #endMalaria
Please consider the below article based on interview with an expert around World Malaria Day 2025. She says that countries that have eliminated malaria may see resurgence if they slack in science-based measures + climate change risking shifts + dislocating health equity.
SHARE Wednesday, April 23, 2025 We cannot turn a blinds eye to preventable epidemics if we are to deliver on SDGs
Please consider this article based on insights from a range of experts from southeast Asian countries on why recognising the deadly link between the dual epidemics of TB and tobacco - and addressing them programmatically together is so critical if we are to deliver on the promises of saving lives from both.
SHARE Sunday, April 20, 2025 Gender justice and health equity are inextricably linked but are programmes linked?
Please consider the below article based on insights from experts who spoke at the launch of The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health report, calling for integrated responses to gender equality and health equity, without which we cannot deliver on either of the goals.
SHARE Saturday, April 19, 2025 Will all children be born free of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B by 2030?
Please consider the below article based on the latest data and report launched last week and insights from experts on 3 infections that are PREVENTABLE but so many children continue to be BORN EVERY DAY with them (HIV, hepatitis-B and syphilis). We can do better and must do better to ensure ALL CHILDREN ARE BORN FREE of these 3 infections.
SHARE Saturday, April 5, 2025 Half of women cannot make decisions about their reproductive health and bodily autonomy
In lead up to World Health Day, please consider the below article based on insights from UN expert on gender and prevention of gender-based violence. She underlines that one of the promises governments made as part of SDGs to deliver by 2030 is, SDG indicator 5.6.1 (which measures a woman's ability to make her own decisions about her reproductive health and bodily autonomy).
SHARE Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Is long-acting HIV treatment as good as taking daily pills?
Please consider the below article based on scientific insights and latest updates shared by noted German scientist. HIV treatment, which has to be taken daily and lifelong, has truly revolutionised lives of people with HIV. They live normal healthy lives with zero risk of transmission if they remain virally suppressed. But, taking daily pills can be difficult for some for a range of reasons.