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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · 12d

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o... from @juliabelluz.bsky.social

Opinion | The French Secret to Healthier Eating

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · 14d

I am so inspired and impressed by this work that we @alliancehpsr.bsky.social were able to support in #Palestine on the health system and policy response to climate change just published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Health system and policy response to climate change in the West Bank, Palestine: Current situation and priority actions

Climate change is a critical global risk to humans and ecosystems, influencing water and food security, air quality, and shelter, causing substantial direct and indirect health consequences. This incl...

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · 14d

📢 Coming on December 15... the 4️⃣th edition of @EconforHealth #CigaretteTaxScorecard!

The 🆕 Scorecard uses latest data from @WHO to assess #cigarette tax policies in 171 countries 🌐

Join for the launch #webinar at 9am ET
jh.zoom.us/j/9242517268...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Launch of the Economics for Health Cigarette Tax Scorecard (4th edition). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar...

Join Economics for Health for the launch of the 4th edition of the Cigarette Tax Scorecard. The presenters will share the latest findings on cigarette tax policies in 171 countries and discuss trends ...

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · 18d

Check out our new call below to capture community-led, disruptive, and innovative strategies addressing social determinants of health in #Brazil, #India, #Kenya, #Nepal, #Pakistan, #Senegal, #SriLanka or #SouthAfrica.

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research @alliancehpsr.bsky.social · 21d

New call for expressions of interest – Building better ways of knowing: Exploring new methods in how health generated to advance improved solutions toward health equity

Deadline: 16 January 2026, 23:59 CET

More information > ahpsr.who.int/funding-oppo...

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research @alliancehpsr.bsky.social · 21d

New call for expressions of interest – Building better ways of knowing: Exploring new methods in how health generated to advance improved solutions toward health equity

Deadline: 16 January 2026, 23:59 CET

More information > ahpsr.who.int/funding-oppo...

Remco van de Pas @rvandepas.bsky.social · 22d

The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records

The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of ...

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Nov 25

Recommend it!

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Nov 25

Sounds great!

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Nov 12

Wow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...

Japan’s Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash.

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Nov 7

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling

Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 31

Always interesting to read @thelancet.com @richardhorton1.bsky.social offline musing---> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Offline: The death of globalism (part 1)

Tempting as it is to write off the Trump phenomenon and its effects on medicine and global health as a temporary derangement of mass politics, one would be severely mistaken for doing so. The imitatio...

www.thelancet.com

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 30

I'm looking forward to reading.

Equator @equatormag.bsky.social · Oct 9

"Equator is founded on our conviction that the storied titles of the Anglophone West cannot be internally reformed, nor redeemed by their periodic U-turns and belated mea culpas. The time has come to create something new."

Today we publish Equator's editorial declaration.

Join us: www.equator.org

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 29

Recommended reading

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 29

www.cgdev.org/publication/...

Health Taxes and the IMF: What 15 Years of Policy Advice Reveal

Excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages can both raise revenue and improve health, but they have not been a central focus of IMF policy advice. There's an opportunity for stron...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Oct 28

Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target

And with climate change denialism peaking, I fear the worst

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

www.theguardian.com

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 24

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

How to Blow Up a Planet | Trevor Jackson

What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 24

Germany 1-0 France www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches ad campaign after lift used in Louvre heist

After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicity

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 24

Started listening to this excellent new podcast on Fela Kuti. Recommend it: www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

'Fela Kuti: Fear No Man' podcast explores the icon's music and activism

Peabody Award-winning journalist Jad Abumrad is back with a new podcast series Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, investigating the icon's creation of Afrobeats and his fight against oppression.

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 24

Proud to have contributed to this piece on building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in #Nepal
@alliancehpsr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in Nepal: Insights from a policy document review and qualitative interviews with key stakeholders

This study aimed to investigate the health sector's progress on building a climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health system in Nepal. T…

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UNU International Institute for Global Health @unu-iigh.bsky.social · Oct 15

In a new UNU-IIGH policy brief developed in collaboration with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the authors identify three key pathways through which climate mitigation strategies can deliver health co-benefits.

📄 Read the publication and learn more here: go.unu.edu/m7Pir

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Oct 10

Immigrant scientists make a massive contribution wherever they go

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

Equator @equatormag.bsky.social · Oct 9

"Equator is founded on our conviction that the storied titles of the Anglophone West cannot be internally reformed, nor redeemed by their periodic U-turns and belated mea culpas. The time has come to create something new."

Today we publish Equator's editorial declaration.

Join us: www.equator.org

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Oct 1

Congratulations Madhu! This is so, so exciting.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 26

The world is hot — and only getting hotter. Here's what places around the globe are doing to keep cool, from repainting surfaces and installing outdoor showers to planting trees and going underground. nyti.ms/46CXyqn

European Greens @europeangreens.eu · Sep 23

😢 How are flights so much cheaper than trains?
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?

Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.

A bright green poster with bold white and pink text at the top: “TRAINS ARE TOO OFTEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN FLIGHTS.” Below it reads: “Sustainable travel shouldn’t be a luxury.” A color-coded map of Europe shows the proportion of cross-border train routes that are more expensive than flights for the same journey. Colors: green (0–20%), yellow (20–40%), orange (40–60%), red (60–80%), purple (80–100%). For example, Spain, Portugal, and the UK are shaded purple (80–100%), while countries like Poland and Czechia are shaded green (0–20%). At the bottom, source text reads: “Greenpeace, Ticket Prices Of Planes Vs Trains, 2025. Only countries for which at least 4 cross-border routes met the methodological criteria are included in the Scorecard.”

Green background with bold text: “WHY ARE TRAINS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PLANES?” Below is a comparison table with icons of a plane and a train at the top. Two rows:
VAT on international travel: Plane = “NO” (pink), Train = “YES” (yellow).
Kerosene/energy tax: Plane = “NO” (pink), Train = “YES” (yellow).
The chart highlights that flights avoid taxes trains must pay. Source: Greenpeace, Ticket Prices Of Planes Vs Trains, 2025.

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Sep 22

Important new @thelancet.com paper on Benchmarking progress in non-communicable diseases: a global analysis of cause-specific mortality from 2001 to 2019 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Benchmarking progress in non-communicable diseases: a global analysis of cause-specific mortality from 2001 to 2019

From 2010 to 2019, NCD mortality declined in four of every five countries in the world. These improvements were not as large as the preceding decade for most countries, driven by smaller declines in m...

www.thelancet.com

Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research @alliancehpsr.bsky.social · Sep 22

Nigeria is reimagining the future of health financing 🇳🇬

At a national dialogue in Abuja, leaders committed to strengthening UHC through evidence-informed reform.

@robertmarten.bsky.social represented the Alliance at the meeting, sharing global experiences.

🔗 ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/new...

ahpsr.who.int

Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Sep 19

Of course they do! www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Sep 19

There’s no upside to air pollution.

Air pollution can affect how well we sleep, scientists discover

Global metastudy finds long-term exposure to pollutants is linked to shorter or lower-quality rest

www.theguardian.com

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · Sep 7

Clean air should not be a luxury. It’s a right.

Where you live shouldn't determine your health. But it does.

On #WorldCleanAirDay, @who.int calls on leaders to take action & tackle this unfairness.

Reducing air pollution helps prevent heart disease, asthma & lung cancer — saving millions of lives

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