Lois King (MPH) 🇬🇧 🇬🇭
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#GlobalHealth Scholar & Univ of Edinburgh alumna • Producer/host of the 'NotiPHied' podcast • ex-PhD student • The Sumaira Foundation ambassador • Words in Nature Medicine, BMJ, Think Global Health, Black Ballad, BBC Science Focus etc.
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Science does not prove negatives! We have also not “proved” there are no little green men on Mars. Yet that is a scientific fact- many studies have not shown evidence for little green Mars aliens.
In practice, scientific truth comes from the consensus of the scientific community.
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In practice, scientific truth comes from the consensus of the scientific community.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Science does not prove negatives! We have also not “proved” there are no little green men on Mars. Yet that is a scientific fact- many studies have not shown evidence for little green Mars aliens.
In practice, scientific truth comes from the consensus of the scientific community.
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In practice, scientific truth comes from the consensus of the scientific community.
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But one thing is VERY clear, as discussed in our new article published yesterday in PLOS Medicine:
SUDDEN, UNPLANNED, RAPID, SHARP CUTS TO HEALTH AID CAUSE DISEASE RESURGENCE & KILL MANY PEOPLE
Reductions in aid should be slow, planned, & carefully managed
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journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
SUDDEN, UNPLANNED, RAPID, SHARP CUTS TO HEALTH AID CAUSE DISEASE RESURGENCE & KILL MANY PEOPLE
Reductions in aid should be slow, planned, & carefully managed
2/n
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid?
Pertinent to recent international health aid cuts, this Perspective discusses how middle-income countries can prepare and succeed in transitioning away from external aid, highlighting three factors im...
journals.plos.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
But one thing is VERY clear, as discussed in our new article published yesterday in PLOS Medicine:
SUDDEN, UNPLANNED, RAPID, SHARP CUTS TO HEALTH AID CAUSE DISEASE RESURGENCE & KILL MANY PEOPLE
Reductions in aid should be slow, planned, & carefully managed
2/n
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
SUDDEN, UNPLANNED, RAPID, SHARP CUTS TO HEALTH AID CAUSE DISEASE RESURGENCE & KILL MANY PEOPLE
Reductions in aid should be slow, planned, & carefully managed
2/n
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...