Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen
@helenemari.bsky.social
🇿🇦 Medical doctor & postdoctoral researcher based at Oxford University. Loves talking about TB, lectures in global health.
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In loving memory of Andile Madondile – a community leader who dedicated his life to raising awareness about TB & HIV. His passion lives on. Watch below to hear him speak about it. #EndTB
August 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In loving memory of Andile Madondile – a community leader who dedicated his life to raising awareness about TB & HIV. His passion lives on. Watch below to hear him speak about it. #EndTB
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🆘🚨”South Africa is the beacon… We have many important collaborative works going on there…To cut them off, I just I don’t understand it. It’s self-destructive behavior.”- Dr. Harold Varmus, a professor of medicine at Cornell University, Nobel Prize in medicine
#Tuberculosis
#HIV
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#Tuberculosis
#HIV
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“We are at risk of missing out on a generation of scientists — because people will leave"
Devastating impact of Trump cuts on South African scientists
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h... via @stephanienolen.bsky.social
Devastating impact of Trump cuts on South African scientists
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h... via @stephanienolen.bsky.social
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🆘🚨”South Africa is the beacon… We have many important collaborative works going on there…To cut them off, I just I don’t understand it. It’s self-destructive behavior.”- Dr. Harold Varmus, a professor of medicine at Cornell University, Nobel Prize in medicine
#Tuberculosis
#HIV
🧵↩️
#Tuberculosis
#HIV
🧵↩️
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Invitation to a public @ox.ac.uk guest lecture on Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture
Free online lecture with Mitchell Warren
Recent, dramatic shifts in global health funding include cuts to US and UK foreign aid. This has had a cascade of devasting consequences on treatment and prev...
www.conted.ox.ac.uk
April 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Invitation to a public @ox.ac.uk guest lecture on Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
Invitation to a public @ox.ac.uk guest lecture on Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture
Free online lecture with Mitchell Warren
Recent, dramatic shifts in global health funding include cuts to US and UK foreign aid. This has had a cascade of devasting consequences on treatment and prev...
www.conted.ox.ac.uk
April 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Invitation to a public @ox.ac.uk guest lecture on Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
Delivered by Mitchell Warren, director of AVAC.
Wednesday 30th April 2025, 15:30 - 16:30 UK time.
More information and sign-up link here: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/events/view/...
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🔔 YO, LISTEN UP! 🔔
Did you know TB is still a thing? Yup, and it’s serious. That’s why 24 March is World TB Day—to spread awareness and step up the fight against this disease!
🔥 Wanna win R1500 cash? 🔥
Deadline: 24 March @ MIDNIGHT. One lucky winner gets the cash! 💰⏳
Did you know TB is still a thing? Yup, and it’s serious. That’s why 24 March is World TB Day—to spread awareness and step up the fight against this disease!
🔥 Wanna win R1500 cash? 🔥
Deadline: 24 March @ MIDNIGHT. One lucky winner gets the cash! 💰⏳
March 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🔔 YO, LISTEN UP! 🔔
Did you know TB is still a thing? Yup, and it’s serious. That’s why 24 March is World TB Day—to spread awareness and step up the fight against this disease!
🔥 Wanna win R1500 cash? 🔥
Deadline: 24 March @ MIDNIGHT. One lucky winner gets the cash! 💰⏳
Did you know TB is still a thing? Yup, and it’s serious. That’s why 24 March is World TB Day—to spread awareness and step up the fight against this disease!
🔥 Wanna win R1500 cash? 🔥
Deadline: 24 March @ MIDNIGHT. One lucky winner gets the cash! 💰⏳
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How a WHO Staff Member Turned the US Withdrawal into an Act of Solidarity
who.foundation/blogs-post/h...
who.foundation/blogs-post/h...
How a WHO Staff Member Turned the US Withdrawal into an Act of Solidarity
who.foundation
January 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
How a WHO Staff Member Turned the US Withdrawal into an Act of Solidarity
who.foundation/blogs-post/h...
who.foundation/blogs-post/h...
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Two wonderful global health scholars have made their global health books free to download
Bravo and thanks @seyeabimbola.bsky.social and
@thewrittenro.bsky.social
The Foreign Gaze:
www.editions.ird.fr/open_access_...
Rethinking Global Health:
taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
Bravo and thanks @seyeabimbola.bsky.social and
@thewrittenro.bsky.social
The Foreign Gaze:
www.editions.ird.fr/open_access_...
Rethinking Global Health:
taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
December 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Two wonderful global health scholars have made their global health books free to download
Bravo and thanks @seyeabimbola.bsky.social and
@thewrittenro.bsky.social
The Foreign Gaze:
www.editions.ird.fr/open_access_...
Rethinking Global Health:
taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
Bravo and thanks @seyeabimbola.bsky.social and
@thewrittenro.bsky.social
The Foreign Gaze:
www.editions.ird.fr/open_access_...
Rethinking Global Health:
taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
Hallo BlueSky! I’m excited to join the #TBsky #IDsky conversation - sharing some insights from my PhD. I used social science methods to understand how we can prevent the spread of TB.
Interested in how we can untangle stigma and mask-wearing? And what an exemplar case study shows? Read on!
Interested in how we can untangle stigma and mask-wearing? And what an exemplar case study shows? Read on!
December 6, 2024 at 8:44 AM