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Katri Bertram
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Transforming global health and social impact. Private account & views.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katri-bertram-85025787 & katribertram.wordpress.com
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · Jan 8
The nr of people sleeping rough in -10 & colder is exploding in Berlin.
🚐 Donate to a Kältebus, call emergency services if needed: www.berliner-stadtmission.de/kaeltebus
🏢 Ask for your work to open public areas (& bathrooms) to people in need
🏥 Advocate for mental & drug-user support & services.
Kältebus | Kältehilfe
Vom 1. November eines jeden Jahres bis zum darauffolgenden 31. März sucht der Kältebus mit seinem Team nach hilflosen Wohnungslosen und versorgt sie.
www.berliner-stadtmission.de
katribertram.bsky.social
I miss the years of hashtag movements, which simply nailed a cause: eg #metoo or #blacklivesmatter. The Epstein reporting suffers from constantly pointing to one (now dead) man, instead of the entire sick web of culprits and complicity.
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
ihpnetwork.bsky.social
Check out this week's IHP news 865: On WHO's 158th Executive Board meeting & much more. www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u...
Newsletter
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:48 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
Ach Germany 😭
@katjaberlin.bsky.social @zeit.de
February 6, 2026 at 9:07 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
Let me fix this title: Grand old men of capitalism continue to haunt vulnerable women and girls
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
economist.com
A new study has found that 38% of the nearly 20m new cancers worldwide in 2022 were caused by preventable factors. Two risks stand out virtually everywhere
More than a third of cancers arise from preventable risks
Smoking, infections and alcohol are the top causes
econ.st
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
katribertram.bsky.social
“populist politics, corruption and squeezing critical media not only go together, but mutually reinforce each other” 👇
economist.com The Economist @economist.com · 4d
The greatest decline in press freedom is occurring not in dictatorships, where proper journalism has long been almost impossible, but in places that still purport to be democratic
How democracies are using autocratic tools to muzzle journalism
As scrutiny of government withers, corruption thrives
econ.st
February 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
katribertram.bsky.social
"Colonization didn't end in the 1960s. Extractive colonization exists now." An important reminder from @seyeabimbola.bsky.social from today's decolonising #globalhealth keynote at @itmantwerp.bsky.social (I'm following online now).
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
$9.42 Billion For Global Health As US Foreign Aid Bill Passes - Health Policy Watch
Among the allocations is a $9.42 billion package for global health programs - signaling strong bipartisan support and maintaining significant global health
healthpolicy-watch.news
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
pauljbelcher.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇺🇳 #NewYork city and several U.S. states to join World Health Organization global outbreak response network in defiance of #Trump's withdrawal from @who.int

The Governors of #California and #Illinois have also said their states will join this WHO network.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...
New York City joins UN health network after Trump withdrew US from WHO
The New York City Health Department on Wednesday said it has joined the World Health Organization's global outbreak response network following President Donald Trump's withdrawal of the U.S. from the ...
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
Like all bubbles, the illusion that billionaires are successful saviours has, in 2026 the latest, popped.

Time to open your eyes and ears if you’re still hero-praising these broligarchs who tred on democracy (and women) like dirt.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
katribertram.bsky.social
🤯 All. Of. This.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
President Trump attacked CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office on Tuesday, calling her “the worst reporter” and scolding her for not smiling as she tried to ask about the latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. trib.al/GORWvyS
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
katribertram.bsky.social
Did you know only 5% of R&D goes into anything related to women’s health? I didn’t, but being in #menopause, this is really sinking in as I navigate the #healthsystem: no awareness, diagnoses, or treatments for most (some painful and scary) ailments.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
katribertram.bsky.social
Every word of this 💯
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
arushlal.bsky.social
What began as a crisis of resources now risks becoming a crisis of direction for global health governance.

My latest op-ed argues for the World Health Assembly to initiate a time-bound, member state-led process to unify fragmented global health architecture reforms.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
It is time for a World Health Assembly resolution on global health architecture reform - LSE Global Health
Ahead of this week’s World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting, Dr Arush Lal (Visiting Fellow, LSE Health) argues for the adoption of a resolution to support coordination of fragmented g...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
katribertram.bsky.social
Worth a read. Food for thought on whether value-based arguments work to defend democracy, or inequality-based ones (I’d go for both 😉): www.zeit.de/2026/05/demo...
Demokratie: Sind wir Pseudodemokraten?
Theoretisch mögen die meisten Menschen die Demokratie. Praktisch wählen viele von ihnen autoritäre Populisten. Wie die Forschung diesen Widerspruch erklärt
www.zeit.de
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
drfranksauer.bsky.social
Weil ich in der FAZ gerade dieses Bild sehe:

Hier kann man für Qualitäts-Winterschlafsäcke spenden:

👉 4-ukraine.de/de/projekte/...

Transport, Verteilung und Dokumentation mit ukrainischen Partnern ohne zusätzliche Kosten. 100% ehrenamtliche Hilfe. 0% Nebenkosten. 4-ukraine.de
In der Nacht auf Dienstag: Kinder schlafen während russischer Luftangriffe in einer U-Bahn-Station in Kiew. dpa
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
For those who still praise this man as a saviour. And no, there’s no “personal”/“private life” justification here 👇
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 6d
In an interview on NPR's Wild Card podcast, Melinda French Gates reacts to her ex-husband, Bill Gates, being mentioned in the most recent release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. See the clip.
Melinda French Gates reacts to new details about Bill Gates in the Epstein files
In an interview on NPR's Wild Card podcast, Melinda French Gates reacts to her ex-husband, Bill Gates, being mentioned in the most recent release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
n.pr
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
lancetgh.bsky.social
Published today in The Lancet Global Health: A modelling study on current worldwide trends in humanitarian and developmental assistance finds that cuts up to 2030 are projected to cause up to 22.6m additional deaths, inc. 5.4m children u5. Available Open Access - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A research in context panel from the article, which reads: Added value of this study This study combined retrospective data and projections for the near future, up to 2030, across a broader set of countries, especially those most vulnerable to ODA shocks, to fully understand the effects of international cooperation and its potential fluctuations on mortality amidst the ODA funding crisis. Our models forecast an additional 22·6 million deaths across all ages, including 5·4 million deaths in children younger than 5 years, by 2030, under a severe defunding scenario; even under a mild defunding scenario, the projected number of excess deaths by 2030 is 9·4 million across all ages and 2·5 million among children younger than 5 years. Implications of all the available evidence Sudden and severe reductions in ODA funding could have catastrophic consequences, with a potential global death toll comparable to—or even exceeding—that of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even modest defunding that simply extends current downward trends is likely to lead to sharp increases in preventable adult and child mortality, potentially resulting in tens of millions of excess deaths in the coming years.
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
katribertram.bsky.social
The nr of people sleeping rough in -10 & colder is exploding in Berlin.
🚐 Donate to a Kältebus, call emergency services if needed: www.berliner-stadtmission.de/kaeltebus
🏢 Ask for your work to open public areas (& bathrooms) to people in need
🏥 Advocate for mental & drug-user support & services.
Kältebus | Kältehilfe
Vom 1. November eines jeden Jahres bis zum darauffolgenden 31. März sucht der Kältebus mit seinem Team nach hilflosen Wohnungslosen und versorgt sie.
www.berliner-stadtmission.de
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
Asking critical questions and trying to create a more just system is *not* the same as trying to destroy a system. If we‘re not allowed discourse, we’re playing in the radical right court…1/2
February 3, 2026 at 7:04 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
Profit above people, next level 🤑
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d
Exclusive: To increase Grok’s popularity, xAI embraced making sexualized material, rolling back guardrails and ignoring internal warnings about the risks of producing such content, according to more than a half-dozen former employees of X and xAI.
Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s xAI loosened guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Katri Bertram
mbarber.bsky.social
The book is available for free / open access here:
academic.oup.com/book/61632
Peak Pharma: Toward a New Political Economy of Health
Abstract. This book argues that we have reached the ‘peak’ of a particular model for pharmaceutical innovation—the neoliberal value model that has been in
academic.oup.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
We can’t repeat this enough: What a sick, unaccountable network of men with power and money is being revealed with further release of #Epstein files. I hope everyone involved is brought to #justice for their legal and moral crimes.
February 2, 2026 at 11:20 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
What a misleading title. “MSC, as a private organization, is free to choose whom to invite.” In my opinion a catastrophic decision by MSC. More here: katribertram.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/m...
February 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
katribertram.bsky.social
I’ve been reading @economist.com since I was a teen (30+ years now) and it’s surreal to realize the US section is now more about dictatorship, corruption and violent conflict than any other section 🤯
February 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM