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Dr Dani Barrington
@dani-barrington.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Global Health; passionate about everyone, everywhere being able to access the #sanitation - #WASH they need and want, and achieve #menstrualhealth. Also passionate about bringing colour wherever I go 🌈 (she/her)
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Proud to be final author on this piece in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. Let's think about #menstruation beyond "failed reproduction" doi.org/10.2471/BLT....
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MEAA is one of over 100 organisations demanding foreign journalists be granted immediate, unrestricted access to the Gaza Strip.
We are also calling for the full protection of Palestinian journalists, nearly 200 of whom have been killed by the Israeli army over the past 20 months.
meaa.io/43EdvMX
Gaza: RSF, CPJ and over 130 media outlets call for opening the Strip to foreign journalists and protecting Palestinian reporters
Over one hundred press freedom advocacy groups and international newsrooms have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in issuing a public appeal…
rsf.org
June 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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What about zero productivity jobs in cheating at video games, ruining previously profitable companies and posting incessantly on social media?
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Very proud that this paper is now out in BMG Global Health: "The persistence of #failure in water, sanitation and hygiene programming: a qualitative study" #WASH #AcademicSky #DevStudies @bmj.com gh.bmj.com/content/10/2... #WASH
The persistence of failure in water, sanitation and hygiene programming: a qualitative study
Introduction Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) causes millions of deaths and disability-adjusted life-years annually. Despite global progress towards universal WASH, much of WASH programming...
gh.bmj.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Manuscript Judgement Day

🧪 #AcademicSky
February 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Yesssssssss! #WASH #AcademicSky
February 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Loved seeing the notification that we've been cited by a paper with this title! #WASH #AcademicSky #Lego #Failures
February 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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There is no escaping the climate crises. Deleting it from US govt websites is not going to make the climate emergency go away.

The rest of the world needs to double/triple web presence on the subject.

Document the purge. It will be useful in holding #climate deniers to account in the future.
Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis
Forest service website among many sites affected as agencies scramble to comply with president’s orders
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
January 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This research (not mine) is interesting to think about, including: could the availability of menstrual discs push women to have (unwanted) sex during their #period, particularly to avoid their partner using a sex worker during their #menstruation?

doi.org/10.1371/jour...
‘once they see blood then the mood for sex is spoiled’ A qualitative exploration of female sex worker’s male client views of menstruation, sex during menses and the menstrual disc
To continue working during menses, female sex workers (FSW) may use unhygienic absorbents to hide their menstrual status. The menstrual disc may provide a solution. Little is known about men’s knowled...
doi.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Morbid. But true.
December 21, 2024 at 12:12 AM
To tackle #PeriodPoverty we need to ensure: 1) reusables are an option where free products are provided; 2) facilities for changing, disposing, washing and drying menstrual materials are available; 3) EVERYONE is educated on the realities of menstrual experiences.

#WASH @uwappi.bsky.social
Period poverty rife despite new products and changing stigma - ABC News
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December 19, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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"In newly opened areas we'll support returnees & host communities w/ food, cash, #WASH programmes, livelihood support, & programmes focused on development, reconstruction & social cohesion" Tomáš Kocian #MiddleEast Regional Director
Learn more: www.peopleinneed.net/in-syria-our...
In Syria, our work continues
The past week in Syria has marked a turning point for the humanitarian landscape in the country. Recent developments added to already dire humanitarian needs
www.peopleinneed.net
December 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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Very proud of these Royal College of Art graduates, using creativity and design to tackle incontinence, support menstruation and reimagine public toilets #WorldToiletDay. www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
World Toilet Day: RCA students design solutions to tackle toilets
www.rca.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Formalising pit emptying can have unintended negative consequences. #WASH #failures @practicalaction.bsky.social

sanitationworkers.susana.org/blog/42-the-...
Blog - Sanitation Workers Hub
sanitationworkers.susana.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Such useful advice!
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Got questions? Ask our alt text elves!
December 4, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Albo’s refugee bills: the Coalitionification of the ALP is almost complete | First Dog on the Moon
Albo’s refugee bills: the Coalitionification of the ALP is almost complete | First Dog on the Moon
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www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Shame shame shame. Not good enough, #Australia.

Https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/03/nt-government-laramba-drinking-water-bid-lawyer-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#WASH #water @australia.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Proud to be final author on this piece in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. Let's think about #menstruation beyond "failed reproduction" doi.org/10.2471/BLT....
December 2, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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Clearest image ever taken of Heart Nebula, located 7500 light years away from us
December 1, 2024 at 12:52 AM