Peter Singer
@petersinger.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. Former Special Advisor to WHO Director General; Co-founder of Grand Challenges Canada and University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. My blog: singerp.substack.com
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Peter Singer
@petersinger.bsky.social
· May 5
Opinion | How to Fill the America-Shaped Hole in Global Health Left by Trump (Gift Article)
The World Health Organization should do what it can do bring the U.S. back as a member.
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My New York Times guest essay published today www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/o...
Wonderful expose of puritanical morality play around GLP-1 drugs.
If you stop taking blood pressure meds, your BP goes up. We call that medicine. If you stop taking GLP-1s, your weight goes up. Scientists are calling it "weight recidivism"—a term for convicted criminals.
Why is obesity still treated as a moral failure?
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Why is obesity still treated as a moral failure?
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The moral panic about GLP-1 rebound
Scientists and journalists are piling on the misery about the weight regain after medication
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Wonderful expose of puritanical morality play around GLP-1 drugs.
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Check out my new post — Global health in 2026. I track WHO Director-General election, US bilateral agreements, and intellectual honesty in global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Global health in 2026
WHO Director-General election, US bilateral agreements, and intellectual honesty
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Check out my new post — Global health in 2026. I track WHO Director-General election, US bilateral agreements, and intellectual honesty in global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Check out my new post — Global health in 2026. I track WHO Director-General election, US bilateral agreements, and intellectual honesty in global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Global health in 2026
WHO Director-General election, US bilateral agreements, and intellectual honesty
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Check out my new post — Global health in 2026. I track WHO Director-General election, US bilateral agreements, and intellectual honesty in global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
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My favorite Peter Singer post
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December 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My favorite Peter Singer post
Reposted by Peter Singer
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December 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Happy new year, Steve!
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy new year, Steve!
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Great new read from Peter Singer
Check out my year-ender on global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
2025: A year of disruption in global health
The year of disruption in global health got off to an early start on January 20 when on his first day in office President Donald Trump announced he was leaving the World Health Organization.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Great new read from Peter Singer
Reposted by Peter Singer
Check out my year-ender on global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
2025: A year of disruption in global health
The year of disruption in global health got off to an early start on January 20 when on his first day in office President Donald Trump announced he was leaving the World Health Organization.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Check out my year-ender on global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Check out my year-ender on global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
2025: A year of disruption in global health
The year of disruption in global health got off to an early start on January 20 when on his first day in office President Donald Trump announced he was leaving the World Health Organization.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Check out my year-ender on global health. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Check out my year-ended on global health open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
2025: A year of disruption in global health
The year of disruption in global health got off to an early start on January 20 when on his first day in office President Donald Trump announced he was leaving the World Health Organization.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Check out my year-ended on global health open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
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Some concrete ideas on improving innovation in Canada. I spoke with @briancrombie.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wN...
Peter Singer | Innovation
YouTube video by Brian Crombie
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December 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Some concrete ideas on improving innovation in Canada. I spoke with @briancrombie.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wN...
Some concrete ideas on improving innovation in Canada. I spoke with @briancrombie.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wN...
Peter Singer | Innovation
YouTube video by Brian Crombie
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December 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Some concrete ideas on improving innovation in Canada. I spoke with @briancrombie.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wN...
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Bespoke medicines are making progress.
Read my new post on Substack--which is completely free.
open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
Read my new post on Substack--which is completely free.
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Bespoke Medicines
Millions of children are dying from genetic diseases we already know how to treat. The obstacle isn’t cost. It’s courage.
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Bespoke medicines are making progress.
Read my new post on Substack--which is completely free.
open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
Read my new post on Substack--which is completely free.
open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
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New on Overmatter. A story about the fight to be able to make bespoke medicines more easily—something that could one day help millions of children with genetic diseases. Overmatter is free to readers.
open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
Bespoke Medicines
Millions of children are dying from genetic diseases we already know how to treat. The obstacle isn’t cost. It’s courage.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New on Overmatter. A story about the fight to be able to make bespoke medicines more easily—something that could one day help millions of children with genetic diseases. Overmatter is free to readers.
open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...
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Excellent advice for young people about global health from @katribertram.bsky.social 👇🏻
More at singerp.substack.com
More at singerp.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Excellent advice for young people about global health from @katribertram.bsky.social 👇🏻
More at singerp.substack.com
More at singerp.substack.com
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@katribertram.bsky.social and I discuss a key criterion for the next Director-General of WHO: accountability for results. 👇🏻
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
@katribertram.bsky.social and I discuss a key criterion for the next Director-General of WHO: accountability for results. 👇🏻
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
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For me this applies to any #globalhealth organization, government, foundation, private company or NGO out there 👇
(More to follow tomorrow on what that collective goal should be…).
(More to follow tomorrow on what that collective goal should be…).
@katribertram.bsky.social and I discuss a key criterion for the next Director-General of WHO: accountability for results. 👇🏻
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
For me this applies to any #globalhealth organization, government, foundation, private company or NGO out there 👇
(More to follow tomorrow on what that collective goal should be…).
(More to follow tomorrow on what that collective goal should be…).
@katribertram.bsky.social and I discuss a key criterion for the next Director-General of WHO: accountability for results. 👇🏻
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
@katribertram.bsky.social and I discuss a key criterion for the next Director-General of WHO: accountability for results. 👇🏻
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
Watch our full conversation on leadership in global health at singerp.substack.com
Excellent advice for young people about global health from @katribertram.bsky.social 👇🏻
More at singerp.substack.com
More at singerp.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Excellent advice for young people about global health from @katribertram.bsky.social 👇🏻
More at singerp.substack.com
More at singerp.substack.com
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"The most intuitive number in the report is how many people in the world lack access to essential health services. In the 2023 report that number was 4.5 billion and now it’s 4.6 billion."
Check out my new blog: “Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes.” The title speaks for itself. Spoiler alert: The Emperor’s clothes are sewn from accountability for results.
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes
In the 1837 fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” everyone refuses to state an obvious truth — that the Emperor is naked.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"The most intuitive number in the report is how many people in the world lack access to essential health services. In the 2023 report that number was 4.5 billion and now it’s 4.6 billion."
Reposted by Peter Singer
Check out my new blog: “Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes.” The title speaks for itself. Spoiler alert: The Emperor’s clothes are sewn from accountability for results.
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes
In the 1837 fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” everyone refuses to state an obvious truth — that the Emperor is naked.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Check out my new blog: “Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes.” The title speaks for itself. Spoiler alert: The Emperor’s clothes are sewn from accountability for results.
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Check out my new blog: “Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes.” The title speaks for itself. Spoiler alert: The Emperor’s clothes are sewn from accountability for results.
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes
In the 1837 fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” everyone refuses to state an obvious truth — that the Emperor is naked.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Check out my new blog: “Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes.” The title speaks for itself. Spoiler alert: The Emperor’s clothes are sewn from accountability for results.
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...
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Via @petersinger.bsky.social singerp.substack.com/p/universal-... Nice one. Though i'd probably add the global political economy & planetary emergency to throw in the mix. Without taking these into account, accountability for results at country level only goes halfway.
Universal Health Coverage: The Emperor has no clothes
In the 1837 fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” everyone refuses to state an obvious truth — that the Emperor is naked.
singerp.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Via @petersinger.bsky.social singerp.substack.com/p/universal-... Nice one. Though i'd probably add the global political economy & planetary emergency to throw in the mix. Without taking these into account, accountability for results at country level only goes halfway.