Gauden Galea
@gauden.bsky.social
Public health practitioner and advocate, passionate about NCDs and innovation. Pythonista. AI curious. Book lover. Views are my own. Repost ≠ Endorsement.
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🧵 1/14 The WHO "Best Buys" have been effective but underutilised. Our paper @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social introduces "Quick Buys"—cost-effective interventions that show measurable public health impact within 5 years. w/ David Stuckler, @gauden.bsky.social and other colleagues at WHO EURO
March 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🧵 1/14 The WHO "Best Buys" have been effective but underutilised. Our paper @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social introduces "Quick Buys"—cost-effective interventions that show measurable public health impact within 5 years. w/ David Stuckler, @gauden.bsky.social and other colleagues at WHO EURO
Lancet Commission that I have contributed to over the past 2y reported today, proposing a definition of a new entity: clinical obesity, the fraction of obesity that is a disease in its own right, not just an intermediate condition or a risk factor for other diseases www.thelancet.com/commissions/...
Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity
www.thelancet.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Lancet Commission that I have contributed to over the past 2y reported today, proposing a definition of a new entity: clinical obesity, the fraction of obesity that is a disease in its own right, not just an intermediate condition or a risk factor for other diseases www.thelancet.com/commissions/...
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It’s taken a while but so glad @obshealth.bsky.social has moved here. I would say it but if you are at all interested in health systems and policy you really do need to follow
eurohealthobservatory.who.int
eurohealthobservatory.who.int
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership that aims to identify what evidence Europe’s decision makers need.
eurohealthobservatory.who.int
December 17, 2024 at 8:29 PM
It’s taken a while but so glad @obshealth.bsky.social has moved here. I would say it but if you are at all interested in health systems and policy you really do need to follow
eurohealthobservatory.who.int
eurohealthobservatory.who.int
Dawn at Amerikaplads, Copenhagen from Adina Apartments
November 30, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Dawn at Amerikaplads, Copenhagen from Adina Apartments
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1/8 All countries in Europe face nursing shortages. The issue isn't so much training more, it's keeping those we have. Our new European Observatory policy brief asks what can be done (supported by Horizon Europe MAGNET4EUROPE project)
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...
Strengthening Europe’s Nursing Workforce: Strategies for Retention
Policy Brief 66 by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The numbers of nurses (and the ratios of nurses to patients and to doctors) vary widely across Europe but there are shortage...
eurohealthobservatory.who.int
November 28, 2024 at 5:04 PM
1/8 All countries in Europe face nursing shortages. The issue isn't so much training more, it's keeping those we have. Our new European Observatory policy brief asks what can be done (supported by Horizon Europe MAGNET4EUROPE project)
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...
eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...
Our new review is published: “Alcohol consumption increases female breast cancer risk, even for women who consume one drink per day.”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Alcoholic beverage consumption and female breast cancer risk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of prospective cohort studies
Based on all available evidence from prospective studies of breast cancer incidence published up to November 15, 2023, this review confirms that alcohol is a risk factor for female breast cancer, inc...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Our new review is published: “Alcohol consumption increases female breast cancer risk, even for women who consume one drink per day.”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Spread the good news! Thanks @ourworldindata.org
We've just made it much easier to reuse the data on Our World in Data!
Check out our two new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API — both accessible for every one of our charts via the data download button in the lower right corner.
Check out our two new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API — both accessible for every one of our charts via the data download button in the lower right corner.
November 24, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Spread the good news! Thanks @ourworldindata.org
So many applications to public health here. Thanks @allendowney.bsky.social for pointing out the release of the @ourworldindata.org API. Rushing to try this out…
Our World in Data now provides APIs to access their datasets programmatically. Here's a quick example that shows how to use them:
www.allendowney.com/blog/2024/11...
Thanks, @ourworldindata.org
www.allendowney.com/blog/2024/11...
Thanks, @ourworldindata.org
Download the World in Data
Our World in Data recently announced that they are providing APIs to access their data. Coincidentally, I am using one of their datasets in my workshop on time series analysis at PyData Global 2024…
www.allendowney.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:29 PM
So many applications to public health here. Thanks @allendowney.bsky.social for pointing out the release of the @ourworldindata.org API. Rushing to try this out…
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this is one of my favorite custom feeds, Quiet Posters
it shows you posts from people you follow who don't post that much! so it surfaces friends' posts that might otherwise get drowned out in the Following feed (which is reverse chronological) 🤗
it shows you posts from people you follow who don't post that much! so it surfaces friends' posts that might otherwise get drowned out in the Following feed (which is reverse chronological) 🤗
November 22, 2024 at 11:55 PM
this is one of my favorite custom feeds, Quiet Posters
it shows you posts from people you follow who don't post that much! so it surfaces friends' posts that might otherwise get drowned out in the Following feed (which is reverse chronological) 🤗
it shows you posts from people you follow who don't post that much! so it surfaces friends' posts that might otherwise get drowned out in the Following feed (which is reverse chronological) 🤗
@elstorreele.bsky.social has a new essay on the intersection between innovation and equity. www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...
Powerful practical recommendations on reclaiming innovation for population health, highly relevant to our work developing a European innovation strategy in 2025.
Powerful practical recommendations on reclaiming innovation for population health, highly relevant to our work developing a European innovation strategy in 2025.
Reclaiming medicines and health innovation for our health - Friends of Europe
www.friendsofeurope.org
November 23, 2024 at 5:09 PM
@elstorreele.bsky.social has a new essay on the intersection between innovation and equity. www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...
Powerful practical recommendations on reclaiming innovation for population health, highly relevant to our work developing a European innovation strategy in 2025.
Powerful practical recommendations on reclaiming innovation for population health, highly relevant to our work developing a European innovation strategy in 2025.
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We are excited to release our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social
You can read the Editorial here! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
And access all papers in the special issue here - with more to be added soon! academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...
You can read the Editorial here! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
And access all papers in the special issue here - with more to be added soon! academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...
November 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
We are excited to release our Special Issue on the Commercial Determinants of Health @healthpromint.bsky.social
You can read the Editorial here! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
And access all papers in the special issue here - with more to be added soon! academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...
You can read the Editorial here! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
And access all papers in the special issue here - with more to be added soon! academic.oup.com/heapro/issue...
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The CDOH special issue at @healthpromint.bsky.social has just been launched!
The Editorial launching the series states that we must be led by the evidence on the risk to public health goals that engagement with harmful commercial actors poses!
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
The Editorial launching the series states that we must be led by the evidence on the risk to public health goals that engagement with harmful commercial actors poses!
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
November 21, 2024 at 9:07 AM
The CDOH special issue at @healthpromint.bsky.social has just been launched!
The Editorial launching the series states that we must be led by the evidence on the risk to public health goals that engagement with harmful commercial actors poses!
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
The Editorial launching the series states that we must be led by the evidence on the risk to public health goals that engagement with harmful commercial actors poses!
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
I have written, with Lea Castro, on the tactics of corporate actors — fear, funds, fronts among them. Here is a great summary of fear and intimidation used as a tactic by industry.
This is the 1st article in what is my most difficult project: started during the covid19 pandemic, then I raised a baby (and his older brother), changed cities twice, and jobs, etc.
The article, of utmost importance, discusses the intimidations we face in our field
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The article, of utmost importance, discusses the intimidations we face in our field
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Intimidation against advocates and researchers in the tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food spaces: a review
Abstract. Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) engage in corporate political activity, using diverse practices, including intimidatory tactics, to thwart,
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November 21, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I have written, with Lea Castro, on the tactics of corporate actors — fear, funds, fronts among them. Here is a great summary of fear and intimidation used as a tactic by industry.
Happy to see @who-global.bsky.social here
November 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Happy to see @who-global.bsky.social here
Among the many innovative features listed in this article, I find the use of a custom domain both easy and useful. By connecting an account to a personal domain and website, it acts as a means of verification that is more meaningful than any check mark, paid or unpaid!
Congrats @bsky.app
Congrats @bsky.app
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
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November 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Among the many innovative features listed in this article, I find the use of a custom domain both easy and useful. By connecting an account to a personal domain and website, it acts as a means of verification that is more meaningful than any check mark, paid or unpaid!
Congrats @bsky.app
Congrats @bsky.app
And three similarly great lists in global health.
We now have 3 starter packs for Global Health Nerds!
go.bsky.app/DgwRPwD
go.bsky.app/RScFWyt
go.bsky.app/ADqkPeH
Will keep updating!
go.bsky.app/DgwRPwD
go.bsky.app/RScFWyt
go.bsky.app/ADqkPeH
Will keep updating!
November 17, 2024 at 2:14 PM
And three similarly great lists in global health.
Great starter pack in Europe’s health. Just hit “Follow All”.
European health policy starter pack
My favourite European health policy and law connections on Bluesky so far
go.bsky.app/K2JB6CN
My favourite European health policy and law connections on Bluesky so far
go.bsky.app/K2JB6CN
November 17, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Great starter pack in Europe’s health. Just hit “Follow All”.
I had fun making a mock-serious video opening speech for a health innovation session at the 17th European Public Health Conference on 14 Nov 2024. (Only watch this in a place where you can laugh without raising eyebrows). 😁
youtu.be/diKNkTFv7Ow
youtu.be/diKNkTFv7Ow
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November 17, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I had fun making a mock-serious video opening speech for a health innovation session at the 17th European Public Health Conference on 14 Nov 2024. (Only watch this in a place where you can laugh without raising eyebrows). 😁
youtu.be/diKNkTFv7Ow
youtu.be/diKNkTFv7Ow
The profile banner is a detail of Tao Hong's painting "Eye in the Sky" (2018, oil on canvas, 200cm by 300cm) at the National Art Museum in Beijing, on 13 Sep 2019. A mosaic of 100s of corporate icons, the piece serves as fitting metaphor for surveillance capitalism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveil...
November 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM
The profile banner is a detail of Tao Hong's painting "Eye in the Sky" (2018, oil on canvas, 200cm by 300cm) at the National Art Museum in Beijing, on 13 Sep 2019. A mosaic of 100s of corporate icons, the piece serves as fitting metaphor for surveillance capitalism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveil...