Gayle Amul
@giannagayle.bsky.social
Filipina in Norway.
📑Alcohol and tobacco policy researcher & advocate.
⚖️Commercial-political-legal determinants of health.
PhD in Global Health
Senior Adviser| FORUT Norway
Secretary | Asia Pacific Alcohol Policy Alliance
Editor | Globalization & Health
📑Alcohol and tobacco policy researcher & advocate.
⚖️Commercial-political-legal determinants of health.
PhD in Global Health
Senior Adviser| FORUT Norway
Secretary | Asia Pacific Alcohol Policy Alliance
Editor | Globalization & Health
Thank you @globalgapa.bsky.social for highlighting APAPA and SEAAPA's Joint Statement on Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Jarms in the Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia regions!
“Alcohol consumption is a leading cause of death and disability, with a rising burden. "
WHO Western Pacific Region is discussing alcohol control this week. The Asia Pacific and the South-East Asia Alcohol Policy Alliance have issued a joint statement. globalgapa.org/our-work/upd...
WHO Western Pacific Region is discussing alcohol control this week. The Asia Pacific and the South-East Asia Alcohol Policy Alliance have issued a joint statement. globalgapa.org/our-work/upd...
Alcohol control on the agenda in WHO Western Pacific region
Alcohol control is on the agenda in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region and APAPA and SEAAPA have issued a joint statement
globalgapa.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thank you @globalgapa.bsky.social for highlighting APAPA and SEAAPA's Joint Statement on Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Jarms in the Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia regions!
Webinar Alert! Join us tomorrow, from 13:00-14:00 CET for the launch of FORUT's handbook on Alcohol & Development!
Register here: tinyurl.com/AlcoholandDe...
Register here: tinyurl.com/AlcoholandDe...
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Webinar Alert! Join us tomorrow, from 13:00-14:00 CET for the launch of FORUT's handbook on Alcohol & Development!
Register here: tinyurl.com/AlcoholandDe...
Register here: tinyurl.com/AlcoholandDe...
#JournalEditor Chronicles
I've been a journal editor for more than a year now and I often get very constructive and meticulous peer reviewers with substantive comments. A week ago, I got the shortest two-word comment to authors ever. 🙃
I've been a journal editor for more than a year now and I often get very constructive and meticulous peer reviewers with substantive comments. A week ago, I got the shortest two-word comment to authors ever. 🙃
September 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#JournalEditor Chronicles
I've been a journal editor for more than a year now and I often get very constructive and meticulous peer reviewers with substantive comments. A week ago, I got the shortest two-word comment to authors ever. 🙃
I've been a journal editor for more than a year now and I often get very constructive and meticulous peer reviewers with substantive comments. A week ago, I got the shortest two-word comment to authors ever. 🙃
Reposted by Gayle Amul
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are often overlooked in policy-making, leading to individual-focused health initiatives.
In @thelancetph.bsky.social, authors call for a shift from individual accountability to systemic solutions to address SDOH: tinyurl.com/2s44vyuc
In @thelancetph.bsky.social, authors call for a shift from individual accountability to systemic solutions to address SDOH: tinyurl.com/2s44vyuc
The responsibility of health: shifting the focus from individuals to systems
Social determinants of health, although widely acknowledged, tend to be poorly translated
into policy. Health programme initiatives too often underline individual accountability,
which reinforces a fl...
tinyurl.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are often overlooked in policy-making, leading to individual-focused health initiatives.
In @thelancetph.bsky.social, authors call for a shift from individual accountability to systemic solutions to address SDOH: tinyurl.com/2s44vyuc
In @thelancetph.bsky.social, authors call for a shift from individual accountability to systemic solutions to address SDOH: tinyurl.com/2s44vyuc
Reposted by Gayle Amul
Hear GAPA Advisory Council member @giannagayle.bsky.social in a conversation with @spidermaani.bsky.social in the Money Power Health podcast. It's and insightful view into the research and advocacy space.
New Money Power Health podcast episode with the wonderful Dr Gayle Amul, in which we discuss her research and advocacy around alcohol and tobacco industry activities and what it means to be a "pracademic"
open.spotify.com/episode/2Oqu... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @forutde.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2Oqu... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @forutde.bsky.social
Episode 15: Addressing research/action gaps with pracademic Dr Gayle Amul
Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Hear GAPA Advisory Council member @giannagayle.bsky.social in a conversation with @spidermaani.bsky.social in the Money Power Health podcast. It's and insightful view into the research and advocacy space.
Reposted by Gayle Amul
The 8th Global Alcohol Policy Conference #GAPC2026 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8-10 April 2026, co-hosted with
@actbr.bsky.social, @vitalstrategies.org Brazil, @mjspgov.bsky.social, and @minsaude.bsky.socia. See the conference website with programme outline: www.gapc2026.org
The 8th Global Alcohol Policy Conference #GAPC2026 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8-10 April 2026, co-hosted with
@actbr.bsky.social, @vitalstrategies.org Brazil, @mjspgov.bsky.social, and @minsaude.bsky.socia. See the conference website with programme outline: www.gapc2026.org
GAPC 2026 | Brazil - GAPC 2026, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 8-10 April 2026
www.gapc2026.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The 8th Global Alcohol Policy Conference #GAPC2026 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8-10 April 2026, co-hosted with
@actbr.bsky.social, @vitalstrategies.org Brazil, @mjspgov.bsky.social, and @minsaude.bsky.socia. See the conference website with programme outline: www.gapc2026.org
The 8th Global Alcohol Policy Conference #GAPC2026 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8-10 April 2026, co-hosted with
@actbr.bsky.social, @vitalstrategies.org Brazil, @mjspgov.bsky.social, and @minsaude.bsky.socia. See the conference website with programme outline: www.gapc2026.org
Reposted by Gayle Amul
New article in @bmj Global Health with Emily Adrion and Jeff Collin: "Who funds the WHO Foundation? A
transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation" gh.bmj.com/content/10/7... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation" gh.bmj.com/content/10/7... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
Who funds the WHO Foundation? A transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation
Introduction The WHO Foundation (WHOF) was established in 2020 with the stated aim of broadening the donor pool to the WHO. Academics and civil society actors raised concerns regarding the potential n...
gh.bmj.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
New article in @bmj Global Health with Emily Adrion and Jeff Collin: "Who funds the WHO Foundation? A
transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation" gh.bmj.com/content/10/7... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation" gh.bmj.com/content/10/7... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
It is always weird to hear my own voice. This was my first podcast (where I was the one being interviewed) and it was fun! Should I have spoken more about my work? Maybe but in this kind of context, I think it is more appropriate to talk about the process and not just my "outputs."
New Money Power Health podcast episode with the wonderful Dr Gayle Amul, in which we discuss her research and advocacy around alcohol and tobacco industry activities and what it means to be a "pracademic"
open.spotify.com/episode/2Oqu... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @forutde.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2Oqu... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @forutde.bsky.social
Episode 15: Addressing research/action gaps with pracademic Dr Gayle Amul
Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It is always weird to hear my own voice. This was my first podcast (where I was the one being interviewed) and it was fun! Should I have spoken more about my work? Maybe but in this kind of context, I think it is more appropriate to talk about the process and not just my "outputs."
I signed this i-mark pledge along with other researchers to commit to research free from alcohol industry influence. Interested to join this pledge? Reach out to paula@alcoholforum.org
June 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I signed this i-mark pledge along with other researchers to commit to research free from alcohol industry influence. Interested to join this pledge? Reach out to paula@alcoholforum.org
#Alcohol is now also linked to pancreatic cancer
- in addition to mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesephagus, female breast, liver and colorecral cancers!
news.un.org/en/story/202...
- in addition to mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesephagus, female breast, liver and colorecral cancers!
news.un.org/en/story/202...
What’s your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer
Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new UN study has found.
news.un.org
May 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Alcohol is now also linked to pancreatic cancer
- in addition to mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesephagus, female breast, liver and colorecral cancers!
news.un.org/en/story/202...
- in addition to mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesephagus, female breast, liver and colorecral cancers!
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Excited to share my case study on the framing and perceptions of #alcohol industry #CSR in the #Philippines.
It calls for the need to regulating the marketing of alcohol industry CSR to protect alcohol policies from industry influence.
Read it here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7tk_6KUS...
It calls for the need to regulating the marketing of alcohol industry CSR to protect alcohol policies from industry influence.
Read it here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7tk_6KUS...
May 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Excited to share my case study on the framing and perceptions of #alcohol industry #CSR in the #Philippines.
It calls for the need to regulating the marketing of alcohol industry CSR to protect alcohol policies from industry influence.
Read it here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7tk_6KUS...
It calls for the need to regulating the marketing of alcohol industry CSR to protect alcohol policies from industry influence.
Read it here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7tk_6KUS...
Warning: If you come from the Global South where university libraries have limited resources, this news will make you weep. The article may induce deep sadness and shock. As a former research staff at NUS, this is both disappointing and disgusting.
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ya...
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ya...
NUS apologises for 'operational lapse' in dealing with books from Yale-NUS College library
Hundreds of books from the Yale-NUS College library were reportedly sent for disposal or recycling on Tuesday, triggering an outcry from its alumni and students.
www.channelnewsasia.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Warning: If you come from the Global South where university libraries have limited resources, this news will make you weep. The article may induce deep sadness and shock. As a former research staff at NUS, this is both disappointing and disgusting.
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ya...
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ya...
Question is: Why even give the US a platform in the WHA when they have left the WHO? Their isolationist policy removed them from the table. Does anyone think that the pandemic agreement would have passed if the US was there?
healthpolicy-watch.news/breaking-rfk...
healthpolicy-watch.news/breaking-rfk...
BREAKING - US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr Extends Olive Branch To WHO - With Strings Attached - Health Policy Watch
In a surprise appearance Tuesday before WHO member states via pre-recorded video, new US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr extended a
healthpolicy-watch.news
May 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Question is: Why even give the US a platform in the WHA when they have left the WHO? Their isolationist policy removed them from the table. Does anyone think that the pandemic agreement would have passed if the US was there?
healthpolicy-watch.news/breaking-rfk...
healthpolicy-watch.news/breaking-rfk...
There are 49 members of the Philippine delegation. Are they all supporting the DoH Secretary in his role as WHA president? I understand why officials under the Bureau of International Health Cooperation are there because it is their mandate. But why do they need 3 delegates from PhilHealth?
#WHA78 @who.int
Dr T. Herbosa, Secretary of Health, The Philippines: President of #WHA78
Delegates list:
apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf...
Dr T. Herbosa, Secretary of Health, The Philippines: President of #WHA78
Delegates list:
apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf...
May 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
There are 49 members of the Philippine delegation. Are they all supporting the DoH Secretary in his role as WHA president? I understand why officials under the Bureau of International Health Cooperation are there because it is their mandate. But why do they need 3 delegates from PhilHealth?
#AcademicLife I was about to register for a conference where I will present on behalf of a university in the 🇵🇭where I am a research fellow. The system slapped me with a €900 fee! I did not continue to payment. Should I have registered with the PH university's address and not my address in 🇳🇴?
April 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#AcademicLife I was about to register for a conference where I will present on behalf of a university in the 🇵🇭where I am a research fellow. The system slapped me with a €900 fee! I did not continue to payment. Should I have registered with the PH university's address and not my address in 🇳🇴?
#AcademicLife When your passport is from the Global South but you live in the Global North and the conference you want to attend is in the Global North, often you still need a visa which requires a few months of processing and tons of paperwork, with your passport held hostage by an embassy.1/2
April 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#AcademicLife When your passport is from the Global South but you live in the Global North and the conference you want to attend is in the Global North, often you still need a visa which requires a few months of processing and tons of paperwork, with your passport held hostage by an embassy.1/2
#AlcoholIndustryTactic
This tactic is similar/adjacent to what Heineken does with their 0.0 ads in Formula 1. The 0.0 looks like an afterthought given the prominent display of the original Heineken logo with the red star.
This tactic is similar/adjacent to what Heineken does with their 0.0 ads in Formula 1. The 0.0 looks like an afterthought given the prominent display of the original Heineken logo with the red star.
April 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#AlcoholIndustryTactic
This tactic is similar/adjacent to what Heineken does with their 0.0 ads in Formula 1. The 0.0 looks like an afterthought given the prominent display of the original Heineken logo with the red star.
This tactic is similar/adjacent to what Heineken does with their 0.0 ads in Formula 1. The 0.0 looks like an afterthought given the prominent display of the original Heineken logo with the red star.
The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance is a global NGO recently registered in Switzerland. It works towards promotong evidence-based alcohol policy globally. I serve as part of GAPA's Advisory Council.
Check out GAPA's policy position for the UN HLM on NCDs this coming September.
Check out GAPA's policy position for the UN HLM on NCDs this coming September.
When High Level officials from Member States convene in New York in September for the upcoming fourth United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (UNHLM NCDs) there is an urgent need for action to reduce the global burden of NCDs. GAPA policy paper: globalgapa.org/our-work/upd...
GAPA Policy Position 4th UNHLM NCDs 2025
GAPA policy requests for the upcoming United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (UNHLM NCDs).
globalgapa.org
April 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance is a global NGO recently registered in Switzerland. It works towards promotong evidence-based alcohol policy globally. I serve as part of GAPA's Advisory Council.
Check out GAPA's policy position for the UN HLM on NCDs this coming September.
Check out GAPA's policy position for the UN HLM on NCDs this coming September.
Reposted by Gayle Amul
Diageo describes @who.int-led public health efforts as "unprecedented challenges" to their business model.
Translation: "We don't like measures aimed at protecting public health, because they might affect our profits."
Corporate profit shouldn't come before people's health.
Translation: "We don't like measures aimed at protecting public health, because they might affect our profits."
Corporate profit shouldn't come before people's health.
April 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Diageo describes @who.int-led public health efforts as "unprecedented challenges" to their business model.
Translation: "We don't like measures aimed at protecting public health, because they might affect our profits."
Corporate profit shouldn't come before people's health.
Translation: "We don't like measures aimed at protecting public health, because they might affect our profits."
Corporate profit shouldn't come before people's health.
Devastating cut for global health
WHO proposes a Billion Dollar Cut to its Budget for 2026-27 to US$4.2 billion, DG Signals Plans to Shed Jobs Citing $600 Million Hole This Year
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/who-propos...
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #263 [The Files Flash]
genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/who-propos...
March 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Devastating cut for global health
This is needed! Just added to my reading list!
Very proud to be part of this systematic review, which has relevance for anyone working in the alcohol and/or gender space!
Implications extend beyond alcohol, prompting us to consider how we understand and (re)construct gender in the context of interdisciplinary research.
Implications extend beyond alcohol, prompting us to consider how we understand and (re)construct gender in the context of interdisciplinary research.
Thrilled to have our systematic review of the differences in the way women and men have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade up online at IJDP - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
March 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is needed! Just added to my reading list!
#PeerReview As an unpaid journal editor, why do some reviewers agree to review but never send their feedback on the manuscript they agreed to review? As a peer reviewer myself, I know it is also unpaid labor but when I agree to do a peer review, I don't leave the editor hanging and waiting for it.
March 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#PeerReview As an unpaid journal editor, why do some reviewers agree to review but never send their feedback on the manuscript they agreed to review? As a peer reviewer myself, I know it is also unpaid labor but when I agree to do a peer review, I don't leave the editor hanging and waiting for it.
had the honor of speaking about how the #alcohol industry is targeting women. Doing my part to expose alcohol industry tactics to make their products appealing to women for National Women's Month in the Philippines.
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRlk...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRlk...
Unbottling the Truth Episode 5 – Gendered Targeting of Alcohol Industries
YouTube video by Health Promotion Program
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
had the honor of speaking about how the #alcohol industry is targeting women. Doing my part to expose alcohol industry tactics to make their products appealing to women for National Women's Month in the Philippines.
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRlk...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRlk...
Excited to share my PhD research in this Collective Conversation, chaired by Prof Kelley Lee @profplum8.bsky.social 🙂
Join the Collective Conversation next week 18th March!
@giannagayle.bsky.social will discuss the power of the alcohol and tobacco industries in the Philippines. The conversation will be chaired by @profplum8.bsky.social
📍Online,
🗓️3pm CET, Tuesday 18th March
www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
@giannagayle.bsky.social will discuss the power of the alcohol and tobacco industries in the Philippines. The conversation will be chaired by @profplum8.bsky.social
📍Online,
🗓️3pm CET, Tuesday 18th March
www.sum.uio.no/english/rese...
March 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Excited to share my PhD research in this Collective Conversation, chaired by Prof Kelley Lee @profplum8.bsky.social 🙂