Colleen Daniels
colleeninldn.bsky.social
Colleen Daniels
@colleeninldn.bsky.social
Regional Coordinator Asia Pacific
MSF Access
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders)

TEDx Talk: Decolonizing Global Health & Drug Policy https://youtu.be/OQJd-zYqsl0?si=1YhbCJDshT6q0mZc
www.hri.global
Our article titled Neo-colonialism and financing for the war on drugs: a review of current policy and recommendations for countries in the global north was finally published! link.springer.com/article/10.1... @harmreductionintl.bsky.social
Neo-colonialism and financing for the war on drugs: a review of current policy and recommendations for countries in the global north - Harm Reduction Journal
Globally, punitive drug control upholds racist and colonial structures. Marginalised and racialised communities, including Indigenous peoples, are disproportionately targeted and affected by punitive ...
link.springer.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
On 6 August, six children were evacuated from Gaza to MSF's reconstructive surgery hospital in Jordan, including the five-year-old son of an MSF staff member who was injured in a blast amidst the ongoing genocide. @msf.ca @msfaccess.org @msfdircom.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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My name is Jonathan Nez. I’m the former President of the Navajo Nation.

Today, I am running for Congress to defeat MAGA Republican Eli Crane, flip Arizona’s 2nd blue, and take back the house.

Let’s win this.
July 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Gaza 1 in 4 young children and pregnant women malnourished as Israel's policy of starvation continues. The deliberate use of starvation as a weapon has reached unprecedented levels, patients & healthcare workers now fighting to survive, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns. @msfaccess.org @msf.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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This!

“The U.S. may be doing more than simply failing to aid global vaccination efforts. The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious”

www.newyorker.com/science/elem...
Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism
It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?
www.newyorker.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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This is the courage the world needs from those in the media ⬇️⬇️⬇️
June 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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If they can do that to a United States senator... think about how little they care about what they do to us.
Dem Senator Speaks Out After He Was Thrown To Ground And Handcuffed For Questioning Kristi Noem At LA Press Conference
If they can do that to a United States senator...
www.comicsands.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed dozens of people, including almost two dozen children.
Dozens are killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says
It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed dozens of people, including almost two dozen children.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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💬 “For years, South Africa has spearheaded R&D of critical innovative medical tools for HIV and TB which have saved lives not just within South Africa’s borders, but also in communities worldwide,” said Dr Tom Ellman, director of Southern Africa Medical Unit of MSF.
May 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A recent joint analysis by @treatmentactiongroup.org and MSF revealed that 39 #TB and #HIV clinical research sites in South Africa are under threat due to potential funding cuts by the US, placing at least 27 HIV trials and 20 TB trials at risk.
May 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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⚠️ South Africa: Lifesaving scientific research on prevention, testing, treatment and care for people living with #HIV and #tuberculosis is under serious threat due to funding suspensions and grant terminations U.S. government.

msfaccess.org/us-funding-c...
US funding cuts threaten 39 research sites in South Africa, putting scientific advancements and hard-won progress against TB and HIV at risk
TAG and MSF urge donors to act now to protect ongoing research and ensure continuity of care for people with HIV and TB
msfaccess.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"Because of the PEPFAR funding freeze, she found that an adult life will be lost every 3 minutes and a child will die every 31 minutes."
“It’s Unacceptable”: BU Mathematician Tracks How Many Deaths May Result from USAID, Medicaid Cuts
The impact trackers update in real time based on the loss of international aid programs combating HIV and tuberculosis
www.bu.edu
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Friends and former USAID global public health professionals have launched an emergency campaign to support high-impact local HIV organizations with stop gap funding. Please consider supporting to directly help them continue HIV services in the near term while they plan for the future. 🧵1
A Crisis in Care: Urgent Funding Needed to Sustain Lifesaving HIV Services - GlobalGiving
The abrupt termination of USAID-supported HIV programs has created a devastating crisis for vulnerable communities, leaving children, families, and at-risk populations without essential services. Thes...
www.globalgiving.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I wonder if this will lead to #China and other countries simply breaking all #patents and making goods at cheaper prices?!? #iPhone for $39!?!! #Dyson vacuum for $30!!!? Better yet, essential #diagnostics and #medicines that are affordable and accessible!! #tariffs #US
April 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A must read. Fascinating new book, Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis by #TaoLeighGoffe. "Revealing secrets to #racial and #environmental progress that impact how we live today." #racism #climatechange #climatejustice
April 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM