Fi Douglas
@fidouglas.bsky.social
Psychiatrist currently sub-specialising in substance misuse. MSc Health in Humanitarian Crises student at LSHTM. EoE Global Health Fellow. Runs on coffee, mostly…
Do you think Trump realises that Congo Brazzaville isn’t the DRC?
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Do you think Trump realises that Congo Brazzaville isn’t the DRC?
“Truck loads” of food aid is a very convenient term. Is that two, or two hundred? Or more? Or less?
And don’t get me started on the fact that malnourished women and children are highly unlikely to be able to carry these 20kg “food packages”.
And don’t get me started on the fact that malnourished women and children are highly unlikely to be able to carry these 20kg “food packages”.
May 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Truck loads” of food aid is a very convenient term. Is that two, or two hundred? Or more? Or less?
And don’t get me started on the fact that malnourished women and children are highly unlikely to be able to carry these 20kg “food packages”.
And don’t get me started on the fact that malnourished women and children are highly unlikely to be able to carry these 20kg “food packages”.
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This is absolutely ridiculous
"I can keep a disposable one at home and remember to it out with me, but I can't keep a reusable one at home and remember to take it out with me. Otherwise I'll start smoking again."
This is absolutely ridiculous
"I can keep a disposable one at home and remember to it out with me, but I can't keep a reusable one at home and remember to take it out with me. Otherwise I'll start smoking again."
Disposable vapes ban: Why people are stockpiling ahead of June deadline
Some disposable vape users say they are stockpiling, worried about what they will do after the ban.
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May 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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This is absolutely ridiculous
"I can keep a disposable one at home and remember to it out with me, but I can't keep a reusable one at home and remember to take it out with me. Otherwise I'll start smoking again."
This is absolutely ridiculous
"I can keep a disposable one at home and remember to it out with me, but I can't keep a reusable one at home and remember to take it out with me. Otherwise I'll start smoking again."
The WhatsApp groups I’m in contain a strange juxtaposition of resident doctors unhappy with their pay increase, and global health workers unhappy with aid from the US being cut for essential life-saving projects.
May 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The WhatsApp groups I’m in contain a strange juxtaposition of resident doctors unhappy with their pay increase, and global health workers unhappy with aid from the US being cut for essential life-saving projects.
Despicable. These people would probably look at a kid with Kwashiorkors and tell them to lose weight. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK Lawyers for Israel condemned over claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza
Palestinian rights group says remarks criticising a Lancet analysis on impact of the conflict are ‘sickening’
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Despicable. These people would probably look at a kid with Kwashiorkors and tell them to lose weight. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel now confessing to committing war crimes. Anyone who believes that this is a one off is deluded or in denial.
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Israel admits mistakes over medic killings in Gaza
Israeli forces killed 15 emergency workers in a convoy of ambulances near Rafah on 23 March.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Israel now confessing to committing war crimes. Anyone who believes that this is a one off is deluded or in denial.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
APA response to Trump administration proposed cuts to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 10% funding already cut, potentially another 50%.
It is so upsetting that one man is causing such widespread destruction.
updates.apaservices.org/apa-statemen...
It is so upsetting that one man is causing such widespread destruction.
updates.apaservices.org/apa-statemen...
March 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
APA response to Trump administration proposed cuts to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 10% funding already cut, potentially another 50%.
It is so upsetting that one man is causing such widespread destruction.
updates.apaservices.org/apa-statemen...
It is so upsetting that one man is causing such widespread destruction.
updates.apaservices.org/apa-statemen...
Ceasefire or not, blocking humanitarian aid is a crime against humanity. #stopthegencide
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Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza
PM Netanyahu's office said Hamas was refusing a temporary ceasefire extension, under a proposal by Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Ceasefire or not, blocking humanitarian aid is a crime against humanity. #stopthegencide
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The TRO blocks the government from taking actions that would disrupt U.S. foreign assistance programs"
globalhealth.org/media/ghc-we...
globalhealth.org/media/ghc-we...
GHC Welcomes Temporary Restraining Order Halting the Trump Administration’s Freeze on Foreign Aid Funding
globalhealth.org
February 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"The TRO blocks the government from taking actions that would disrupt U.S. foreign assistance programs"
globalhealth.org/media/ghc-we...
globalhealth.org/media/ghc-we...
"I must have seen at least 5,000 bodies"
"he helps clean the blood and dirt from the ambulances"
"they even make him a miniature set of blue scrubs – which he takes great pride in"
He's 11 years old. UK children at that age are still in primary school.
It's horrific.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"he helps clean the blood and dirt from the ambulances"
"they even make him a miniature set of blue scrubs – which he takes great pride in"
He's 11 years old. UK children at that age are still in primary school.
It's horrific.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How to Survive a Warzone: The lives of 4 kids surviving in Gaza
A BBC film follows children over nine months including one boy, 11, who volunteered at al-Aqsa hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"I must have seen at least 5,000 bodies"
"he helps clean the blood and dirt from the ambulances"
"they even make him a miniature set of blue scrubs – which he takes great pride in"
He's 11 years old. UK children at that age are still in primary school.
It's horrific.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"he helps clean the blood and dirt from the ambulances"
"they even make him a miniature set of blue scrubs – which he takes great pride in"
He's 11 years old. UK children at that age are still in primary school.
It's horrific.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Jewish teaching is clear: Trump is not God & cannot take away Palestinians’ inherent dignity or steal their land for a real estate deal. Trump’s desire to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza is morally abhorrent"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#genocide #ethniccleasing #gaza #palestine
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#genocide #ethniccleasing #gaza #palestine
‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan
Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Jewish teaching is clear: Trump is not God & cannot take away Palestinians’ inherent dignity or steal their land for a real estate deal. Trump’s desire to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza is morally abhorrent"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#genocide #ethniccleasing #gaza #palestine
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#genocide #ethniccleasing #gaza #palestine
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Whatever your views are on assisted dying, it is unacceptable that the Government only provides one thid of the funding for hospice care. Why is end of life care not seen as an extension of NHS provision? #palliativecare #assisteddying #endoflife #NHS
Fix palliative care before allowing assisted dying
Leading end-of-life doctors warn system is struggling, and changing law could make situation worse.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Whatever your views are on assisted dying, it is unacceptable that the Government only provides one thid of the funding for hospice care. Why is end of life care not seen as an extension of NHS provision? #palliativecare #assisteddying #endoflife #NHS
The UK Government talks about "safe and legal routes" for people seeking asylum in the UK. Let's go through this. (a 🧵...)
Here is the link to UK Government factsheet: www.gov.uk/government/p...
And here is the International Rescue Committee's explanation of this:
www.rescue.org/uk/article/w...
Here is the link to UK Government factsheet: www.gov.uk/government/p...
And here is the International Rescue Committee's explanation of this:
www.rescue.org/uk/article/w...
Safe and legal routes
www.gov.uk
February 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The UK Government talks about "safe and legal routes" for people seeking asylum in the UK. Let's go through this. (a 🧵...)
Here is the link to UK Government factsheet: www.gov.uk/government/p...
And here is the International Rescue Committee's explanation of this:
www.rescue.org/uk/article/w...
Here is the link to UK Government factsheet: www.gov.uk/government/p...
And here is the International Rescue Committee's explanation of this:
www.rescue.org/uk/article/w...
There is an uncomfortable amount of anti-Palestinian sentiment here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK
The family won an appeal to come to the UK, after originally applying through a scheme for Ukrainians.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
There is an uncomfortable amount of anti-Palestinian sentiment here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A Premier League football team will take to the pitch today with "Visit Rwanda" on their shirts, a sponsorship deal paid for by a government that also spends its money supporting the people behind this.
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Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC
First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:37 PM
A Premier League football team will take to the pitch today with "Visit Rwanda" on their shirts, a sponsorship deal paid for by a government that also spends its money supporting the people behind this.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@thakenews.bsky.social
Indeed heartwarming.
To clarify, once someone has been granted asylum & become a refugee, they are no longer an asylum seeker. When there is such negative press around the term "asylum seeker", it is important to get the terminology correct.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Indeed heartwarming.
To clarify, once someone has been granted asylum & become a refugee, they are no longer an asylum seeker. When there is such negative press around the term "asylum seeker", it is important to get the terminology correct.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
100 heartwarming stories: The truck with 12,000 lights and a lost letter finds its way
We're bringing you 100 joyful, inspiring and uplifting stories during the festive season - and you can get involved.
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December 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
@thakenews.bsky.social
Indeed heartwarming.
To clarify, once someone has been granted asylum & become a refugee, they are no longer an asylum seeker. When there is such negative press around the term "asylum seeker", it is important to get the terminology correct.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Indeed heartwarming.
To clarify, once someone has been granted asylum & become a refugee, they are no longer an asylum seeker. When there is such negative press around the term "asylum seeker", it is important to get the terminology correct.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
APOPO HeroRATs (the ones who seek out landmines) are also able to detect TB in sputum samples with 82% accuracy and they correctly "diagnose" 52% of false negative samples.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Cheap, smart and efficient: how giant rats are transforming the fight against TB
After success in Tanzania, other African countries may introduce the rodents to help sniff out the disease
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:26 PM
APOPO HeroRATs (the ones who seek out landmines) are also able to detect TB in sputum samples with 82% accuracy and they correctly "diagnose" 52% of false negative samples.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
AI-enabled foetal monitoring software in Malawi reduces the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths by 82%, where there is a severe shortage of health workers.
#AI #globalhealth #health #neonatalhealth #maternalhealth #childhealth #technology #LMIC #technology
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#AI #globalhealth #health #neonatalhealth #maternalhealth #childhealth #technology #LMIC #technology
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:31 AM
AI-enabled foetal monitoring software in Malawi reduces the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths by 82%, where there is a severe shortage of health workers.
#AI #globalhealth #health #neonatalhealth #maternalhealth #childhealth #technology #LMIC #technology
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
#AI #globalhealth #health #neonatalhealth #maternalhealth #childhealth #technology #LMIC #technology
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Whatever your views are on assisted dying, it is unacceptable that the Government only provides one thid of the funding for hospice care. Why is end of life care not seen as an extension of NHS provision? #palliativecare #assisteddying #endoflife #NHS
Fix palliative care before allowing assisted dying
Leading end-of-life doctors warn system is struggling, and changing law could make situation worse.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Whatever your views are on assisted dying, it is unacceptable that the Government only provides one thid of the funding for hospice care. Why is end of life care not seen as an extension of NHS provision? #palliativecare #assisteddying #endoflife #NHS
"Oh, is it branded with NRC, the tents? Then we cannot have it. We need our logo on the tents".
Interview with Jan Egeland on the issues of aid organisation logos on everything in refugee camps including school bags, and the problems associated with this.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...
Interview with Jan Egeland on the issues of aid organisation logos on everything in refugee camps including school bags, and the problems associated with this.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...
Why it’s time to stop the aid logo ‘arms race’
Fed up with the ‘carnival’ of aid logos in refugee camps, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council promises to rethink aid branding.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
"Oh, is it branded with NRC, the tents? Then we cannot have it. We need our logo on the tents".
Interview with Jan Egeland on the issues of aid organisation logos on everything in refugee camps including school bags, and the problems associated with this.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...
Interview with Jan Egeland on the issues of aid organisation logos on everything in refugee camps including school bags, and the problems associated with this.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...
On a slightly lighter note, a special mention for the rats who assist in landmine clearance, such as Magawa.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-5...
HeroRATs website, including link for donation: apopo.org/herorats/
#wholesome #rats #landmine #landmines
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-5...
HeroRATs website, including link for donation: apopo.org/herorats/
#wholesome #rats #landmine #landmines
Magawa the mine-detecting rat wins PDSA Gold Medal
Magawa the African giant pouched rat has won a PDSA Gold Medal for his work detecting landmines.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 12:39 AM
On a slightly lighter note, a special mention for the rats who assist in landmine clearance, such as Magawa.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-5...
HeroRATs website, including link for donation: apopo.org/herorats/
#wholesome #rats #landmine #landmines
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-5...
HeroRATs website, including link for donation: apopo.org/herorats/
#wholesome #rats #landmine #landmines
I’ve joined two new social media platforms in a week. Bye bye productivity.
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I’ve joined two new social media platforms in a week. Bye bye productivity.