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Raffaella Ravinetto
@rravinetto.bsky.social
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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

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · Sep 22
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

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 1d
End-of-life care needs cultural humility and social justice: important Christmas reading in the @bmj.com :
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
End-of-life care needs cultural humility and social justice
Cultural competency is not enough for palliative medicine to build trust and offer good deaths to all, write Jamilla Akhter Hussain , Rekha Vijayshankar , and Mary Hodgson Death, dying, and grief ar...
www.bmj.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”

Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 2d
One more tragedy in the #Mediterranean Sea.
#migrants #humans #indifference
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@alarmphone on X: "⚫ Shipwreck of boat carrying about 117 people feared in the central Mediterranean Against the silence and indifference of the authorities, we demand answers! Families searching for their missing loved ones have the right to the truth! https://t.co/87jiCwLW4Y" / X
⚫ Shipwreck of boat carrying about 117 people feared in the central Mediterranean Against the silence and indifference of the authorities, we demand answers! Families searching for their missing loved ones have the right to the truth! https://t.co/87jiCwLW4Y
x.com

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Luchuo Engelbert Bain @luchuobain.bsky.social · 2d
Equitable intelligence for Africa: strengthening global health artificial intelligence (AI) governance share.google/SiPcfwJhig2E...
Equitable intelligence for Africa: strengthening global health artificial intelligence (AI) governance
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping global health at unprecedented speed, yet the principle of equity, long central to global health discourse, remains conceptually underdeveloped and operationa
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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 2d
@satiheerstavert.bsky.social considers whether #AI generated images of doctors reflect the #diversity of the #medical #workforce.
A must read from @bmj.com Christmas series:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
What does a doctor look like? Asking AI
Sati Heer-Stavert considers whether AI generated images of doctors reflect the diversity of the medical workforce Inaccurate portrayals of doctors in the media and everyday imagery can perpetuate ste...
www.bmj.com

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 4d
@who.int has recognized the regulatory authorities for medical products of #Australia & #Indonesia as WHO Listed Authorities, #WLAs. The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority, #BPOM, is the first #regulatory authority from a middle-income country to get WLA advanced status
www.who.int/news/item/21...
Australia and Indonesia achieve WHO Listed Authority status in medical products regulation
The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally recognized the regulatory authorities for medical products of Australia and Indonesia as WHO Listed Authorities (WLAs), an achievement that underscores...
www.who.int

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JAMA @jama.com · 4d
💬 Viewpoint: Approval of leucovorin for cerebral folate deficiency based on limited evidence raises concerns about weakening FDA drug approval standards and public trust.

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A JAMA viewpoint article titled "The FDA's Leucovorin Approval—A Departure From Evidentiary Standards" by Daniel G. Aaron et al. It discusses the FDA's intent to approve Wellcovorin for autism based on limited evidence.

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 4d
@who.int welcomes a new contribution from #Belgium to accelerate global #equitable #access to essential #health products & technologies, by #strengthening diversified & sustainable #manufacturing capacity #equity #medicines @belgiumineu.bsky.social @belgiummfa.bsky.social
www.who.int/news/item/19...
Belgium and WHO sign new agreement to boost global equitable access to health products and technologies
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes a new €8 million, four-year contribution from the Government of Belgium to accelerate global equitable access to essential health products and technologies...
www.who.int

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 4d
On Sunday, @60minutes.bsky.social pulled a segment on torture against US deportees in CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison.

Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
www.hrw.org

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 7d
I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine.
www.science.org/content/arti...
CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
www.science.org

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International Health Policies (IHP) network @ihpnetwork.bsky.social · 7d
Check out the last IHP newsletter of the year, IHP news 859. And see you in 2026! www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with AI summary, & translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese).
Newsletter
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 8d
The planned hepatitis B birth-dose trial in Guinea-Bissau raises serious ethical concerns. Withholding a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborns to answer speculative questions is an absence of equipoise with real downstream harms for trust in vaccines.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
How Unethical Research Seeds Medical Mistrust
The absence of equipoise can turn research into harm
bktitanji.substack.com

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 8d
Our vision of equal chances of a healthy life for all is only possibly when the #right to provide and receive #healthcare is upheld everywhere, even in armed #conflicts. @itmantwerp.bsky.social
www.itg.be/en/statement...
ITM statement on healthcare in conflicts
Read & support our call to respect medical neutrality & protect healthcare in every conflict
www.itg.be

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 8d
Law enforcement officers must be identifiable to be accountable.

US federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and unidentified, compounding the abusive nature of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
US: Masked Federal Agents Undermine Rule of Law
United States federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, compounding the abusive and unaccountable nature of the Trump administration’s mass...
www.hrw.org

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MO*Magazine @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social · 8d
Graag zouden we de komende maanden doorgroeien naar minstens 5000 proMO*'s. Dit moet ons in staat stellen om de schrapping van de Vlaamse subsidie op te vangen dankzij de structurele bijdrage van onze lezers. www.mo.be/extra/red-mo...
RED MO* wordt HOU MO* IN DE WERELD – MO*
MO* zoekt 216.000 euro. Waar staan we na drie maanden?
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pharmalot.bsky.social @pharmalot.bsky.social · 9d
FDA approves brain tumor warning on Depo-Provera label as court battle grows over side effects.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #FDA #cancer #contraception #birthcontrol #litigation #Pfizer
FDA approves brain tumor warning on Depo-Provera label as court battle grows over side effects
The FDA has approved a change to the labeling for a Pfizer birth control shot that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a type of tumor.
statnews.com

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Els Torreele @elstorreele.bsky.social · 9d
Check out this new @thelancet.com Viewpoint on Corporate Accountability, and the fallacies of badly-designed corporate scorecard and other selective, voluntary self-regulating approaches to curb health-harming behaviours of transnational corporations.
lnkd.in/eqTJ5C4q (open access till 4 Feb 2025)

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 10d
Last week, we welcomed Dr Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for Africa, and Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, to ITM. 🌍

We exchanged insights on research, education and partnerships with @who.int, and ended the day meeting our African students. 🤝

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 11d
For patients in #need of and without #access to this  #medicine for certain advanced #BreastCancer, there seem not to be any #safe alternatives. L#Health #inequity

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 11d
@who.int alerts about 9 lots of #falsified #IBRANCE ( #palbociclib) for breast #cancer, detected in #CotedIvoire, #Egypt, #Lebanon, #Libya, #Türkiye. Offered online & found at pharmacy level, they do NOT contain active ingredient, with high #risk of death.
www.who.int/news/item/15...
Medical Product Alert N°7/2025: Falsified IBRANCE (palbociclib)
Alert SummaryThis WHO Medical Product Alert refers to nine lots of falsified IBRANCE (palbociclib). These falsified products have been detected in Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya and Türkiye and ...
www.who.int

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11d
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.

His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."

He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

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Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social · 11d
Capture of #Uvira eastern #DRCongo by #M23 & #Rwanda forces forced 200,000 people to flee, puts civilians at risk.

At #FAC today, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should end wait-and-see attitude in the face of blatant collapse of US-brokered deal. @hrw.org 's first report 👇

www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 14d
Human Rights Watch is deeply alarmed by the arrest of several human rights defenders in Iran, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.

Authorities must immediately release all individuals arrested in connection with exercising their human rights.

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La Libre @lalibre.be · 15d
Il faut conserver l’Ambassade belge à Cuba
Il faut conserver l’Ambassade belge à Cuba
Depuis plus d’un siècle, la Belgique et Cuba entretiennent des relations fécondes, de société civile, académiques et économiques. Auxquelles il ne faut pas renoncer. ... %
www.lalibre.be

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Jaime Manzano @jaimemanzano.bsky.social · 16d
Habemus new pharmaceutical legislation in the EU www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... @thirugeneva.bsky.social @healthlawadamh.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social
‘Pharma package’: Council and Parliament reach a deal on new rules for a fairer and more competitive EU pharmaceutical sector
The Council and the Parliament have reached a deal on new rules to make the EU’s pharmaceutical sector fairer and more competitive.
www.consilium.europa.eu

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 16d
The project #SECRET, funded by @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social,
aims to strengthen #research #ethics committees in #Uganda & #Ethiopia. This training held at #Busitema University contributes to reinforcing the research ecosystem. #BernardKikaire @itmantwerp.bsky.social
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
Ethical review training at Busitema University
Read more about the training workshop on the ethical review of clinical trials at Busitema University (SECRET project)
www.itg.be

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 17d
@who.int alerts on #falsified SIMULECT (#basiliximab) detected in #Rwanda #Bulgaria #Türkiye. It is an immunosuppressant used for prevention of acute organ rejection in kidney transplantation: the falsified product may pose severe and life-threatening risks to #patients
www.who.int/news/item/09...
Medical Product Alert N°6/2025: Falsified SIMULECT (basiliximab) for injection
Alert SummaryThis WHO Medical Product Alert refers to falsified SIMULECT (basiliximab) for injection. The falsified product has been detected in Rwanda, Bulgaria, and Türkiye, and was reported to the ...
www.who.int

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 17d
✨ Fresh Off The Journal – November Edition
Here are some of our November’s research highlights. This month is a clear reminder: no one advances global health alone. Our strength lies in collaboration.
Explore the full highlights 👉 www.itg.be/en/health-st...
 
 
Fresh Off The Journal: Nov 2025
Discover research publication highlights from the Institute of Tropical Medicine - November 2025
www.itg.be