Kristof Decoster
@kristofdecoster.bsky.social
Editor International Health Policies newsletter
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Cholera is spreading fast, yet it can be stopped. Why haven’t we consigned it to history? | Hakainde Hichilema and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Vaccine production must be expanded to combat this ancient disease, especially in Africa, but a lack of political will is holding us back
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October 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Reposted by Kristof Decoster
Reposted by Kristof Decoster
Horton's Offline in the Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... On the World Health Summit in Berlin (incl the WHO DG race).
Offline: “People have died”
The World Health Summit has proved itself the premier global health event of the year.
Under the banner “Taking responsibility for health in a fragmenting world”—symbolised
by a giant stage globe crac...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Horton's Offline in the Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... On the World Health Summit in Berlin (incl the WHO DG race).
Duncan Green (on LSE blog): blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... With four suggestions.
Aid risks being increasingly confined to countries where it doesn’t work – what to do? - Activism Influence and Change
Attended a great panel on the future of aid and development last week, with Clare Short, Kevin Watkins and Deborah Doane. I managed to blag my way into the subsequent dinner, where we carried on discu...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Duncan Green (on LSE blog): blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... With four suggestions.
The promise of lifelong vaccination - The Lancet Infectious Diseases (Editorial) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The promise of lifelong vaccination
A News piece in this issue reports on the sixth Conference on Vaccines hosted by the
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Lisbon between
Sept 10 and Sept 13. Adult immu...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The promise of lifelong vaccination - The Lancet Infectious Diseases (Editorial) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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UNSG Briefs Member States on UN80 Structural, Programmatic Changes
UN Secretary-General António Guterres updated Member States on progress under the three workstreams of the UN80 Initiative: efficiencies and improvements; mandate implementation review; and structural...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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The Global Majority’s Fight for Economic Justice
Sekoetlane Phamodi shows how civil-society groups will seek to develop a program of action at the upcoming G20 meeting.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Switching the Poles in International Health Policies
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October 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Via ODI: odi.org/en/insights/... "As with the Bible, countries will take from it the things they agree with and ignore the others." : )
From Washington to Belém and beyond: a new era for climate finance
Last week, in the margins of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, the Brazilian government launched the report of the ‘Circle of Finance Ministers’ it has convened as part of its C...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Via ODI: odi.org/en/insights/... "As with the Bible, countries will take from it the things they agree with and ignore the others." : )
One for Ursula, Friedrich and other Macrons: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU was complicit in the war in Gaza. Trump's plan can't be an excuse to dodge responsibility now | Nathalie Tocci
Tiptoeing around Israel has cost Europe its credibility. It must exert meaningful pressure to ensure the horrors we have seen never happen again, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
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October 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
One for Ursula, Friedrich and other Macrons: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘I fear we are sitting on a time bomb.’ Scientists debate mass distribution of antibiotics in Africa
Prophylactic use of azithromycin saves vulnerable children’s lives, but could trigger antibiotic resistance
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October 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c... via @statnews.com
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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October 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c... via @statnews.com
UN picks former Belgian prime minister to lead UNDP www.devex.com/news/un-pick... Al die Davos-uitjes hebben dan toch iets opgeleverd voor Alexander : )
UN picks former Belgian prime minister to lead UNDP
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres taps Alexander De Croo to run U.N.'s premier development agency
www.devex.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
UN picks former Belgian prime minister to lead UNDP www.devex.com/news/un-pick... Al die Davos-uitjes hebben dan toch iets opgeleverd voor Alexander : )
G20 recommits to debt relief — but critics say it’s far from enough www.devex.com/news/g20-rec...
G20 recommits to debt relief — but critics say it’s far from enough
The G20 has released a ministerial declaration on debt reaffirming support for its existing debt restructuring program, but critics say the framework’s progress has been too slow.
www.devex.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
G20 recommits to debt relief — but critics say it’s far from enough www.devex.com/news/g20-rec...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... And unfortunately, it's not like the one waiting in the corridor is any better : (
Scrutiny grows over Trump competence – but can an unfit president be removed?
Impeachment and 25th amendment offer routes for removal – but experts say system is set up to protect the president
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October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... And unfortunately, it's not like the one waiting in the corridor is any better : (
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Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says
Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society
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October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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𝗔𝘆𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁: 𝗔 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻?
🇮🇳 66%/₹1.29 lakh crore in treatments under Ayushman Bharat went to private hospitals, despite most empanelled being public - @indianexpress.com
Good: lower out-of-pocket costs
Challenge: build stronger public capacity
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🇮🇳 66%/₹1.29 lakh crore in treatments under Ayushman Bharat went to private hospitals, despite most empanelled being public - @indianexpress.com
Good: lower out-of-pocket costs
Challenge: build stronger public capacity
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Private hospitals dominate Ayushman Bharat utilisation despite government majority - P4H Network
The P4H Network is the global network for social health protection and health financing
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October 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
𝗔𝘆𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁: 𝗔 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻?
🇮🇳 66%/₹1.29 lakh crore in treatments under Ayushman Bharat went to private hospitals, despite most empanelled being public - @indianexpress.com
Good: lower out-of-pocket costs
Challenge: build stronger public capacity
🔗 p4h.world/en/news/priv...
🇮🇳 66%/₹1.29 lakh crore in treatments under Ayushman Bharat went to private hospitals, despite most empanelled being public - @indianexpress.com
Good: lower out-of-pocket costs
Challenge: build stronger public capacity
🔗 p4h.world/en/news/priv...
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How the west can stop the global south being strangled by debt | Heather Stewart
Labour would do well to remember its manifesto promise to revive Britain’s global leadership on development
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October 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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IMF and World Bank double down on private finance model as debt crisis reaches historic levels
European Network on Debt and Development
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October 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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via Climate Change News: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/20/g...
Global South campaigners question inclusivity of COP30
Civil society groups hoped to send large numbers to Belém for COP30, but are facing problems that argue that threathens real inclusion
www.climatechangenews.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growth
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October 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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