Dr Fifa A Rahman
@fifarahman.bsky.social
PhD and global health wonk. Principal Consultant, http://matahari.global. Internationalist & humanist. 🇲🇾🇵🇸 🌍
Really grateful for the expertise, energy, and collaboration from the Nigerian National TB Programme, State Ministries of Health, private laboratories, regulatory agencies, CSOs, and communities in our work meetings in Abuja this week on the critical path analysis for novel TB diagnostics.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Really grateful for the expertise, energy, and collaboration from the Nigerian National TB Programme, State Ministries of Health, private laboratories, regulatory agencies, CSOs, and communities in our work meetings in Abuja this week on the critical path analysis for novel TB diagnostics.
It was an absolute pleasure chairing this session on public health emergencies in South East Asia. Quite clear that there needs to be better coordination with ASEAN, an increased biosecurity focus, and greater insistence over national/regional sovereignty over genetic resources.
October 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was an absolute pleasure chairing this session on public health emergencies in South East Asia. Quite clear that there needs to be better coordination with ASEAN, an increased biosecurity focus, and greater insistence over national/regional sovereignty over genetic resources.
Such a pleasure chairing this panel on governance, equity, & political commitment in public health emergencies in Southeast Asia. Key insights include the need to account for the biological weapons convention, national sovereignty over genetic sequence data, and regional MPOX vaccines coordination.
October 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Such a pleasure chairing this panel on governance, equity, & political commitment in public health emergencies in Southeast Asia. Key insights include the need to account for the biological weapons convention, national sovereignty over genetic sequence data, and regional MPOX vaccines coordination.
Interesting slide explaining the relationship between the brand new ASEAN Center for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED) with other ASEAN entities, governments, @who.int, and others.
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Interesting slide explaining the relationship between the brand new ASEAN Center for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED) with other ASEAN entities, governments, @who.int, and others.
Ms Chee Yoke Ling from Third World Network states that there is a shift towards private health care in many countries and that this is not only unsustainable, but results in massive economic costs as a result of productivity losses due to reduced healthcare accessibility.
October 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ms Chee Yoke Ling from Third World Network states that there is a shift towards private health care in many countries and that this is not only unsustainable, but results in massive economic costs as a result of productivity losses due to reduced healthcare accessibility.
Prof Kiat Ruxrungtham talks about the need for reasonable IP regimes for regional manufacturing and distribution for vaccine manufacturing in Asia.
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Prof Kiat Ruxrungtham talks about the need for reasonable IP regimes for regional manufacturing and distribution for vaccine manufacturing in Asia.
Looking forward to moderating the panel on Governance, Equity, and Political Commitment in ASEAN, today at @monashuniversity.bsky.social Malaysia.
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to moderating the panel on Governance, Equity, and Political Commitment in ASEAN, today at @monashuniversity.bsky.social Malaysia.
Super excited to be delivering a course on the Pandemic Agreement: critical issues and negotiation tactics for the Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy for the Catholic University of Guinea-Bissau.
Honoured to be asked by the venerable Magda Robalo, who I admire so much.
Honoured to be asked by the venerable Magda Robalo, who I admire so much.
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Super excited to be delivering a course on the Pandemic Agreement: critical issues and negotiation tactics for the Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy for the Catholic University of Guinea-Bissau.
Honoured to be asked by the venerable Magda Robalo, who I admire so much.
Honoured to be asked by the venerable Magda Robalo, who I admire so much.
This is Rawan, his lovely little sister, who also slept under the stars and miraculously survived. Every penny helps, so even if you can donate £5 that would be appreciated.
August 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Rawan, his lovely little sister, who also slept under the stars and miraculously survived. Every penny helps, so even if you can donate £5 that would be appreciated.
Loved teaching health law and governance to these African Epidemic Service fellows Africa CDC. So interesting to also learn from them. From Bayelsa State in Nigeria to the Likouala Department in the Republic of Congo, there are so many service gaps that need rights lenses!
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Loved teaching health law and governance to these African Epidemic Service fellows Africa CDC. So interesting to also learn from them. From Bayelsa State in Nigeria to the Likouala Department in the Republic of Congo, there are so many service gaps that need rights lenses!
Excellent presentation by Catherine Villegas at the @msfaccess.org event on the sidelines of TICAD in Yokohama. Labs which are far away mean samples get degraded, meaning results can’t be returned to patients. As a result people die of preventable diseases.
August 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Excellent presentation by Catherine Villegas at the @msfaccess.org event on the sidelines of TICAD in Yokohama. Labs which are far away mean samples get degraded, meaning results can’t be returned to patients. As a result people die of preventable diseases.
Last week I wrote to Katie White MP calling her to make clear to Keir Starmer that his position on Gaza is untenable.
While I appreciate my MP’s response (below), Israel is not a rational actor. Negotiations will not deter Israel. There must be military action and sanctions on Israel.
While I appreciate my MP’s response (below), Israel is not a rational actor. Negotiations will not deter Israel. There must be military action and sanctions on Israel.
July 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Last week I wrote to Katie White MP calling her to make clear to Keir Starmer that his position on Gaza is untenable.
While I appreciate my MP’s response (below), Israel is not a rational actor. Negotiations will not deter Israel. There must be military action and sanctions on Israel.
While I appreciate my MP’s response (below), Israel is not a rational actor. Negotiations will not deter Israel. There must be military action and sanctions on Israel.
Israel’s systematic system of starvation is resulting in these prices for groceries. Annette Gaudino and I are raising money for a young dentistry student in Gaza who is struggling to survive. Please consider donating even £10 for his survival: chuffed.org/project/1353...
