Gorik Ooms

@gorikooms.bsky.social

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Human rights law; global health law

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 24d

“In a partnership on equal footing, one side cannot decide to reduce a previously agreed contribution by 25% or 50%. A cooperation should be more reliable than a donor–recipient relationship,” says @gorikooms.bsky.social, health-policy researcher at ITM.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The US and Europe have cut billions in health aid — can anyone fill the gap?

It's time to radically reimagine global health, leaders tell World Health Summit in Berlin.

www.nature.com

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 28d

Wondering when we're going to "sunset" Ryanair, Exxon Mobil, Amazon and all the rest of them. #WHS2025 #GHreform

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 28d

Surely one of the more annoying things here at #WHS2025 is the ubiquitous use of the term "innovative financing" by many, when they mean "common sense taxation", even of the prudent kind, at least when considering we live in a world of massive inequality.

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World Health Summit @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social · 29d

“This crisis is an opportunity for reform.”
– John-Arne Røttingen, CEO, Wellcome Trust

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World Health Summit @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social · 29d

🎥💻 We’re live now

#WHS2025 has officially started.

🌐 Know someone passionate about global health? Share this post and invite them to join the #WHS2025 conversation.

👉 All livestream links are available on our website: https://f.mtr.cool/pcehexgjrn

#GlobalHealth #HealthForAll

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Aug 7

Er, do they all talk at the same time and answer the question they wanted you to ask rather than the one you actually asked?

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 7

OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”

OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’

OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.

nbcnews.to

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · Aug 5

The @ALLEA_academies Board has published a statement expressing its deep respect and full support for the public statement issued by Professor David Harel on July 14th 2025. #Gaza #health #aid

allea.org/portfolio-it...

Statement of the Board of ALLEA in Alignment with the Stance of Prof. David Harel, President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

allea.org

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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · May 15

NEW Opinion from @gorikooms.bsky.social et al:

Is global health security worth 0.01% of our gross domestic product?

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Is global health security worth 0.01% of our gross domestic product?

journals.plos.org

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · May 20

The end of aid: What The Global South needs to do

Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid

@themrise.bsky.social

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

The end of aid: What The Global South needs to do

Six key actions countries can take – and should have taken a long time ago – if they are to liberate themselves from dependence on foreign aid.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · May 20

@nschwalbe.bsky.social the work on the #PandemicAccord is like a triathlon: we've almost finished the swim (treaty negotiations), but then we still have the bike ride (PABS negotiation), and the run (ratification and implementation).
#WHA78

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Belén Tarrafeta @belentarrafeta.bsky.social · May 19

As governments pull back from global aid, rethinking Global Health is urgent. Thanks to @gorikooms.bsky.social for calling for real multilateralism and pragmatism. Reforming Global Health is a shared responsibility. #GlobalHealth #Multilateralism #HealthEquity
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Is global health security worth 0.01% of our gross domestic product?

journals.plos.org

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Ellen MH Mitchell @emhmitchell.bsky.social · May 15

Rebuild TB programs with less precarious financial & governance structures #tbsky www.itg.be/en/health-st...

International health threat response

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria should step up efforts

www.itg.be

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Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social · May 15

This is Lydia Nabirye. A Ugandan, she was a mother and dreamed of becoming a nurse. She also lived with HIV w/support from a U.S.-funded program. The Trump administration eliminated the program in January. Lydia died two months later: forsaken.life/orals/lydia-...
@unaids.org @asia-ilse.bsky.social

Lydia Nabirye - FORSAKEN

I told her there's still time for everything. It's a long life. I told her she would not be neglected.

forsaken.life

Gorik Ooms @gorikooms.bsky.social · May 15

While discussing 'the' 'new' global health architecture at #GHPF25

PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · May 15

NEW Opinion from @gorikooms.bsky.social et al:

Is global health security worth 0.01% of our gross domestic product?

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Is global health security worth 0.01% of our gross domestic product?

journals.plos.org

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GHA EU @ghabrussels.bsky.social · May 15

🇪🇺The 2025 EU #GHPF25 is taking place today, organised by the @ec.europa.eu in Brussels.

📝We will be present alongside many other civil society organisations to ask important questions regarding accountability and share key recommendations for the future of this strategy.

See you there!

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · Apr 24

Immunization for all is humanly possible, but often practically impossible for millions of forcibly #displaced people. We need more research&resources: if #Health is a human #right, immunization should not leave anyone behind
#WorldImmunizationWeek
@salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @itmantwerp.bsky.social

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Melissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · Apr 21

I think most people have a hard time believing that the USAID/PEPFAR cuts are as bad as they are bc it's impossible to stomach that policymakers would knowingly kill millions. But this is what is happening.

PEPFAR supported antiretroviral therapy for 20.6 million people.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Portraits: A 10-year-old, a house painter and a mom who are running out of HIV pills

HIV medications were supposed to be exempt from U.S. aid cuts. In Zambia, for example, those on the ground say otherwise.

www.npr.org

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Dr Fifa A Rahman @fifarahman.bsky.social · Mar 19

🚨NEW ARTICLE @thediplomat.com: Seismic political shifts in the West means that we need a long term South-South roadmap. Written by 6 experts from each region of the Global South, we contemplate the decline of the West and propose next steps. @munira.bsky.social Read: thediplomat.com/2025/03/a-ro...