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Raffaella Ravinetto
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Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar (A. Machado).
Head of Public Health Department at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.
Pharmaceutical Public Health & Research Ethics.Tweets in my own name

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · Sep 22
Today we joined the call for the #right to receive and provide #healthcare, for the right to live. Everywhere. #Gaza #Yemen #Sudan #Afghanistan #Ukraine #DRC #Syria #Haïti etc.
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org @itmantwerp.bsky.social

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STAT @statnews.com · 17h
#Breaking: Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com

Reposted by Benjamin Mason Meier, Raffaella Ravinetto

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 18h
Politico: Pandemic response, the Trump way - Is the U.S. about to torpedo the World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement from afar?
pro.politico.eu/news/pandemic-response-the-trump-way @who.int
POLITICO Pro
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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 20h
Transactional U.S. Bilateral Contracts Seeking Biological Data Complicates Multilateral Negotiations on Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing; Unlocking PABS Puzzle Could Hinge on Conditional Access

genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/transactio...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 3d
ITALY'S COPYRIGHT TERM EXTENSION
Protection of simple photographs could be extended from 20 to 70 years, threatening the #PublicDomain & #CulturalHeritage.
KR21 co-signed CC Italy's open letter to the Culture Ministry!
Italian coordinator Deborah De Angelis explains: kr21.info/it-am-term-e...

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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · 3d
Fully support this morning’s statement by @theindpanel.bsky.social at the #PABS talks at the WHO. It relates to the news broken by @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social that the US is seeking access to pathogen information in exchange for health funding. healthpolicy-watch.news/exclusive-us...

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World Medical Association @medwma.bsky.social · 3d
In a letter to PM Netanyahu, the World Medical Association urges Israel to uphold due process for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya detained since Dec 2024 without charge and other Gaza health workers.

🔗 Read the full press release: https://bit.ly/43g89a5

#HumanRights #MedicalEthics #MedSky

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Health Systems Global @hsglobal.bsky.social · 5d
📢Happening today!! Don't forget to register📢

The Future of Health Sector in Syria: Pathways to Post-Conflict Recovery event exploring how Syria’s health sector can rebuild and strengthen systems in the aftermath of conflict.

🗓 Date: 6 November 2025
🕐 Time: 13:00 UTC
https://ow.ly/J3vZ50Xj5X2

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 5d
Aarman Sohaili from @maastrichtu.bsky.social introduced a new Rapid Multiplex System at #colloq25 for point-of-care diagnostics of STIs. During their study in Kenya, they generated epidemiological data for the prevalence of these infections among 400 sexually active PrEP users.

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 5d
💡 Did you know that only 50% of Essential Medicines are available in LMICs? And 2 billion people face financial hardship due to out-of-pocket spending? As Makaita Gombe put it at #colloq25: "to be fruitful, and multiply the impact of innovation, access is not just one thing, it’s everything!"

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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 6d
At the Threshold of Negotiations, Conceptual Differences Over the Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing System Divide Countries [IGWG UPDATE]

genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/at-the-thr...

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 7d
Sudden and unplanned cuts to aid have hit many countries hard, costing lives and jeopardizing hard-won health gains.

Today, @who.int issued a guidance to help countries to better mobilize, allocate, prioritize and use funds to support the delivery of health services: bit.ly/47z3hOv #HealthForAll
WHO issues guidance to address drastic global health financing cuts
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance for countries on ways to counter the immediate and long-term effects of sudden and severe cuts to external funding, which are disrupting...
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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 7d
Fresh Off The Journal – October

From autism-inclusive HIV care to ancient mosquitoes and smarter ways to test for dengue, last month’s research highlights how global collaboration drives better health for all.

🔗 www.itg.be/en/health-st...
Fresh Off The Journal: Oct 2025
Discover research publication highlights from the Institute of Tropical Medicine - October 2025
www.itg.be

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MO*Magazine @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social · 8d
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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 9d
The assault on activist Hasina Kohistani follows #Germany’s controversial green light to #Kabul’s representatives & seizure of #sensitive #data belonging to thousands of #refugees.
The attack calls #Europe's #ethical foundations into question.

www.focusonafrica.info/attack-on-af...
Attack on Afghan activist in Germany, the shadow of Taliban vengeance over exiles' data
Human Rights - Attack on Afghan activist in Germany, the shadow of Taliban vengeance over exiles' data - The assault on activist Hasina Kohistani follows Germany’s controversial green light to Kabul’s...
www.focusonafrica.info

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 9d
Millions of people in #Sudan are cut off from health care due to the ongoing attacks on health and block of lifesaving aid.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 10d
Humanitarian workers must be allowed to reach people in urgent need across Sudan.

Civilians must never be targeted. Aid convoys must never be blocked.

Respect for international humanitarian law is an obligation, not an option.

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World Medical Association @medwma.bsky.social · 11d
The World Medical Association condemns the massacre of patients and health workers in Sudan

🔗 Read the full statement: https://ow.ly/9NSo50XkK9t

#HealthcareUnderAttack #HumanRights #MedicalNeutrality

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 12d
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Building Bridges for Medicines Justice: Law and Civil Society Engagement for Access & Innovation - LHL
Join us for the in-person conference organised by Law for Health and Life at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid on 28–29 October 2025 in Amsterdam.
lhl.uva.nl

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 12d
There's a huge "principles vs practices" disconnect in #child #health protection. At the conference "Building bridges for medicines justice", we advocated for #access to #medicines for #Children. The current status quo is unjust & morally unacceptable @katperehudoff.bsky.social @uvalaw.bsky.social

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 12d
How can AI defeat drug-resistant TB? Meet Prof. Oren Tzfadia, ITM’s computational biologist, using omics and AI for new insights. Join his keynote at the ITM Colloquium 2025 on Wednesday 5 Nov!

👉Full interview: lnkd.in/ekTmbXkG

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 13d
lhl.uva.nl/en/content/e...
Building Bridges for Medicines Justice: Law and Civil Society Engagement for Access & Innovation - LHL
Join us for the in-person conference organised by Law for Health and Life at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid on 28–29 October 2025 in Amsterdam.
lhl.uva.nl

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 13d
I was privileged to chair a session on #Sanction #Aid & #Access in Crisis Settings at the conference "Building bridges for medicines justice". @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social, K Enright,J Petrick,M Alshoufi analysed the contradictions of systems that deny access to #medicines while claiming to protect:

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 13d
It looks like we are witnessing unprecedented levels of #inhumanity and lack of #compassion, as if #migrants were not #human:
" #Eswatini, hunger strike of #Cuban man deported from #USA exposes human cost of unlawful transfer arrangement".
Read here: share.google/zAOn5ZDDysPC...
Eswatini, hunger strike of Cuban man deported from US exposes human cost of unlawful transfer arrangement
- Eswatini, hunger strike of Cuban man deported from US exposes human cost of unlawful transfer arrangement - Responding to reports that Roberto Mosquera del Peral, a Cuban national who was deported f...
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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 13d
" #SihamHassanHasaballah was the youngest parliamentarian in #Sudan history. The #RapidSupportForces assassinated her in a targeted attack in her town #ElFasher. The power struggle between regular army & militias keeps on claiming innocent victims".
From #AntonellaNapoli
www.focusonafrica.info/en/

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 14d
A flurry of videos shows Rapid Support Forces in Sudan carrying out extrajudicial killings and attacking apparent civilians fleeing North Darfur’s capital El Fasher following the takeover of the city by the RSF.

Urgent international action is needed.

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Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social · 14d
After months of brutal siege, reports of #RSF capture of El-Fasher #Darfur raise serious concerns of mass atrocities against civilians.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should urge #RSF to protect civilians, allow safe movement or face severe sanctions & accountability. #Sudan

www.bbc.com/news/article...
El-Fasher: Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan
The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.
www.bbc.com

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MO*Magazine @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social · 17d
Israël weigert willekeurig zendingen met levensreddende hulp voor Gaza, zeggen onder meer Oxfam, Plan International en Artsen zonder Grenzen. www.mo.be/nieuws/israe...
Israël blijft hulp aan Gaza blokkeren – MO*
Meer dan 40 hulporganisaties die in Gaza werkzaam zijn, roepen de Israëlische regering op hen hun werk te laten doen.
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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 17d
" #Gaza, #Ukraine, and #Sudan have put a spotlight on #attacks on #healthcare facilities and staff in conflict zones. The BMJ looks at the data, which seem to show a new strategy of #war: removing civilians’ #access to #care".
A must read in @bmj.com :
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
How attacking healthcare has become a strategy of war
Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan have put a spotlight on attacks on healthcare facilities and staff in conflict zones. The BMJ looks at the data, which seem to show a new strategy of war: removing civilians’ ...
www.bmj.com

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International Health Policies (IHP) network @ihpnetwork.bsky.social · 17d
Check out this week's IHP news 851: Gearing up for November www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with pdf translations in French, Spanish & Portuguese, + AI summary)
Newsletter
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org

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International Health Policies (IHP) network @ihpnetwork.bsky.social · 17d
Why is the integration of Tuberculosis and Type 2 Diabetes related Health Services necessary in Mozambique? A reflection based on a PhD research idea www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... Feat article by Denise Michela Milice.
Why is the integration of Tuberculosis and Type 2 Diabetes related Health Services necessary in Mozambique? A reflection based on a PhD research idea
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Combating this global epidemic requires combined actions against its five main health-related risk factors,...
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org