July 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Israel’s systematic system of starvation is resulting in these prices for groceries. Annette Gaudino and I are raising money for a young dentistry student in Gaza who is struggling to survive. Please consider donating even £10 for his survival: chuffed.org/project/1353...
This tweet from @alonso-gd.bsky.social strikes at the core of the West’s warlike tendencies. That the racialised community have no agency. No right to self-defence.
June 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This tweet from @alonso-gd.bsky.social strikes at the core of the West’s warlike tendencies. That the racialised community have no agency. No right to self-defence.
Here is a beautiful video of the Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan, which Israel is bombing. Much love to all Iranian colleagues amidst all this horror.
June 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Here is a beautiful video of the Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan, which Israel is bombing. Much love to all Iranian colleagues amidst all this horror.
An honour to be nominated for the Tällberg Foundation Global Leadership Prize ❤️
Previous winners have worked digital literacy, decoloniality and marine biology, etc.
Not sure I’m worthy! But such an honour and very flattered to be nominated given the calibre of previous winners.
Previous winners have worked digital literacy, decoloniality and marine biology, etc.
Not sure I’m worthy! But such an honour and very flattered to be nominated given the calibre of previous winners.
June 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An honour to be nominated for the Tällberg Foundation Global Leadership Prize ❤️
Previous winners have worked digital literacy, decoloniality and marine biology, etc.
Not sure I’m worthy! But such an honour and very flattered to be nominated given the calibre of previous winners.
Previous winners have worked digital literacy, decoloniality and marine biology, etc.
Not sure I’m worthy! But such an honour and very flattered to be nominated given the calibre of previous winners.
Sunday morning reading: Prof Ngaire Woods’s article in @foreignaffairs.com on how the international order can survive a hostile Washington, including that other donors step in to fund the IDA. The U.S. only contributed 14.89% of overall funding. Other countries must also act together to not… [1/2]
June 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Sunday morning reading: Prof Ngaire Woods’s article in @foreignaffairs.com on how the international order can survive a hostile Washington, including that other donors step in to fund the IDA. The U.S. only contributed 14.89% of overall funding. Other countries must also act together to not… [1/2]
This is Wissam, a little cutie who lives in Gaza. A picture from back when they were still living in tents. Last night was really rough with bombing. I don’t know if they’ll survive the weekend given Israel’s claims that they want to exterminate all Gazans.
May 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is Wissam, a little cutie who lives in Gaza. A picture from back when they were still living in tents. Last night was really rough with bombing. I don’t know if they’ll survive the weekend given Israel’s claims that they want to exterminate all Gazans.
Thanks to the South African Department of Health for the invitation to speak at the health working group meeting today. I spoke about critical shortages in surgical expertise across the African continent, including cardiovascular and orthopaedic surgeons, and…
May 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thanks to the South African Department of Health for the invitation to speak at the health working group meeting today. I spoke about critical shortages in surgical expertise across the African continent, including cardiovascular and orthopaedic surgeons, and…
Very interesting slide from the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social -funded perception hub. That global south countries are more optimistic about the future than the global north.
This is unsurprising - anti-intellectualism is gripping the north and we are going towards a far more diverse global future.
This is unsurprising - anti-intellectualism is gripping the north and we are going towards a far more diverse global future.
March 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Very interesting slide from the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social -funded perception hub. That global south countries are more optimistic about the future than the global north.
This is unsurprising - anti-intellectualism is gripping the north and we are going towards a far more diverse global future.
This is unsurprising - anti-intellectualism is gripping the north and we are going towards a far more diverse global future.
Such a high to present with these powerful women here at the University of Baltimore law school, on the state of our world vis-a-vis global health, and the great power politics that are plaguing our world. The panel was recorded and is available at this link: youtu.be/pS80uVTSEmU @roojinhabibi.org
February 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Such a high to present with these powerful women here at the University of Baltimore law school, on the state of our world vis-a-vis global health, and the great power politics that are plaguing our world. The panel was recorded and is available at this link: youtu.be/pS80uVTSEmU @roojinhabibi.org
Very cool innovations utilised at Institut Pasteur du Cambodge presented by @eakarlsson.bsky.social - drones and remote control cars to collect environmental samples at locations that are high risk for avian influenza.
January 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Very cool innovations utilised at Institut Pasteur du Cambodge presented by @eakarlsson.bsky.social - drones and remote control cars to collect environmental samples at locations that are high risk for avian influenza.
Mary Choi from U.S. CDC describes a Marburg case from symptom onset to death and steps following including contract tracing.
January 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Mary Choi from U.S. CDC describes a Marburg case from symptom onset to death and steps following including contract tracing.
Interesting slide from Vincent Munster from National Institutes of Health on spatial connection and impacts on Ebola, and how when a high quality road was built by China it was possible to reach affected areas quicker. Lipsitch also emphasises the need for decentralised diagnostics.
January 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Interesting slide from Vincent Munster from National Institutes of Health on spatial connection and impacts on Ebola, and how when a high quality road was built by China it was possible to reach affected areas quicker. Lipsitch also emphasises the need for decentralised diagnostics.
Paul Friedrichs from the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy expresses concern at incoming actors from the next U.S. Administration that believe that the way to prevent zoonotic spillover would be to do less research, not more.
January 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Paul Friedrichs from the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy expresses concern at incoming actors from the next U.S. Administration that believe that the way to prevent zoonotic spillover would be to do less research, not more.