Omar B.
forge-risk.bsky.social
Omar B.
@forge-risk.bsky.social
Learning to improve health & equity for women & children globally. NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow O&G at Imperial
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Forcible displacement is a war crime, it is already happening and it is about to accelerate. I asked the Minister if he would say, as both the head of UNRWA and a former Israeli Defence Minister have said, that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza.

hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
Gaza: UK Assessment - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Gaza: UK Assessment' on Wednesday 14 May 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
May 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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The new criteria based on ‘contribution’ will discriminate against women, people of colour and those with disabilities, who are more likely to have lower-incomes.
May 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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“COPE wishes to express its solidarity with authors, editors, and publishers and stress its unwavering belief that undue influence by any political, corporate or social entity is against the core ethical principles of editorial independence & academic freedom”

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COPE statement on external influence on editorial decisions
Undue influence by any political, corporate or social entity is against the core ethical principles of editorial independence and academic freedom
publicationethics.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
quite an astounding symbol of why must continue to confront the enduring bloodstained legacy of empire - the cringeworthiness of her strategic reframing belies how problematic it is
April 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Our @bmj.com article on the responsibility of the healthcare community towards Gaza.

“Honouring over a thousand Gazan healthcare workers who have been killed 16 requires more than remembrance—it demands meaningful action.” #gaza #health #palestine

www.bmj.com/content/389/...
The healthcare community has a responsibility to highlight the ongoing destruction in Gaza
A month before Mahmoud Abu Nujaila, a doctor who worked with Médecins Sans Frontières at Gaza's Al-Awda hospital, was killed by an Israeli airstrike along with his colleagues, he wrote on a hospital w...
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April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
lots to reflect on after the @nihr.bsky.social academy members’ conference on #research #impact - useful summary below of what it actually is
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Dr Raphael Olaiya on the #philosophy of #science (the big Why of what we do),and will to power

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November 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!

You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...

The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM