Paul Marsden
@paulmarsden.bsky.social
Global Citizen | Senior Health Workforce Specialist (World Health Organization). Huge fan of trail & road running, cycling, and Liverpool FC, in no particular order. Love is all you need.
🏠 Geneva & Liverpool
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Paul Marsden
@paulmarsden.bsky.social
· Oct 7
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The 11 Million Health Worker Gap: A Blueprint for Health Equity
—my message to the Liverpool Labour Party Conference side event session on ‘Advancing Global Health Equity’, hosted by Action for Globa...
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We cannot, and will not, train our way out of the 11 million global #HealthWorker shortfall 🌍
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Great to be on the picket line with @social.verdi.de health and university workers in Rostock demanding safer staffing, fairer pay and better contracts.
We shared stories of health workers around the world leading strikes and winning better health for all1
We shared stories of health workers around the world leading strikes and winning better health for all1
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Great to be on the picket line with @social.verdi.de health and university workers in Rostock demanding safer staffing, fairer pay and better contracts.
We shared stories of health workers around the world leading strikes and winning better health for all1
We shared stories of health workers around the world leading strikes and winning better health for all1
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Opinion: Africa’s main health vulnerability isn't a shortage of funds — it’s a lack of efficiency. To finance its own resilience and reclaim its sovereignty, the continent doesn’t need to spend more, but rather spend smarter.
Africa can pay for its own health if we choose efficiency over dependency
Africa can pay for its own health if we choose efficiency over dependency
www.devex.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Opinion: Africa’s main health vulnerability isn't a shortage of funds — it’s a lack of efficiency. To finance its own resilience and reclaim its sovereignty, the continent doesn’t need to spend more, but rather spend smarter.
February 11, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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🎞️Miss our webinar 'The role of diaspora in supporting health systems resilience in fragile and shock-prone settings: findings from a multi-country study'?
Watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/iw9Usr7
Watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/iw9Usr7
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
🎞️Miss our webinar 'The role of diaspora in supporting health systems resilience in fragile and shock-prone settings: findings from a multi-country study'?
Watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/iw9Usr7
Watch it here ▶️ buff.ly/iw9Usr7
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🌍⚖️ WHO has adopted new efficiency reforms to streamline governance and reduce the growing burden of resolutions and agenda items.
The changes could help improve how global health decisions are prepared and implemented.
📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
The changes could help improve how global health decisions are prepared and implemented.
📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
WHO Executive Board Adopts New Efficiency Measures But Can They Stick? - Health Policy Watch
After fits, starts, hours of back room negotiations and hesitations, the closing day of WHO’s Executive Board session Friday saw agreement on a number of
healthpolicy-watch.news
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
🌍⚖️ WHO has adopted new efficiency reforms to streamline governance and reduce the growing burden of resolutions and agenda items.
The changes could help improve how global health decisions are prepared and implemented.
📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
The changes could help improve how global health decisions are prepared and implemented.
📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Love this ... Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races – photo essay
Members of an athletics club in Madagascar formed by rickshaw drivers are now beating elite athletes in international endurance events
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Love this ... Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Fascism doesn’t always arrive in jackboots.
Sometimes it comes dressed as ballots seized, journalists arrested and the rule of law ignored.
Guy Anthony Ayres writes from America.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @guyanthonyayres.bsky.social
Sometimes it comes dressed as ballots seized, journalists arrested and the rule of law ignored.
Guy Anthony Ayres writes from America.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @guyanthonyayres.bsky.social
When ‘The land of the free’ stops being free
“The land of the free” is becoming “The land of control”. Elections, rights, and truth are all falling prey to authoritarianism and fascist ideology
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Fascism doesn’t always arrive in jackboots.
Sometimes it comes dressed as ballots seized, journalists arrested and the rule of law ignored.
Guy Anthony Ayres writes from America.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @guyanthonyayres.bsky.social
Sometimes it comes dressed as ballots seized, journalists arrested and the rule of law ignored.
Guy Anthony Ayres writes from America.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @guyanthonyayres.bsky.social
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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
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MSF denounces restrictions on humanitarian access imposed by #SouthSudan's government in parts of Jonglei state.
These restrictions block medical aid from reaching communities.
As of Jan. 29, at least 23 critically ill patients urgently need referrals.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
These restrictions block medical aid from reaching communities.
As of Jan. 29, at least 23 critically ill patients urgently need referrals.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
South Sudan: Government blocks humanitarian access in opposition-held areas | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF condemns South Sudan’s government for blocking humanitarian access in opposition-held areas of Jonglei, leaving nearly 400,000 people without essential medical care.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
MSF denounces restrictions on humanitarian access imposed by #SouthSudan's government in parts of Jonglei state.
These restrictions block medical aid from reaching communities.
As of Jan. 29, at least 23 critically ill patients urgently need referrals.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
These restrictions block medical aid from reaching communities.
As of Jan. 29, at least 23 critically ill patients urgently need referrals.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
“if it tweets like a racist, talks like a racist and acts like a racist, then it's absolutely definitely a racist”
Karma will prevail
Karma will prevail
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“if it tweets like a racist, talks like a racist and acts like a racist, then it's absolutely definitely a racist”
Karma will prevail
Karma will prevail
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Thank you Pep Guardiola for using your platform.
Governments killing, displacing and dehumanising millions across the world want to make us think it's normal.
But Guardiola is right.
We can't look away. And we cannot accept it.
Governments killing, displacing and dehumanising millions across the world want to make us think it's normal.
But Guardiola is right.
We can't look away. And we cannot accept it.
February 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thank you Pep Guardiola for using your platform.
Governments killing, displacing and dehumanising millions across the world want to make us think it's normal.
But Guardiola is right.
We can't look away. And we cannot accept it.
Governments killing, displacing and dehumanising millions across the world want to make us think it's normal.
But Guardiola is right.
We can't look away. And we cannot accept it.
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‼️"Chronic understaffing and long-time underinvestment are pushing health workers to the brink", alerts @epsu.bsky.social's SG @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social as new IR study shows 2/3 of health staff "are actively considering leaving" - protests in EU MS as in BE for #qualityjobs‼️
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February 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
‼️"Chronic understaffing and long-time underinvestment are pushing health workers to the brink", alerts @epsu.bsky.social's SG @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social as new IR study shows 2/3 of health staff "are actively considering leaving" - protests in EU MS as in BE for #qualityjobs‼️
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💉🌍 A dispute over an American flag has become a symbol of the US break with the @who.int & lingering anger over COVID-19 policies.
The US still owes $260.6m in unpaid dues — and the withdrawal makes both the US & the world less safe.
@drjbhattacharya.bsky.social @ghpp.georgetown.edu
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
The US still owes $260.6m in unpaid dues — and the withdrawal makes both the US & the world less safe.
@drjbhattacharya.bsky.social @ghpp.georgetown.edu
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
A Flag Recaptured: US Exit From WHO Highlights Anger Over COVID-19 Pandemic - Health Policy Watch
A dispute over an American flag has become symbolic of the bitter public dispute between the US and the World Health Organization (WHO) after the US withdrew
healthpolicy-watch.news
January 30, 2026 at 5:54 AM
💉🌍 A dispute over an American flag has become a symbol of the US break with the @who.int & lingering anger over COVID-19 policies.
The US still owes $260.6m in unpaid dues — and the withdrawal makes both the US & the world less safe.
@drjbhattacharya.bsky.social @ghpp.georgetown.edu
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
The US still owes $260.6m in unpaid dues — and the withdrawal makes both the US & the world less safe.
@drjbhattacharya.bsky.social @ghpp.georgetown.edu
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
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They murdered a nurse who cared for military veterans & then called him a terrorist.
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
They murdered a nurse who cared for military veterans & then called him a terrorist.
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🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has called on Donald Trump to apologise for his "insulting and frankly appalling" comments about British troops in Afghanistan 👏
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has called on Donald Trump to apologise for his "insulting and frankly appalling" comments about British troops in Afghanistan 👏
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In 2025, 1,348 attacks were carried out on medical facilities, resulting in the deaths of 1,981 people.
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In 2025, 1,348 attacks were carried out on medical facilities, resulting in the deaths of 1,981 people.
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
Watch our documentary series “Again and Again” which reveal attacks against healthcare and their devastating consequences: https://ow.ly/o87P50Y1aar
Absolute highlights of a cultural feast of a trip to London
Tate Modern 🫶🏽
Lee Miller exhibition 📷
Tate Britain 🖼️
National Theatre 🎭
Tate Modern 🫶🏽
Lee Miller exhibition 📷
Tate Britain 🖼️
National Theatre 🎭
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Absolute highlights of a cultural feast of a trip to London
Tate Modern 🫶🏽
Lee Miller exhibition 📷
Tate Britain 🖼️
National Theatre 🎭
Tate Modern 🫶🏽
Lee Miller exhibition 📷
Tate Britain 🖼️
National Theatre 🎭
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NEW: Stop Normalizing Fascism.
Seriously, if not now, when?
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Seriously, if not now, when?
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January 19, 2026 at 11:27 PM
NEW: Stop Normalizing Fascism.
Seriously, if not now, when?
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Seriously, if not now, when?
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Demented and Dangerous
Trump tells Norway Prime Minister: "The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland."
He no longer feels "an obligation to think purely of Peace" after Norway "decided not to give" him the Nobel Peace Prize.
He is the biggest danger to peace.
Trump tells Norway Prime Minister: "The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland."
He no longer feels "an obligation to think purely of Peace" after Norway "decided not to give" him the Nobel Peace Prize.
He is the biggest danger to peace.
www.independent.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Demented and Dangerous
Trump tells Norway Prime Minister: "The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland."
He no longer feels "an obligation to think purely of Peace" after Norway "decided not to give" him the Nobel Peace Prize.
He is the biggest danger to peace.
Trump tells Norway Prime Minister: "The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland."
He no longer feels "an obligation to think purely of Peace" after Norway "decided not to give" him the Nobel Peace Prize.
He is the biggest danger to peace.
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Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
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Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with award
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Fifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prize
There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”
Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory “very badly”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize