Alex Armenta (she/her)
@bioethiquemx.bsky.social
💚 #Anthropology #HIVadvocate #Bioethics #HumanitarianAction #ResearchEthics #HumanRights #GlobalHealth #Equity #ReproductiveHealth #Cinema
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The FDA refused to review Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine. www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/f...
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s influenza vaccine, which could raise concerns about the agency’s posture toward vaccines and drug approvals more generally.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The FDA refused to review Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine. www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/f...
En México, recientemente, han tenido lugar modificaciones a la Ley General dd Salud. Son aspectos técnicos y regulatorios importantísimos para acceso a medicamentos y ensayos clínicos de innovación.
La Academia Nacional de Medicina presenta una sesión con el titular de la COFEPRIS y autoridades.
La Academia Nacional de Medicina presenta una sesión con el titular de la COFEPRIS y autoridades.
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
En México, recientemente, han tenido lugar modificaciones a la Ley General dd Salud. Son aspectos técnicos y regulatorios importantísimos para acceso a medicamentos y ensayos clínicos de innovación.
La Academia Nacional de Medicina presenta una sesión con el titular de la COFEPRIS y autoridades.
La Academia Nacional de Medicina presenta una sesión con el titular de la COFEPRIS y autoridades.
#Vacunación contra el #Sarampión en #México, después de que el gobierno anterior decidió no adquirir vacunas,hay brote en el país de una enfermedad absolutamente prevenible.
La población en México está dispuestaba vacunarse. Necesitamos políticas que den prioridad a la inversión en vacunas y salud.
La población en México está dispuestaba vacunarse. Necesitamos políticas que den prioridad a la inversión en vacunas y salud.
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
#Vacunación contra el #Sarampión en #México, después de que el gobierno anterior decidió no adquirir vacunas,hay brote en el país de una enfermedad absolutamente prevenible.
La población en México está dispuestaba vacunarse. Necesitamos políticas que den prioridad a la inversión en vacunas y salud.
La población en México está dispuestaba vacunarse. Necesitamos políticas que den prioridad a la inversión en vacunas y salud.
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“The brutality of USAIDs closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
“The brutality of USAIDs closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
La diversidad cultural, lingüística, musical y de todo tipo se vive sin fronteras.
Me pareció muy poderosa la inclusión del inglés con la magnética interpretación de #LadyGaga a ritmo latino.
América fue nombrada y celebrada en todo su esplendor.
Bravo,
#BenitoAntonioMartínezOcasio !
Me pareció muy poderosa la inclusión del inglés con la magnética interpretación de #LadyGaga a ritmo latino.
América fue nombrada y celebrada en todo su esplendor.
Bravo,
#BenitoAntonioMartínezOcasio !
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
La diversidad cultural, lingüística, musical y de todo tipo se vive sin fronteras.
Me pareció muy poderosa la inclusión del inglés con la magnética interpretación de #LadyGaga a ritmo latino.
América fue nombrada y celebrada en todo su esplendor.
Bravo,
#BenitoAntonioMartínezOcasio !
Me pareció muy poderosa la inclusión del inglés con la magnética interpretación de #LadyGaga a ritmo latino.
América fue nombrada y celebrada en todo su esplendor.
Bravo,
#BenitoAntonioMartínezOcasio !
#HealthCare "Clinicians should never be forced to choose between their patients’ lives and their own safety [...] Defending #MedicalNeutrality in #Iran is a defence of the ethical foundation upon which the integrity of global healthcare depends."
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Iran: Attacking injured protestors and healthcare workers violates medical neutrality
In January 2026, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran massacred protesters and healthcare workers in a swathe of mass violence.12 The violence re...
www.bmj.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
#HealthCare "Clinicians should never be forced to choose between their patients’ lives and their own safety [...] Defending #MedicalNeutrality in #Iran is a defence of the ethical foundation upon which the integrity of global healthcare depends."
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Los archivos y memoria histórica.
El primer número del boletín de la #DirecciónGeneral de #Epidemiología de México de marzo de 1987 sobre #VIH en México.
En el Internet Archive se encuentra la colección completa hasta 1994.
El primer número del boletín de la #DirecciónGeneral de #Epidemiología de México de marzo de 1987 sobre #VIH en México.
En el Internet Archive se encuentra la colección completa hasta 1994.
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Los archivos y memoria histórica.
El primer número del boletín de la #DirecciónGeneral de #Epidemiología de México de marzo de 1987 sobre #VIH en México.
En el Internet Archive se encuentra la colección completa hasta 1994.
El primer número del boletín de la #DirecciónGeneral de #Epidemiología de México de marzo de 1987 sobre #VIH en México.
En el Internet Archive se encuentra la colección completa hasta 1994.
C'est magnifique, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social !
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 AM
C'est magnifique, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social !
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The French translation of The Foreign Gaze is now out!
It is titled “Le regard étranger: Réflexions sur la santé mondiale”
You can download it for free or order a print copy here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/731/...
Please spread the word to your French-speaking friends, colleagues, and partners.
It is titled “Le regard étranger: Réflexions sur la santé mondiale”
You can download it for free or order a print copy here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/731/...
Please spread the word to your French-speaking friends, colleagues, and partners.
February 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The French translation of The Foreign Gaze is now out!
It is titled “Le regard étranger: Réflexions sur la santé mondiale”
You can download it for free or order a print copy here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/731/...
Please spread the word to your French-speaking friends, colleagues, and partners.
It is titled “Le regard étranger: Réflexions sur la santé mondiale”
You can download it for free or order a print copy here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/731/...
Please spread the word to your French-speaking friends, colleagues, and partners.
Felicitaciones a todas las mujeres en Medicina: en docencia, atención, política, investigación, acción humanitaria, editoras en journals, PIs...
Su liderazgo es esencial en salud.
Congratulations:
@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social
@cla-cor.bsky.social
@iasociety.bsky.social
@msf.ca
Su liderazgo es esencial en salud.
Congratulations:
@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social
@cla-cor.bsky.social
@iasociety.bsky.social
@msf.ca
Happy #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay! Today and every day, we honor the contributions and accomplishments of women MDs & DOs. Send love to the women physicians in your life by tagging them below.
Happy 203rd birthday to #ElizabethBlackwell, the first women to receive a U.S. medical degree!
Happy 203rd birthday to #ElizabethBlackwell, the first women to receive a U.S. medical degree!
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Felicitaciones a todas las mujeres en Medicina: en docencia, atención, política, investigación, acción humanitaria, editoras en journals, PIs...
Su liderazgo es esencial en salud.
Congratulations:
@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social
@cla-cor.bsky.social
@iasociety.bsky.social
@msf.ca
Su liderazgo es esencial en salud.
Congratulations:
@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social
@cla-cor.bsky.social
@iasociety.bsky.social
@msf.ca
#MedicalEthics "Educators now navigate ambiguous directives, questioning what they can safely teach. These constraints jeopardize not only academic freedom, but also accuracy, objectivity, and professional integrity."
February 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
#MedicalEthics "Educators now navigate ambiguous directives, questioning what they can safely teach. These constraints jeopardize not only academic freedom, but also accuracy, objectivity, and professional integrity."
Holding powerful corporations accountable for their health impacts: are corporate rankings effective?
Two examples of relevance to global health are the Access to Medicine Index and the Access to Nutrition Initiative's Global Index.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Two examples of relevance to global health are the Access to Medicine Index and the Access to Nutrition Initiative's Global Index.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Holding powerful corporations accountable for their health impacts: are corporate rankings effective?
Monitoring the behaviour of transnational corporations is an important public health
priority given the many ways corporate actors negatively affect health. Such effects
can be mitigated by defining s...
www.thelancet.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Holding powerful corporations accountable for their health impacts: are corporate rankings effective?
Two examples of relevance to global health are the Access to Medicine Index and the Access to Nutrition Initiative's Global Index.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Two examples of relevance to global health are the Access to Medicine Index and the Access to Nutrition Initiative's Global Index.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
To #RethinkRebuildRise
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment, developed thanks to clinical trial communities. @iasociety.bsky.social
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment, developed thanks to clinical trial communities. @iasociety.bsky.social
💡 We must #RethinkRebuildRise. The challenges we face in the #HIV response demand more than incremental change. They require us to rethink how we work, rebuild what has been weakened & rise to meet a rapidly shifting global context.
📰 Learn more in our annual letter.
📰 Learn more in our annual letter.
Annual Letter 2026
After a turbulent year for HIV and global health, 2026 opens with an urgent need to rethink the HIV response. The challenges we face demand more than incremental change. They require us to rethink how we work, rebuild what has been weakened and rise to meet a rapidly shifting global context.
www.iasociety.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
To #RethinkRebuildRise
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment, developed thanks to clinical trial communities. @iasociety.bsky.social
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment, developed thanks to clinical trial communities. @iasociety.bsky.social
Dear @iasociety.bsky.social community, thank you for the critical thinking of this letter.
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment.
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Dear @iasociety.bsky.social community, thank you for the critical thinking of this letter.
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment.
I would add the inclusion of research ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki in the pathway to advocate for Access Equity to Lenacapavir and pharmaceutical innovation for HIV Prevention and Treatment.
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Track the status of long-acting #PrEP all over the world using AVAC’s matrix for Country Planning for Product Introduction. Follow the progress of #LEN, #CAB & the #DVR by country. buff.ly/6XusfgM
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Track the status of long-acting #PrEP all over the world using AVAC’s matrix for Country Planning for Product Introduction. Follow the progress of #LEN, #CAB & the #DVR by country. buff.ly/6XusfgM
“Doctors at all stages can contribute meaningfully to research without formal qualifications beyond their medical degree. Many begin by joining existing projects, helping with data collection or recruitment, or contributing to analyses." #MedicalResearch
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
How can I get involved in research as a doctor?
There are many ways doctors can get involved in research, from assisting with small projects to becoming a clinical academic. Elisabeth Mahase asks the experts where doctors should start
“Start by ex...
www.bmj.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:21 AM
“Doctors at all stages can contribute meaningfully to research without formal qualifications beyond their medical degree. Many begin by joining existing projects, helping with data collection or recruitment, or contributing to analyses." #MedicalResearch
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
" #SolidarityRhetoric has become a regular feature in global health, particularly in the context of global health emergencies. It is, however, a nebulous concept, differently defined, understood and practiced around the world..."
gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...
gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...
Can solidarity in global health curb the next outbreak? A commentary on mpox
Solidarity rhetoric has become a regular feature in global health, particularly in the context of global health emergencies. It is, however, a nebulous concept, differently defined, understood and pra...
gh.bmj.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
" #SolidarityRhetoric has become a regular feature in global health, particularly in the context of global health emergencies. It is, however, a nebulous concept, differently defined, understood and practiced around the world..."
gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...
gh.bmj.com/content/10/3...
@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social Would be amazing if you read our letter...The Declaration of Helsinki is a living document . Access Equity is a collective responsibility, this is my way to do Advocacy in order to advance through a Bioethical approach .
Thank you both!
Thank you both!
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social Would be amazing if you read our letter...The Declaration of Helsinki is a living document . Access Equity is a collective responsibility, this is my way to do Advocacy in order to advance through a Bioethical approach .
Thank you both!
Thank you both!
Thank you for sharing, @madhupai.bsky.social ! Brasil, Argentina , México and Perú were host countries of the clínical research that lead to Lenacapavir development. We advocate for trial participants communities protection through the inclusion of host countries in the voluntary license agreements.
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Thank you for sharing, @madhupai.bsky.social ! Brasil, Argentina , México and Perú were host countries of the clínical research that lead to Lenacapavir development. We advocate for trial participants communities protection through the inclusion of host countries in the voluntary license agreements.
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Lenacapavir and the Open Veins of Latin America
Gilead's voluntary license for Lenacapavir currently excludes 11
countries in Latin America
Why is this problematic ethically?
@bioethiquemx.bsky.social & colleague explain
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gilead's voluntary license for Lenacapavir currently excludes 11
countries in Latin America
Why is this problematic ethically?
@bioethiquemx.bsky.social & colleague explain
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Lenacapavir and the Open Veins of Latin America
Gilead's voluntary license for Lenacapavir currently excludes 11
countries in Latin America
Why is this problematic ethically?
@bioethiquemx.bsky.social & colleague explain
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gilead's voluntary license for Lenacapavir currently excludes 11
countries in Latin America
Why is this problematic ethically?
@bioethiquemx.bsky.social & colleague explain
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Decolonizar la #SaludGlobal hoy (en 2026) es sobre resistir el autoritarismo, imperialismo, y fascismo; mientras se lucha por la democracia, equidad y justicia.
Era lo mismo en el pasado - nada ha cambiado.
@madhupai.bsky.social
Era lo mismo en el pasado - nada ha cambiado.
@madhupai.bsky.social
Decolonizing global health today (in 2026) is about resisting authoritarianism, imperialism, and fascism, while fighting for democracy, equity & justice
It was the same in the past - nothing has changed
plus ça change!
It was the same in the past - nothing has changed
plus ça change!
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Decolonizar la #SaludGlobal hoy (en 2026) es sobre resistir el autoritarismo, imperialismo, y fascismo; mientras se lucha por la democracia, equidad y justicia.
Era lo mismo en el pasado - nada ha cambiado.
@madhupai.bsky.social
Era lo mismo en el pasado - nada ha cambiado.
@madhupai.bsky.social
#ElAcusado #LeFil, qué película tan interesante sobre el sistema de justicia en Francia, el papel de las y los abogados. Lo imprescindible de la perspectiva de género al juzgar casos de violencia contra las mujeres.
@_lecinema @FranciaenMexico
@ifal_mx @tourcinefrances
@_lecinema @FranciaenMexico
@ifal_mx @tourcinefrances
January 21, 2026 at 1:21 AM
#ElAcusado #LeFil, qué película tan interesante sobre el sistema de justicia en Francia, el papel de las y los abogados. Lo imprescindible de la perspectiva de género al juzgar casos de violencia contra las mujeres.
@_lecinema @FranciaenMexico
@ifal_mx @tourcinefrances
@_lecinema @FranciaenMexico
@ifal_mx @tourcinefrances
Ayer tuvo lugar en el IIJUNAM la ceremonia de renovación del convenio de colaboración para el Diplomado Francomexicano en Perspectiva de Género @Suiscunam @L4Women @FranciaenMexico como parte de la #DiplomaciaFeminista en la agenda bilateral.
Una magnífica formación interdisciplinaria.
Una magnífica formación interdisciplinaria.
January 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Ayer tuvo lugar en el IIJUNAM la ceremonia de renovación del convenio de colaboración para el Diplomado Francomexicano en Perspectiva de Género @Suiscunam @L4Women @FranciaenMexico como parte de la #DiplomaciaFeminista en la agenda bilateral.
Una magnífica formación interdisciplinaria.
Una magnífica formación interdisciplinaria.