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Kerry Cullinan
@kerrycullinan.bsky.social
Health journalist. Passionate about nature, social justice & people's right to live with dignity. Deputy editor of Geneva-based Health Policy Watch. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/
Based in Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
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⚠️ @unfpa.org warns contraceptive shortages could spike unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortions + gender-based violence.

At #ICFP2025 calls for a rights-based approach to ensure access to SRHR, maternal care and UHC — one shared promise of dignity.🌎

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@caricom.bsky.social
UN Special Rapporteur Urges 'Right To Health' Approach To Ensure Access To Services - Health Policy Watch
Sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are being restricted, human rights defenders are being silenced, and evidence-based policy is being replaced by
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November 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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💔 Over 460 patients & companions were murdered in El Fasher’s Saudi Maternity Hospital after an #RSF takeover.

@who.int DG @drtedros.who.int: “Appalled & deeply shocked.”

❗Healthcare must never be a target.

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@unicef.org @icrc.org
WHO 'Appalled' By Murder Of 460 Patients In Sudanese Maternity Hospital - Health Policy Watch
Healthworkers said that the gunmen, from the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF), burst into the hospital and opened fire without warning, WION reports.  The RSF
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October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The rebel RSF forces in #Sudan are butchers engaged in genocide against non-Arabs. Their attacks on #ElFasher show their leaders' sadistic enjoyment of slaughter. Their main patron is the United Arab Emirates. #UAE
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter
Communication networks are down but a deluge of shocking videos point to mass killings on a devastating scale.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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The message is clear.

If you’re a white collar criminal, you’re cool, bruh.

If you’re a brown-skinned member of the working class, masked agents may descend at any moment and disappear you simply for existing.

Trump’s America.
Trump pardons convicted  Binance founder
Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering in 2023, stepped down as CEO under the crypto exchange’s $4.3 billion settlement with the Justice Department.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The alliance between what @naomiaklein.bsky.social describes as the "far right and the far out" (#antivaxx libertarian wellness types) has deepened in Europe with the launch of 'Make Europe Health Again' ⬇️
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hundreds of anti-science bills, most undermining #vaccines, are being introduced in US state houses ⬇️

www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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🫃Pregnancy alters absorption, metabolism, blood volume — yet most medicines are never tested in pregnant women.

🏅This is a breakthrough step in enrolling pregnant women in trials.

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@mmv.org @medwma.bsky.social @who.int @runciecwc.bsky.social
#IFPMA #ClinicalTrials
Drive To Include Pregnant And Breastfeeding Women And Children In Clinical Trials - Health Policy Watch
The first pregnant woman with malaria was enrolled in a clinical trial in Mali to compare three different malaria treatment regimens earlier this month – a
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October 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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🩸Postpartum haemorrhage kills 45,000 mothers each year.

New guidelines from @who.int, #FIGO & @internationalmidwives.org lower the diagnosis threshold to 300ml blood loss—enabling faster treatment & saving lives.

A global call to action launched at #FIGO2025.

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New Guidelines Recommend Lower Bleeding Threshold To Diagnose Postpartum Haemorrhage - Health Policy Watch
Women who lose 300ml of blood after giving birth should be diagnosed with postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) according to new guidelines published by the World
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October 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Higher taxes on unhealthy products like #tobacco, #alcohol & #sodas have cut consumption & helped health.

Yet @moderation.bsky.app decided to label my story below about taxes as 'spam'. Did the unhealthy lobbyists get to them?

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EXCLUSIVE: Weakened UN Political Declaration On NCDs Removes Target To Tax Harmful Products - Health Policy Watch
The final political declaration for the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs is substantially weaker than the zero draft, no longer referring to
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October 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Far right axis! #Israel to host fascist football hooligan Brit #TommyRobinson - because of the Manchester Synagogue bombing.
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#Israel justifies bombing #Gaza hospitals by claiming they're 'shielding' Hamas. Instead of #IDF proving this, they're turning the law on its head, trying to make people in the field disprove this, says @msf.ca
making it impossible to keep facilities safe.

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'Ban All Attacks On Hospitals To Prevent Genocide' - Health Policy Watch
All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by,
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October 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#China’s Snub of US Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers #TrumpTarriffs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nazis out and proud in the USA. WTF
Huntington Beach, CA - Crowd a bit more apprehensive now, though many are discussing joining or taking Neo-Nazi literature. Saw some 10ish year olds with flyers in their hands. Patriot Front members all standing by a sign that says “crush the left.” Some chanting “unite the right/crush the left.
September 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Taxes on unhealthy products like tobacco, alcohol, sodas and junk food discourage consumption. But industry got them dropped from the @UN declaration on #NCDs
September 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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just sitting here thinking about the courage and determination of E. Jean Carroll compared to the abject craven collapse of the pretty much every silicon valley CEO
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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#Mpox Cases Rise in #Ghana, #Philippines and #China – But Decline Overall

While there was a small 7% uptick in cases over the past week, overall cases are down 76% since the peak of the epidemic.

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@africanunion.bsky.social @panaction.bsky.social
Mpox Cases Rise In Ghana, Philippines And China – But Decline Overall - Health Policy Watch
Ghana has seen an “exponential” increase in mpox cases over the past week, while there have been smaller increases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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August 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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#China Ties Manufacturers’ Access to Pathogen Information to Host Country’s Commitment to #PandemicAgreement

The complex talks are negotiating how to fairly & equitably share the benefits derived from utilizing genetic resources. ⬇️

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@whowpro.bsky.social
China Ties Manufacturers’ Access To Pathogen Information To Host Country's Commitment To Pandemic Agreement - Health Policy Watch
China has suggested that the access pharmaceutical manufacturers get to information about dangerous pathogens should be “contingent” on their home country
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August 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
UK has just had its hottest summer on record. Heat stress is something about ¾ of the globe faces in our #climatecrisis future.
August 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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#Zambia Launches Solar Clinic Project as Part of Ambitious #Gavi Initiative ☀️

“In places where one in four health facilities have no electricity, solarisation is more than a technical fix, it is a lifeline.” @sanianishtar.bsky.social - @gavi.org

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@unicef.org @who.int
Zambia Launches Solar Clinic Project As Part Of Ambitious Gavi Initiative - Health Policy Watch
Zambia has become the first country to inaugurate a solar clinic as part of Gavi’s $28 million Health Facility Solar Electrification (HFSE) programme, which
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August 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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US Non-profits Vow to Fight on After Court Rules They Can’t Challenge #Trump Aid Freeze

The Trump administration has closed #USAID, slashed the budget of #PEPFAR, and withdrawn from the @whowpro.bsky.social.

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US Non-profits Vow To Fight On After Court Rules They Can’t Challenge Trump Aid Freeze - Health Policy Watch
US non-profit groups have vowed to fight on after losing their court bid this week to compel the Trump administration to restore Congress-approved foreign aid
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August 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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RFK's #MAHA consists of anti-vaxxers and "wellness” groups opposed to #mRNA vaccines who formed an unlikely alliance with #Trump libertarian #MAGA supporters opposed to vaccine mandates and lockdowns.

Will pesticides kill their alliance?

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Will Pesticides Break MAHA’s Alliance With Trump? - Health Policy Watch
The Trump administration’s approach to pesticides could determine whether it continues to enjoy the support of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy
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August 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
More lies from the Trump administration, which is led by people who think about their pockets today and not the impact of #climate on future generations.
NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/AvcB7Aw
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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REPORTER: We saw that Russia continued its violence into Ukraine last night, launching even more drones. What did you make of that?

TRUMP: I think they're trying to negotiate
August 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM